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House approves federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security through September
The stand-alone appropriations bill was passed in a bipartisan 220-207 split. The House is still expected to vote on a package of the final three appropriation bills later Thursday.
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House passes final government funding bills, sending them to Senate ahead of shutdown deadline
The final four bills will now go to the Senate, which is currently on a one-week recess. The Senate still has to pass six of its 12 annual appropriations bills.
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Vance expresses optimism for better cooperation between federal, local law enforcement in Minnesota
The vice president suggested that a lack of cooperation between state and local partners is part of the reason for some of the problems in the city, but that conversations with local officials left him optimistic about improved coordination.
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Watch Live: Trump meets with Rwandan and Congo leaders at White House
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration helped facilitate the agreement, which was announced last week.
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Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call before National Guard deployment
The amount that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing for is nearly the same as the $787.5 million total that Fox News paid Dominion Voting Systems in 2023 for defamation regarding the 2020 presidential election.
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Trump torches Ayatollah for claiming victory in Israel war
At present, the Trump administration's claims of having destroyed the Iranian nuclear facilities and substantially damaged the country's nuclear capabilities remain the subject of intense dispute.
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DHS cancels temporary protected status for Haitians
A press release from DHS indicated that Secretary Kristi Noem determined that the situation in Haiti no longer justified TPS for persons from that country.
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Pro-Trump MAGA Kentucky PAC releases first ad targeting Massie
"This ad slams me for voting against the BBB, but the Senate just stripped the 'ban on sex changes for minors' from the BBB," Rep. Thomas Massie said.
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Hegseth announces renaming of USNS Harvey Milk to USNS Oscar V. Peterson, WWII veteran
"We are taking the politics out of ship-naming," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
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Despite rioters and local opposition, DHS arrests violent felons in Los Angeles
Recent arrests are all men, including confirmed gang members and watch-listed suspected terrorists, all in the U.S. illegally. They are citizens of Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Russia and Vietnam. The majority are citizens of Mexico.
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Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring porn site age verification
Texas argued that current age verification requirements were too easy for minors to get around and that the law was not too burdensome for adults.
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Trump cheers 'giant win' at SCOTUS after justices limit nationwide injunctions
The decision will likely have ramifications for a litany of legal battles as the administration has faced an unprecedented surge in nationwide injunctions from lower courts seeking to block Trump's executive orders on an array of issues.
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Supreme Court sides with parents trying to opt-out their kids having to read LGBTQ-themed books
Muslim, Christian parents are "likely to succeed on their claim that the Board’s policies unconstitutionally burden their religious exercise," 6-3 majority says. Supreme Court rules in favor of parents seeking to opt their kids out of exposure to LGBTQ-themed books in elementary schools