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House to take up Trump-supported vote on making daylight savings time permanent
In March 2022, the Senate voted unanimously on a measure that would make daylight savings time permanent, and President Donald Trump threw his support behind it.
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ICE agents in fatal Texas shooting weren't wearing bodycams because they had yet to be issued: DHS
The department said the agents did not have body cameras because issuing the cameras were delayed by Democrats and a federal government shutdown. The agents were expected to receive the cameras in the next 60 days.
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Commission approves preliminary plans for Trump arch, warns it needs revisions for final approval
The commission recommended that the Department of the Interior, which will oversee the project, reduce the mezzanine and observation level to 130 feet and 20 feet, respectively, and place the additional 40 feet on the statue instead.
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Coast Guard hits record drug haul with over 76,000 pounds of illegal narcotics
The Coast Guard made the historic offload of 76,140 pounds of illicit drugs, valued at $473 million, on Monday in Port Everglades, Fla.
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23 state attorneys general urge Zeldin to defund climate law group
The AGs note that the group "received approximately 13% of its revenue in 2023, and 8.4% in 2024, from EPA awards"
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Trump to appoint Dan Scavino head of Presidential Personnel Office
“Dan Scavino is one of President Trump’s most trusted and longest serving advisors,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said
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CBP agents catch, arrest carjacking suspect in DC
"The suspect was arrested and will be charged with multiple criminal offenses," CBP said
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Judge orders Utah to redraw congressional map ahead of 2026 midterms
U.S. District Court Judge Dianna Gibson ruled that the maps need to be redone because state lawmakers ignored an independent commission that was established by voters to limit partisan gerrymandering.
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Trump floats accepting 600,000 Chinese students as part of trade talks
“We’re going to allow, it’s very important, 600,000 students,” Trump said. “We’re going to get along with China. But it’s a different relationship that we have now with China.”
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DOJ appeals judge's ruling that Alina Habba has been unlawfully working as US attorney in NJ
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann determined last week that tactics to keep Habba in the office were not "lawful," but placed his ruling on hold pending the appeal, which will now take the case to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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President Trump says he is removing Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve board
“I have determined that there is sufficient cause to remove you from your position,” Trump wrote in a letter to Cook, which he posted on Truth Social.
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Police investigating University of Colorado Boulder shooting scare as possible swatting incident
The school went into lockdown earlier Monday after reports came in of shots being fired at the Norlin Library on the university's main campus. The lockdown was later lifted, but remains in effect for the library itself.
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Former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to sit for interview in House Epstein probe next month
Comer, who is leading a Congressional probe into the government's handling of the Epstein investigation, said Acosta will voluntarily sit for the interview on Sept. 19.