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Disapproval of Congress at all-time high: Poll
Gallup pointed to the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as Republican frustration over the failure of the Senate to approve the Save America Act, a marquis voter ID bill, as driving the negative outlook.
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Trump fumes over SCOTUS losses: 'Democrat Justices stick together'
The Supreme Court has already heard oral arguments in both a key redistricting case and the birthright citizenship challenge, with rulings expected to come in the near future.
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Transportation Secretary Duffy on AI replacing air traffic controllers: 'not gonna happen'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said AI will help merge airline flight schedules with an FAA system, allowing controllers to move around flights and avoid delays.
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Mexican cartels 'major supplier' of synthetic drugs causing overdose deaths in U.S., GAO warns
Mexican TCOs "move these drugs through Mexico and across the southwest U.S. border using tractor trailers, human mules, couriers, privately-owned vehicles, among other methods."
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Virginia leaders respond to DOJ tuition lawsuit
Attorney General-elect Jay Jones criticized the lawsuit and the Miyares administration’s decision to enter a consent decree, calling it an attack on students and a deliberate effort to prevent a new administration from responding.
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DHS touts historic ICE hiring in 2025 with 120% increase in agents
The department began pushing for new agents in August, offering competitive salaries and benefits that include a $50,000 signing bonus, enhanced retirement benefits and student loan repayment and forgiveness options.
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From food waste and plastics pollution to green energy, Lee Zeldin quickly transformed the EPA
Zeldin has brought a MAGA-driven populist reform initiative that has made him a close ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his MAHA movement.
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Trump vetoes bill easing repayment for Colorado pipeline
In Florida, the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act planned to expand the Miccosukee Reserved Area to include a portion of Everglades National Park. That designation would then require the federal government to take “appropriate actions” to protect structures within the area from flooding.
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DOJ asks Minnesota for its 2024 voter registration records related to state's 'vouching' policy
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon called on the state to turn over its digital records related to same-day registrations and votes cast by same-day registrants in the 2024 March primary and the November 2024 general election.
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America’s 250th and global sports to converge for epic display of American patriotism, culture
Following extensive efforts during President Trump‘s first term to bring global sporting events to US soil, America’s 250th year will bring together FIFA fanatics along with a vast schedule of patriotic events in an show of patriotism.
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Milwaukee sees murder jump, other violent crimes drop in 2025
Milwaukee’s homicide database shows 142 people were killed in the city in 2025, compared to 132 in 2024. That is an 8% increase.
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Judge orders suspected Jan. 6 pipe bomber jailed until trial
The judge indicated that Cole's freedom would present a safety risk.
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Judicial Watch sues HHS for records of fetal tissue research funding
Judicial Watch filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.