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Senate approves budget plan to fund immigration enforcement, bowling over Democrat blockade
President Donald Trump has temporarily arranged for key Homeland Security employees to be paid but set a June 1 deadline for Congress to solve the Democrat blockade.
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Trump says he is not tied to a specific timeline in finalizing Iran deal
The U.S., Israel and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire earlier this month, which has since been extended. Trump did not indicate how long the ceasefire will be in effect, but said reporting that it would last 3-5 days is "false."
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Darin Selnick pushes Trump to sign executive order improving veteran access
Selnick claimed the veteran-related legislation is a top priority for the White House and that he is working with the White House's Domestic Policy Council and Office of Management and Budget to get Trump to sign an executive order.
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Gabbard suggests prominent Muslim group wants Shariah law, New Jersey city fires back
Gabbard said the the Council on American-Islamic Relations' ideology is “antithetical to the foundation that we find in our Constitution."
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New York AG James leads coalition to stop White House from ending transgender treatments for minors
New York is among 19 states suing to stop the Department of Health and Human Services from barring hospitals from offering gender-reassignment surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone treatments to minors, arguing these treatments are safe and effective.
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Ex-War Department official warns terrorists may one day aerosolize fentanyl, praises Trump move
Former WMD official David Lasseter noted that Russian security forces in 2002 accidentally killed 130 hostages during a Chechen terrorism incident when they pumped a gaseous form of fentanyl into a theater hoping to anesthetize the terrorists. The formula was too strong and was lethal to many.
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Federal judge rules against Trump admin over New York law that allows illegal immigrants to drive
The judge ruled that New York's Green Light Law doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause.
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Federal court sides with Trump over employers’ processing fees for H-1B immigration visas
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Association of American Universities argued the president exceeded his authority when he imposed a $100,000 payment requirement on employers before processing their petitions for new H-1B visas.
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Congressional Conflicts: Curb on lawmakers’ stock trades draws fire for being weak
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, said he expects by early next year to vote on a bill that would permit lawmakers to keep stocks they own but bar them from buying new stocks.
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HHS report finds Medicaid paid over $200 million in incorrect payments for deceased recipients
The internal watchdog said its audit found that Medicaid programs paid $207 million to managed care organizations on behalf of deceased enrollees between July 2021 to July 2022.
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Trump endorses GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman for Wyoming senator
Trump emphasized the congresswoman's record of supporting his policies in the lower chamber.
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You Vote: With SCOTUS rejecting Trump admin request to deploy National Guard in Chicago, what now?
President Donald Trump has sought to deploy the National Guard in Chicago in the face of aggressive pushback from the citizenry and local government over Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Windy City.
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U.S. Supreme Court urged to take up Maine parental rights case
In a petition to the high court, attorneys for the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute ask justices to consider a lawsuit filed by Amber Lavigne, who claims the Great Salt Bay Community School a guidance counselor encouraged her 13-year-old to wear a chest binder and use a different name and pronouns at school, without consulting her.