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Trump administration, Florida in talks to close 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center
The Department of Homeland Security has concluded the facility, which opened last summer and costs Florida hundreds of millions of dollars every year, is too expensive to operate.
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Appeals court also seems skeptical of DOJ case arguing Sen Kelly's comments are 'seditious'
Judge Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, said that Kelly appears to advise troops they have no obligation to obey unlawful orders, as opposed to telling them to ignore orders that are illegal.
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Blanche says crackdown on immigrants who obtained citizenship fraudulently will escalate
The Trump administration is currently pursuing more denaturalization cases than have been done in the last nine years, Blanche said
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Speaker Johnson has 'no concern' about questioning Obama over Russia election interference hoax
"If it's uncomfortable for him, he shouldn't have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened," House Speaker Mike Johnson said
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House Oversight panel to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell for deposition
“The Committee will seek to subpoena Ms. Maxwell as expeditiously as possible," a committee spokesperson said
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Trump pulls US out of UNESCO again, after Biden rejoined
"Like many UN organizations, UNESCO strayed from its founding mission," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said
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Deputy AG says he will meet with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell 'in the coming days'
"This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said
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DC mayor downplays Trump's 'Redskins' demand, says 'focused' on closing $3.7B stadium deal
"Let me be clear, we're on the 1-yard line and it's time to get over the line," Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said
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Trump was 'caught off guard' by Israel's strikes in Syria, on Gaza Catholic church: White House
“In both accounts, the president quickly called the prime minister to rectify those situations,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said
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Bipartisan effort to force Epstein vote throttles House again, members set to leave Wednesday
"There was nothing else that was time-sensitive this week that we needed to handle by way of a rule so the work of the House will continue all week," House Speaker Mike Johnson said
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House Steering Committee elects Andrew Garbarino to lead Homeland Security Committee
Garbarino beat out Reps. Michael Guest of Mississippi, Carlos Giménez of Florida and Clay Higgins of Louisiana for the post after two rounds of voting.
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Pentagon withdraws 700 active-duty Marines deployed in Los Angeles amid anti-ICE protests
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to return members of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division home comes now that rioting in the region has died down.
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Judge sentences former officer involved in Breonna Taylor raid to nearly three years in prison
Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised probation.