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ActBlue co-founder pleads the Fifth in latest closed-door House deposition
DeBergalis is the latest high-ranking ActBlue official to invoke the Fifth Amendment. ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times during a House Administration Committee hearing in June.
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USS Lincoln heads home to San Diego after more than 250 days at sea
The Lincoln, carrying around 5,000 sailors and Marines, was deployed in the Pacific and South China Sea last November but has been supporting U.S. military operations more recently in the Middle East.
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North Korea fires 10 ballistic missiles as US scales back joint South Korea military drills
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles, which appeared to come from around its capital at approximately 5 p.m.
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Trump admin creates merit-based hiring plan, ending DEI federal hiring
“OPM is committed to creating a federal workforce that reflects the highest standards of merit and service,” OPM acting director Charles Ezell said.
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Supreme Court lets Trump revoke temporary legal status of 500,000 immigrants granted by Biden
The high court granted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's emergency application to end former President Biden's program that gave 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela permission to temporarily live and work in the U.S.
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Judge denies Copyright Office chief's reinstatement request after Trump administration firing
Shira Perlmutter failed to meet the legal burden to show that she would suffer irreparable harm if she was not immediately reinstated, the court ruled.
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Trump accuses China of violating 'fast' trade deal he made to save country's economy
The ongoing trade disputes with China have shut down factories in China and increased prices on cheap imports into the United States.
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Labor Department to suspend Job Corps centers over safety, financial issues
A Job Corps transparency report released in April found that the average graduation rate for the program was just 38.6%.
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State Department tells Congress it will close Afghan refugee resettlement office
The reorganization of the State Department is part of a broader plan to cut the federal workforce under the Department of Government Efficiency and will take effect by July 1.
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DC mayor proposes repeal of sanctuary city law
The law currently bans local police from working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants.
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Justice Department says it will no longer vet judicial nominees through American Bar Association
Bondi said the changes include revoking ABA's access to certain information about nominees that is not publicly available, and not allowing nominees to specifically sit for interviews with the association or answer questions provided by it.
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Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led city through 9/11, dies at age 69
The former NYPD official was hospitalized in the cardiac unit of a hospital earlier this month. The cause of Kerik's death was not immediately clear.
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Trump to hold farewell press conference with Elon Musk at White House
The press conference, which comes as Musk leaves government service to return to running his companies, will take place at the White House.