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Trump to push for end to all federal agencies’ Harvard contracts
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House General Services Administration is expected to send a letter to federal agencies on Tuesday asking them to “identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be [Read More…]

Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges
Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday granted an unconditional pardon to a Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of federal bribery charges and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Scott [Read More…]

Former New York Rep. Charles Rangel, who spent four decades in Congress, dies at 94
Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former New York Rep. Charles Rangel, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus who spent more than four decades in the House, died on Monday, according to his family. [Read More…]

New Jersey governor race heats up ahead of primary — with Trump’s impact on the line
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW JERSEY) — New Jersey is set to hold its gubernatorial elections this year, with hotly contested primaries set for next month — and many experts are saying [Read More…]

Protesters decry ‘crypto corruption’ as Trump fetes top investors in his crypto meme coin
Alex Wong/Getty Images (STERLING, Va.) — Calling them “pioneers,” President Donald Trump praised the top investors in his cryptocurrency meme coin at an exclusive black-tie dinner Thursday as protesters outside the event chanted and displayed signs blasting [Read More…]

Judge says Trump has power to impose tariffs, but punts lawsuit to different court
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs may be able to survive a legal challenge, thanks in part to a Japanese zipper company that sued the Nixon administration 50 years ago. Earlier this [Read More…]

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has barred Harvard from allowing international students to enroll at the university, after the school lost its ability to use the Student and Exchange Visitor [Read More…]

Senate likely to change House-passed megabill advancing Trump’s agenda
ABC News (WASHINGTON) –House Republicans approved the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” encompassing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda early Thursday. But clearing the House is just the first hurdle for the bill, which will also [Read More…]

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has barred Harvard from allowing international students to enroll at the university, after the school lost its ability to use the Student and Exchange Visitor [Read More…]

Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma from launching taxpayer-funded religious charter school
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a rare deadlocked 4-4 ruling, said Oklahoma cannot create the nation’s first religious charter school funded directly with taxpayer dollars. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, [Read More…]

White House releases RFK Jr.-led report on chronic disease
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s Make America Healthy Again Commission offered a range of critiques about chronic disease in America in a report released Thursday, Chiefly, the report blames many chronic illnesses [Read More…]

Republican-led House passes Trump agenda bill by a single vote
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of internal GOP wrangling, the Republican-led House early Thursday passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” critical to advancing President Donald Trump’s tax and immigration agenda. A smiling [Read More…]

Supreme Court says Oklahoma can’t launch taxpayer-funded religious charter school
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a rare deadlocked 4-4 ruling, said Oklahoma cannot create the nation’s first religious charter school funded directly with taxpayer dollars. Justice Amy Coney Barrett [Read More…]

Republican-led House passes Trump agenda bill by a single vote
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of internal GOP wrangling, the Republican-led House early Thursday passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” critical to advancing President Donald Trump’s tax and immigration agenda. A smiling [Read More…]

Justice Department to drop police reform agreements with Louisville, Minneapolis
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday that it is moving to drop police reform agreements, known as consent decrees, that the Biden-era department reached with the cities [Read More…]

What is SALT and why does it threaten Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill?’
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The future of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that would fund his second-term agenda could depend on SALT. The State and Local Tax deduction has been a wedge [Read More…]

Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A district judge ruled on Wednesday that the government’s deportations of eight men convicted of violent crimes to South Sudan was “unquestionably violative of this Court’s order” after ruling earlier [Read More…]

Pentagon accepts luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One
Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States officially accepted a luxury jet to use as Air Force One from Qatar, the Department of Defense confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. “The [Read More…]

Trump to meet with GOP holdouts as negotiations over agenda bill falter: Sources
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republican leaders — including Speaker Mike Johnson — are expected to head to the White House Wednesday afternoon along with members of the House Freedom Caucus to meet with [Read More…]

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia has died, his office announced Wednesday morning. He was 75 years old. “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and [Read More…]