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ICE arrests over 32,000 migrants in US illegally in 1st 50 days
Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 32,000 migrants who are living in the United States without legal status since Jan. 21, according to Department of [Read More…]

US to require Canadians who are in the country for longer than 30 days to register with government
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Canadians who are in the United States for 30 days or longer and cross the land border will soon have to register their information with the U.S. government, [Read More…]

Judges considering blocking mass firings, transgender servicemember ban
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Wednesday will consider the fate of more than 20,000 government employees fired by the Trump administration. Twenty Democratic attorneys general sued to block the firings last [Read More…]

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates set to debate amid race about Trump, Musk and major issues
Universal Images Group via Getty Images (MADISON, WI) — A closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election takes center stage as Republican-backed Brad Schimel and Democratic-backed Susan Crawford are set to debate on Wednesday, locked in [Read More…]

After House votes to avert government shutdown, Senate Democrats face ‘stark’ choice
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In dramatic fashion, House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government through the end of September 2025 — a major victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, [Read More…]

Rep. Sarah McBride misgendered by Republican colleague during committee hearing
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first transgender person elected to Congress, continues to face attacks from her Republican colleagues, who have repeatedly misgendered her on the House floor and in [Read More…]

Perkins Coie files suit to block Trump executive order aimed at punishing firm
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The law firm Perkins Coie has filed suit against the Trump administration over an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that targeted the firm for its work representing Hillary [Read More…]

Trump checks out Teslas at White House as Musk’s auto company stock sinks
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Tesla’s bottom line continues to slide downward, Elon Musk on Tuesday received maybe an unsurprising endorsement from a potential new owner of one of his EVs: President [Read More…]

RFK Jr. tells food leaders he wants artificial dyes removed from food products before he leaves office
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told food industry leaders in a closed-door meeting on Monday that he wants them to remove artificial color additives from their [Read More…]

Trump vowed to make the economy better on Day 1. Now, he says the US is in ‘transition’
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Then-candidate Donald Trump, at a campaign rally last August as the 2024 race for the White House was heating up, made a promise to voters to quickly bring economic [Read More…]

DOJ pardon attorney says she was removed after dispute over Mel Gibson’s gun rights
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A top official leading the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney said she was fired from her post one day after refusing to recommend that actor Mel Gibson’s access [Read More…]

Vice President JD Vance urges GOP to fall in line as shutdown looms
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As nearly a dozen House Republicans remain undecided, Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday urged House Republicans to get on board and support the GOP-led government [Read More…]

House plans vote on GOP spending bill as Trump lobbies Republican holdouts
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are slated to vote Tuesday on their spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, that would fund the government at current levels through Sept. [Read More…]

It’s ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Before a judge halted the takeover in February, President Donald Trump’s administration was planning to fire the overwhelming majority of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and then fulfill [Read More…]

Musk calls Sen. Kelly a ‘traitor’ over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back
Allison Pecorin and Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly a “traitor” in a post on X [Read More…]

Democrats introduce bill forcing Trump administration to rehire fired veterans
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats want to force President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire veterans who were laid off as part of large-scale efforts by Trump and Elon Musk to reshape the federal government [Read More…]

Democrats’ uncoordinated response to Trump speech a ‘mistake’: Sen. Schiff
ABC News Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on Sunday that he took issue with the Democratic response in the chamber to President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging address to Congress last week. “I think the lack [Read More…]

White House crypto czar says public has ‘lost out on over $17 billion’ in bitcoin value
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — David Sacks, the White House crypto czar, said Friday that taxpayers have lost out on “over $17 billion of value” because earlier administrations never took advantage of bitcoin already in [Read More…]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom breaks with party on transgender athletes in women’s sports, sparking backlash
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In this first episode of a new podcast published Thursday, California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, an LGBTQ ally, broke with his party, saying that transgender athletes playing in female [Read More…]

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs until ceasefire, peace deal with Ukraine
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he would turn up the heat on Russia until it reaches a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine. Trump threatened Russia with sanctions and [Read More…]