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House Rushes Government Funding Bill Through Two Months Early On Tuesday, the House passed a continuing resolution funding the federal government through December 4 by a mostly party-line vote of 220-205, with GOP leaders moving months ahead of the fiscal deadline to avoid a shutdown fight breaking out just before the midterm elections [1]. Kentucky…

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ICE Is Arresting Relatives Who Show Up to Claim Migrant Kids From Shelters Immigration attorneys and advocates say ICE has arrested relatives who came forward to claim custody of unaccompanied migrant children held in federal shelters in Texas, leaving those children in government custody for extended periods while their would-be sponsors are detained. Attorneys say…

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A Secret Deportation Court Sat Dormant for 30 Years. DOJ Just Used It. The Justice Department this month filed the first-ever application to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a five-judge tribunal Congress created by statute in 1996 that had never been used in its three-decade existence. The court is designed for extraordinary immigration cases where…

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Trump Hits Canada With 50% Tariffs on Wine, Hockey Sticks and Cement President Trump announced Monday a new 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods, including wine, hockey sticks and cement, set to take effect August 19. The administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a Depression-era provision authorizing duties up…

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DOJ Subpoenaed a Reporter’s Mother’s Phone Records to Hunt for a Leaker A motion unsealed Monday revealed that the Justice Department issued subpoenas seeking phone and text message records belonging to four New York Times reporters — Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt — along with records belonging to several of…

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39 Senators Demand Answers as FBI Reportedly Stops Investigating Assaults on ICE Agents Independent Senator Angus King of Maine and 38 Democratic colleagues sent a letter Monday to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into two recent fatal shootings by ICE officers, in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas, which…

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Trump Tells Mamdani: Netanyahu “Will Not Be Arrested” on American Soil President Trump said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form” while visiting the United States, pushing back after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested his administration was in “active conversation” about whether city…

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Army Veteran Torches Entrance of NYC Federal Building Housing ICE and FBI Offices An Army veteran identified as 43-year-old Andrew Arrabaca allegedly arrived at the employee entrance of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan around 8:30 a.m. Monday, ignited a large firework inside a canister, fired five to seven pellets from an airsoft rifle at…

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Trump Vows Iran “Will Pay” as US Pounds Targets for a Ninth Straight Day After American Troops Killed U.S. forces carried out another wave of strikes against Iranian military command centers, missile and drone launch sites, maritime capabilities and air defense systems Monday night, marking the ninth consecutive day of American strikes on Iran. The…

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Trump Slaps 50% Tariffs on Canada, Reigniting a Trade War With America’s Closest Ally President Trump signed an order Monday imposing 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, including wine, dairy, cement, furniture and ice hockey gear, arguing that Canada has unfairly discriminated against U.S. automakers, alcohol producers and dairy farmers. The tariffs were…

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