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Senate Democrats Blow Up the $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill to Protest a War They Can’t Stop
Senate Democrats Blow Up the $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill to Protest a War They Can’t Stop The Senate failed Tuesday to advance the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act, with a cloture motion to proceed falling short 50-46, ten votes shy of the 60 needed [1, 2]. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer led opposition to…
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Trump Teases ‘Really Big’ Primetime Speech on Election Security Four Months Before the Midterms
Trump Teases ‘Really Big’ Primetime Speech on Election Security Four Months Before the Midterms President Trump announced Tuesday that he will deliver a rare primetime address Thursday at 9 p.m. ET focused on what he called “free and fair elections,” telling reporters “our country has to shape up” and describing the speech as “really big…
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House Votes to Kill the Clock Change Forever — And Nobody Agrees If That’s a Good Idea
House Votes to Kill the Clock Change Forever — And Nobody Agrees If That’s a Good Idea The House voted 308-117 on Tuesday to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, ending the twice-yearly clock change and locking the country onto the daylight saving time currently observed from March through November, unless a state opts out [1,…
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Trump Tells Congress the Iran War Is Back On — And Starts the Clock All Over Again
Trump Tells Congress the Iran War Is Back On — And Starts the Clock All Over Again President Trump formally notified Congress that the United States had resumed military action against Iran, sending a letter dated July 10 to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, as required under the War Powers Act within 48…
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ICE Halts Vehicle Stops Nationwide After Agents Kill Two Men Who Weren’t Even the Targets
ICE Halts Vehicle Stops Nationwide After Agents Kill Two Men Who Weren’t Even the Targets Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide after agents fatally shot two men in less than a week, neither of whom was the target of the operation that killed him [1, 2]. In Biddeford,…
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Hochul Demands Answers as ICE Quietly Expands Detention Sites in New York
Hochul Demands Answers as ICE Quietly Expands Detention Sites in New York New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter Monday to the Department of Homeland Security demanding answers about reported plans to expand immigration detention capacity in the state, saying the public first learned of the projects through press reports and procurement records rather…
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Pentagon Locks In National Guard’s D.C. Deployment Through 2029
Pentagon Locks In National Guard’s D.C. Deployment Through 2029 The Pentagon confirmed this week that the National Guard’s deployment in Washington, D.C., will continue through Inauguration Day 2029 as part of President Trump’s anti-crime mission in the capital, unless the president decides otherwise; troop numbers in the city have roughly doubled to nearly 5,000 service…
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McConnell Breaks Weeks of Silence, Reveals Fall Landed Him in the Hospital
McConnell Breaks Weeks of Silence, Reveals Fall Landed Him in the Hospital Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued his first public statement Sunday after weeks of speculation about his health, saying a fall last month left him briefly unconscious and led to his hospitalization [1]. In the statement, released alongside a photo, the 84-year-old McConnell said…
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Trump Reinstates Iran Blockade, Slaps 20% Toll on the World’s Oil Chokepoint
Trump Reinstates Iran Blockade, Slaps 20% Toll on the World’s Oil Chokepoint President Trump said Monday that the United States will reimpose its blockade of Iranian ports and impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, saying the U.S. would be “reimbursed… for any and all costs necessary to do the job…
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Judge Rules Trump Family’s IRS Lawsuit Was a Bad-Faith Scheme
Judge Rules Trump Family’s IRS Lawsuit Was a Bad-Faith Scheme U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, ruled Monday that a lawsuit President Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization brought against the IRS was not filed to “vindicate rights” but instead sought to “manipulate the judicial process,” finding the…