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Hey, Congress, How About Giving the President a Little Help on Tren de Aragua Deportations?
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Former Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, died…
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Peru's Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Congress voted Friday to remove the interior minister from office after deciding that he had failed to adequately…
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U.S. intelligence pledges to update Congress on foreign efforts to assassinate Trump, others
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is committing to tell Congress what it knows about foreign threats against the life of…
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Beyond Congress: How the Blue States Can Lead the Trump Resistance
Supercharge state attorneys general. Democratic A.G.s are already fighting and winning in court to stop or slow down some of the most…
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Key points people need to understand about Trump's Education Department closure
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a long-anticipated action that will…
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After party rift on shutdown, California Democrats try to refocus budget fight on Medicaid
After a bruising Washington battle that averted a government shutdown but broke their party in two last week, leading California Democrats…
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Column: The Trump administration has a free-speech problem
I have to wonder: When will Vice President JD Vance condemn his own administration? Last month, Vance, a self-described foreign policy…
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Fired federal workers can fight their dismissals, but there's a catch
WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being…
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If Trump cuts Medicaid, this California Republican's House seat would be imperiled
Rep. David Valadao faced a no-win decision last month: Fall into line behind President Trump and vote for a budget resolution that would…
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California lawmakers urge congressional leaders to continue federal wildfire aid
WASHINGTON — California’s lawmakers urged their leaders in Congress on Friday to continue funding federal aid in the wake of the L.A.…
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Trump's address to Congress revived false or misleading claims on immigration
WASHINGTON — During Donald Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including…
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Decorum hits new lows during Trump's address to Congress in a sign of the nation's polarization
WASHINGTON — Presidential addresses to the nation, whether joint sessions of Congress or State of the Union speeches, were historically an…
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News Analysis: Trump gives himself high marks. Polls, markets, courts, allies paint a different picture
President Trump gave his new administration high marks in a bullish speech to Congress on Tuesday, arguing he is making fast work of his…
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Heavy on migrant crime, light on inflation: 8 takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — President Trump laid out an aggressive approach to “renewing the American dream” in his address to a joint session of…
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Trump to bring message on expanded executive power to a diminished Congress
WASHINGTON — In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump opened with an appeal for unity, a condemnation of hate…
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One Republican breaks with colleagues on budget plan vote
By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has…
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Opinion: We may all regret dismantling USAID
American foreign assistance is experiencing an existential moment. The foreign assistance budget appears to be on the chopping block, and…
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Supreme Court turns away — for now — Trump’s appeal seeking to fire agency official
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down President Trump’s appeal seeking to fire an agency official. Instead, the justices…
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Why a full federal takeover of D.C. would require an act of Congress
The moment that local officials in Washington have been dreading for months is finally here. President Donald Trump, one month into his…
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Opinion: Trump wants the Supreme Court to let him fire officials despite the law. That's unprecedented
Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the…
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Trump's lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of agency officials' firings
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyers alerted the Supreme Court over the weekend to what they called “an unprecedented assault on the…
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Column: Democrats belatedly wake up to start battling Trump and Musk
WASHINGTON — A president’s first few weeks in office were once expected to be a “honeymoon,” a pleasant if brief period of bipartisanship…
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Supreme Court gets first chance to weigh in on Trump firing
The Trump administration has appealed to the Supreme Court to permit firing Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel…