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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Restart Ballroom Construction
The administration told the justices the $400 million East Wing project is a national security structure and must not be halted.
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Blanche Declines to Pledge Justice Department Independence
The new attorney general said he would take President Trump's views into account when directing federal law enforcement.
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Navy Studies Moving Carrier Command Towers to Match Trump's World War II Preference
Relocating the Ford-class "island" could cost billions and delay the program, officials told The Washington Post.
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Documents Show Federal Surveillance Operation Targeted Minnesota Unions and Progressive Groups
The program, called Operation Puppet Master, gathered financial records on organizations never accused of crimes
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CIA Ran Covert Strikes on Fishing Boats Near Galapagos, Washington Post Reports
Survivors say they were seized at gunpoint and flown to El Salvador; one vessel and its eight crew members remain missing
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AI Chatbots Are Drafting Congress' Work With Little Oversight, Report Finds
Both chambers have cleared members and staff to use the tools, but the rules governing them are thin and rarely enforced
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Indiana Governor Requests Federal Emergency Declaration After Historic Flooding
Braun has mobilized the National Guard as rivers reach record levels and a stretch of Interstate 70 washes away
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Homan Defends ICE Plan to Equip Officers With Electric Shock Gloves
The border czar calls the devices a way to end confrontations without deadly force, as civil rights groups warn of abuse
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Former Southern Poverty Law Center executive indicted in donor fraud case
Prosecutors say Heidi Beirich oversaw payments to informants inside extremist groups, including one she was romantically involved with and shared a bank account with
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Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary
The youngest person ever to hold the job will leave at the end of August and become an outside adviser to President Trump ahead of the midterm elections
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Russia Frees American Veteran After Four Years, With No Prisoner Exchange
Trump said Putin agreed to the release on humanitarian grounds and that Moscow asked for nothing in return
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Trump Says Iran Should Pay Damages, Calls US Blockade a Steel Wall
The president answered Tehran's compensation demands with his own, insisting the United States alone controls access to the Strait of Hormuz
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Trump Orders Childhood Vaccine Schedule Cut From 18 Shots to 11
The executive order revives an overhaul a federal court blocked earlier this year and directs the Justice Department to challenge state vaccine laws
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Gas Prices Could Set a Seasonal Record if Hormuz Stays Closed, GasBuddy Says
Oil edged higher in Sunday night trading after Iran set conditions for reopening the strait, signaling recent relief at the pump may not last
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Todd Blanche Sworn In as Attorney General After Narrow Confirmation
The president's former criminal defense lawyer takes the oath Monday, two days after a 50-49 Senate vote in which two Republicans broke ranks
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Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General in 50-49 Vote
Two Republicans joined every Democrat in opposing the president's former criminal defense lawyer, who had been running the department in an acting capacity since April
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Appeals Court Halts White House Ballroom Construction Without Congress
The D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 that the president cannot build a 90,000-square-foot addition on the site of the demolished East Wing without congressional authorization
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Treasury Sanctions 13 Entities and Individuals Over Cuban Military Procurement
The action targets five entities and eight people accused of obtaining equipment for Cuba's Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
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HHS Proposes Stripping Federal Standards From Head Start
The rule would rescind hundreds of regulations governing staffing ratios, health screening and family services, shifting authority to states
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