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Senate advances Boundary Waters mining ban repeal to final vote after clearing two procedural hurdles

Senate votes 40-59 to keep $447M Israel arms sales despite Democratic opposition

Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution for fourth time in 47-52 vote

Treasury won't renew Iran oil sanctions waiver, ending legal crude sales

Appeals court blocks contempt probe into Trump deportation flights

OPM requires federal agencies to submit RIF plans by April 14, 2025

US and Iran deadlock on nuclear enrichment terms as April 21 deadline looms

Representative Chris Smith blocks Democrats' Iran war powers resolution in pro forma session

Trump threatens China with 50% tariff if it arms Iran with missiles

US Navy begins blockade of Iranian ports after peace talks fail

DHS shutdown ends as ICE keeps $75B OBBBA windfall, bypassing Congress

US-Iran Islamabad talks collapse; Trump threatens naval blockade

DOJ says fired Bondi won't testify on Epstein despite subpoena

Trump fires all six Presidio Trust directors

DC Circuit allows $400 million White House ballroom construction to continue until April 17

US Navy begins Hormuz mine clearing; Iran disputes transit

Secretary Mullin recalls DHS workforce using alternative funds during 59-day shutdown

Trump fires judges who threw out student deportation cases

NASA eliminates chief scientist role and closes three offices in DOGE workforce reductions

Iran war costs reach $30 billion as Republicans face funding fight under War Powers Resolution

Judge rules Hegseth violated court order blocking press from Pentagon

House GOP blocks Iran war powers vote during pro forma session

HUD emergency housing voucher program will run out of funding by end of 2026

BIA orders deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

Judge Sorokin blocks DOJ demand for Massachusetts voter roll data

EPA Administrator Zeldin proposes weakening coal ash groundwater protections

James Strahler pleads guilty to cyberstalking and AI-generated child sexual abuse material

ArcelorMittal donated foreign steel to Trump's ballroom and got a $37 million tariff cut

Nuclear Regulatory Commission cut nuclear security drills in half at all 93 U.S. reactors

ICE spent $1 billion on detention warehouses without notifying states or Congress

Louisiana Republicans are abolishing the clerk's office an exonerated man won by 33 points

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending deportation protections for 5,000 Ethiopians

Federal judge gave FDA six months to respond before blocking mail-order mifepristone in Louisiana

Office of Personnel Management demanded prescription and diagnosis records for 8 million federal workers

Israel killed 254 people in Lebanon within hours of the Iran ceasefire announcement

Trump threatened to destroy "a whole civilization" and 85 lawmakers called for his removal

Trump announced a U.S.-Iran ceasefire 90 minutes before his own deadline and the terms immediately fell apart

Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump's DOJ to dismiss Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction

Jamie Dimon warned that an Iran war could trap the Federal Reserve in a stagflation spiral

CIA deception operation fooled Iran and rescued both F-15E crew members from hostile territory

Trump pushed his Iran deadline to Tuesday and threatened to bomb power plants and bridges

EPA let oil companies burn off methane gas for 72 hours without penalty under a new rule

Senate set an April 16 hearing on Kevin Warsh's bid to replace Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve

Federal judge blocked Trump's order requiring colleges in 17 states to hand over admissions data

Iran rejects US peace plan as strike deadline nears and regional escalation risk grows

Trump's $1.5T defense budget eliminates LIHEAP, slashes EPA 52%

Nevada judge blocks ICE from locking up all deportation cases without bond hearings

Twenty-three states sued Trump over his executive order giving DHS control over mail ballot eligibility

Senate advances Boundary Waters mining ban repeal to final vote after clearing two procedural hurdles

Senate votes 40-59 to keep $447M Israel arms sales despite Democratic opposition

Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution for fourth time in 47-52 vote

Treasury won't renew Iran oil sanctions waiver, ending legal crude sales

Appeals court blocks contempt probe into Trump deportation flights

OPM requires federal agencies to submit RIF plans by April 14, 2025

US and Iran deadlock on nuclear enrichment terms as April 21 deadline looms

Representative Chris Smith blocks Democrats' Iran war powers resolution in pro forma session

Trump threatens China with 50% tariff if it arms Iran with missiles

US Navy begins blockade of Iranian ports after peace talks fail

DHS shutdown ends as ICE keeps $75B OBBBA windfall, bypassing Congress

US-Iran Islamabad talks collapse; Trump threatens naval blockade

DOJ says fired Bondi won't testify on Epstein despite subpoena

Trump fires all six Presidio Trust directors

DC Circuit allows $400 million White House ballroom construction to continue until April 17

US Navy begins Hormuz mine clearing; Iran disputes transit

Secretary Mullin recalls DHS workforce using alternative funds during 59-day shutdown

Trump fires judges who threw out student deportation cases

NASA eliminates chief scientist role and closes three offices in DOGE workforce reductions

Iran war costs reach $30 billion as Republicans face funding fight under War Powers Resolution

Judge rules Hegseth violated court order blocking press from Pentagon

House GOP blocks Iran war powers vote during pro forma session

HUD emergency housing voucher program will run out of funding by end of 2026

BIA orders deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

Judge Sorokin blocks DOJ demand for Massachusetts voter roll data

EPA Administrator Zeldin proposes weakening coal ash groundwater protections

James Strahler pleads guilty to cyberstalking and AI-generated child sexual abuse material

ArcelorMittal donated foreign steel to Trump's ballroom and got a $37 million tariff cut

Nuclear Regulatory Commission cut nuclear security drills in half at all 93 U.S. reactors

ICE spent $1 billion on detention warehouses without notifying states or Congress

Louisiana Republicans are abolishing the clerk's office an exonerated man won by 33 points

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending deportation protections for 5,000 Ethiopians

Federal judge gave FDA six months to respond before blocking mail-order mifepristone in Louisiana

Office of Personnel Management demanded prescription and diagnosis records for 8 million federal workers

Israel killed 254 people in Lebanon within hours of the Iran ceasefire announcement

Trump threatened to destroy "a whole civilization" and 85 lawmakers called for his removal

Trump announced a U.S.-Iran ceasefire 90 minutes before his own deadline and the terms immediately fell apart

Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump's DOJ to dismiss Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction

Jamie Dimon warned that an Iran war could trap the Federal Reserve in a stagflation spiral

CIA deception operation fooled Iran and rescued both F-15E crew members from hostile territory

Trump pushed his Iran deadline to Tuesday and threatened to bomb power plants and bridges

EPA let oil companies burn off methane gas for 72 hours without penalty under a new rule

Senate set an April 16 hearing on Kevin Warsh's bid to replace Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve

Federal judge blocked Trump's order requiring colleges in 17 states to hand over admissions data

Iran rejects US peace plan as strike deadline nears and regional escalation risk grows

Trump's $1.5T defense budget eliminates LIHEAP, slashes EPA 52%

Nevada judge blocks ICE from locking up all deportation cases without bond hearings

Twenty-three states sued Trump over his executive order giving DHS control over mail ballot eligibility