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Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership in major overhaul, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is reassigning at least half the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices around the country in a major shake-up of the agency responsible for carrying out the president’s vision for mass deportations, according to one current and one former U.S. government official. The current official, who was not authorized to speak publicly…
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Government shutdown live updates as Senate fails to advance GOP funding bill for 13th time
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, wrote an op-ed in The New York Times on Tuesday urging his colleagues to support a bill he is sponsoring that would fund the SNAP program through the shutdown. The Department of Agriculture said federal food aid will not go out on Nov. 1. “Saturday will be another grim milestone,” Hawley wrote. “That is…
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GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report
Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations signed in his name via autopen, the GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee asserted in a letter it sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her to consider whether that…
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Government shutdown drags on as missed paychecks, benefit lapses increase pressure for deal
Gina Plata-Nino, interim director for SNAP at the Food Research & Action Center, urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Monday to utilize her authority to issue federal food aid “regardless of what’s going on with the shutdown.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture said federal food aid will not go out on Nov. 1, after the administration said it would not use…
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Deputy is killed; fleeing suspect is deliberately knocked off motorcycle
A person suspected of fatally shooting a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was deliberately knocked off of his motorcycle by another deputy while he was leading authorities on a high-speed pursuit on the 210 Freeway in Upland. Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez was killed while responding to a domestic violence call on Monday. (San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department) The deputy who…
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Trump ‘would love’ unconstitutional third term but rules out running for VP | Donald Trump
Donald Trump said on Monday morning that he would rule out running for the vice-presidency in the 2028 US election, an unorthodox approach that some of his supporters have floated to allow the Republican US president to serve a third term in the White House. “I’d be allowed to do that,” Trump said, in an exchange with reporters aboard Air…
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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun calls a special session to redistrict House seats
The Republican governor of Indiana said Monday he’s scheduling a special session to redraw congressional boundaries after weeks of pressure to back President Donald Trump’s bid to add more winnable seats with midcycle redistricting. Trump has pressed Republicans to draw new maps that give the party an easier path to maintain control of the House in the midterms. While Republicans…
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GOP confronts voter fear over rising health care premiums
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin’s disabled son is at risk of losing the insurance he gained under that law, the caller said. “Now she’s looking at two or three times…
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US and China agree ‘framework’ for trade deal ahead of Xi-Trump meeting | Donald Trump
The US and China have agreed a framework for a trade deal just days before Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are due to meet. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the agreement, forged on the sidelines of the Association of south-east Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Malaysia on Sunday, would remove the threat of the imposition of 100% tariffs…
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US detains British commentator Sami Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour
Washington (Reuters) — U.S. immigration authorities detained British commentator Sami Hamdi, revoked his visa and said he would be deported rather than allowed to complete his speaking tour in the United States, a Homeland Security official said on Sunday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has Hamdi in custody, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin posted on social media site X. “Under President Trump,…
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