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House passes sprawling spending package as Democrats split over ICE funding — The House voted separately on DHS funding and another package of bills to avoid a partial shutdown and repeal a law that allows certain GOP senators to sue DOJ for $500,000. — WASHINGTON — A small band …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Bid to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers fails in US House — U.S. House of Representatives Republicans narrowly defeated a resolution on Thursday that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without the authorization of Congress, days after a similar measure failed in the Senate.
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar … It was a victory for House GOP leaders, who overcame attendance issues and concerns about the overall size of the spending package within their ranks. The chamber has now passed all 12 annual appropriations bills.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House rebuffs Venezuela war powers resolution after floor drama — The House on Thursday narrowly voted down a Democratic-led war powers resolution designed to block President Trump from using military force in Venezuela without explicit approval from Congress.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems help GOP pass bills to fund ICE, avert shutdown
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
A small group of Dems looks to break from their party on ICE funding
A small group of Dems looks to break from their party on ICE funding
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The Hill:
House passes final government funding bills in milestone, overcoming Democratic DHS opposition
House passes final government funding bills in milestone, overcoming Democratic DHS opposition
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Final spending bills move closer to House passage
Final spending bills move closer to House passage
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Finya Swai / Politico:
Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdown
Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdown
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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino: live updates — The unusually swift trial is the first to result from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as Operation Midway Blitz.
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Slavery exhibits at President's House in Philadelphia removed after Trump administration directive — PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Crews dismantled plaques telling the stories of the nine enslaved people who lived in the President's House in Philadelphia, and were owned by George Washington.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The slavery exhibits at the President's House have been removed following Trump administration push — The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President's House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration.
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Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Park Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia
Park Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia
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TikTok:
Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC — TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Established in Compliance with U.S. Regulatory Requirements — Today, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25 …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest — Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration — The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested …
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Noah Hurowitz / The Intercept:
White House Doctored Photo With Google AI to Make It Look Like an Activist Was Sobbing During Perp Walk
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
White House shares doctored image portraying arrested church protester in tears
White House shares doctored image portraying arrested church protester in tears
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Ally Heath / Straight Arrow News:
Special counsel Smith tells House Trump broke the law in first public testimony — This story is a Media Miss by the right as only 19% is from right-leaning media. — 58% left coverage19% right coverage — Jack Smith, former U.S. special counsel, said his probe found proof beyond …
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Breanne Deppisch / Fox News:
Jack Smith says Trump ‘willfully’ broke the law, blasts DOJ ‘retribution’ in second term
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April Rubin / Axios:
Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ
Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jack Smith testimony will warn Americans not to take the rule of law ‘for granted’
Jack Smith testimony will warn Americans not to take the rule of law ‘for granted’
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Magistrate judge rejects charges against Don Lemon over anti-ICE protest in Minnesota church — Add CBS News on Google — A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday …
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FBI and Homeland Security arrest two protesters who disrupted Minneapolis church service
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects criminal charge against journalist Don Lemon over church protest
Judge rejects criminal charge against journalist Don Lemon over church protest
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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, including 5-year-old — Columbia Heights Public Schools district officials accused ICE officers of using the 5-year-old “as bait.” A 10-year-old and her mother were also detained. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
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Reuters:
ICE has detained four children from Minnesota school district, officials say
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
ICE's growing lawlessness, briefly explained
ICE's growing lawlessness, briefly explained
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Target of Viral Botched ICE Raid Was Already in Prison — WHEN ICE AGENTS DETAINED U.S. citizen ChongLy Thao in Minneapolis this weekend—breaking down his door and escorting him half-naked into the snow—administration officials claimed they'd been looking for a pair of sex-criminal migrants at the address.
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Washington Post:
Trump sues JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon over cutting off banking access — Trump said the financial giant abruptly closed his accounts in February 2021, in the weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive …
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Judge skeptical of Trump's arguments he has proper authority to build White House ballroom — Add CBS News on Google — A federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's claims that it has the proper authority to continue construction on the East Wing site that was demolished last year.
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New York Times:
A Year Inside Kash Patel's F.B.I. — Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe. — When he returned to office last year, President Trump called the F.B.I. a “corrupt” agency in need of overhaul.
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
US officially leaves World Health Organization — After nearly 80 years of membership, the U.S. is officially no longer part of the World Health Organization (WHO). — President Trump initiated the removal process in an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term.
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STAT:
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations — Chair of federal panel stresses need to protect individual rights over public health — The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday …
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Delano Massey / Axios:
Leaders warn of authoritarian threat, urge action in 2026 — A year into President Trump's second term, civil rights leaders say the nation is entering a more volatile phase for civil rights enforcement and democratic norms — and they're no longer waiting for signals from Washington.
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Finds Connetquot Central School District Violated Title VI by Complying with Native American Mascot Ban — Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded its investigation into Connetquot Central School District (the District) in Long Island, New York.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Go f*ck yourself”: Jack Smith hearing rocked by angry altercation — A House hearing with former Trump special counsel Jack Smith was disrupted Thursday when a former police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 confronted a vocal 2020 election conspiracy theorist.
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Meghan Blonder / The Washington Free Beacon:
'Looks Like He'll Go to Algeria': DHS Plans to Rearrest and Deport Columbia Encampment Leader Mahmoud Khalil — DHS plans to rearrest Columbia University encampment leader Mahmoud Khalil and deport him to Algeria, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said on Wednesday.
G.S. Hans / Balls and Strikes:
A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It — The revocation of Emily Suski's offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors who take positions that Republican culture warriors do not like.
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Mark Carney Says Firmly That 'Canada Doesn't Live Because of the United States' — The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump. — When Mark Carney became Canada's prime minister last year …
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