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The death of Jaime Alanís underscores the dangers of such raids and the trauma they cause immigrant communities.

Harry Enten flagged how the president is doing “bad to downright terrible” in the polls on this issue.

The president recounted how the Club World Cup trophy ended up in the Oval Office during an interview at the tournament finals on Sunday.

Experts in constitutional law and political science say what’s most concerning about the president’s recent attack on the comedian, who moved to Ireland in January.

President Trump moved to a more aggressive footing with Russia on Monday, promising to funnel weapons through NATO allies to Ukraine and threatening to hammer Moscow’s trading partners with sanctions. Even though there is a lengthy hiatus of 50 days before those sanctions would take effect, it’s still a notable shift from the president. Trump…
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday to allow the Trump administration to move forward with mass layoffs at the Department of Education, a move supported by President Trump-appointed leadership at the federal agency but feared by education supporters.   The 6-3 ruling along ideological lines helps Trump partially fulfill his campaign promise of dismantling the Education…
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Democrats are slamming former President Biden’s response to a series of investigations of him by Republicans on Capitol Hill and the Trump administration, arguing he is again taking the GOP bait to the detriment of his own party. At a time when Democrats have sought to go on offense over President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”…
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“[E]ither way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave,” she wrote in a blistering dissent.

A single moment from a right-wing student summit over the weekend will probably make Donald Trump angry.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has called for a heightened federal drone defense strategy, following reports of drone sightings in the Northeast toward the end of 2024. “I am writing to you with respect to the critical need for federal action regarding the threat posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones,”…
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Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who have been pushing for a Russia sanctions bill, on Monday hailed President Trump’s threat of tougher sanctions on Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t wind down his country’s attacks on Ukraine in the coming weeks. “It is long overdue for the financial backers of Russia’s…
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96 <!– Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy <!–   The Big Story  Would markets tolerate Fed chair Scott Bessent? The possibility that President Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is spinning heads from Washington to Wall Street and…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the Trump administration should release all of the files related to the disgraced late-financier Jeffrey Epstein, and that Congress should intervene to force that release if the administration doesn’t act on its own.  Jeffries said there’s no good reason for the Justice Department to keep those…
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Sending Ukraine offensive weapons could push Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, retired Adm. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, said on Monday. Speaking ahead of the announcement of the U.S.-NATO weapons deal for Ukraine, Stavridis said he was hoping the deal would “move beyond strictly defensive weapons, such as the…
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For some strange reason, Trump’s “won’t somebody think of the unattractive billionaires” claim wasn’t exactly the rallying cry he might have expected.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday pushed back on a new report from NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees are going hungry and being fed spoiled food. “FAKE NEWS! Any claim that there is a lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are FALSE,” DHS said in…
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The former president returned to the fundraising circuit to urge his party to “stop looking for the messiah.”

The president appears to harbor an uncharitable view of marriage.

The contradictory stories come as Trump, finally, announces new sanctions to counter Russia and more military aid to Ukraine.

Both women have been vocal in the past about their strained relationship.

The Supreme Court is allowing Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) said on Sunday he plans to introduce a resolution demanding files be released in the case involving financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Either @realDonaldTrump and his acolytes fueled the rumors of the significance of these Epstein files to help his campaign, or something is there!” Veasey said in a…
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“Who are the rich & powerful being protected?” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) implored.

Voters are evenly divided on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” according to a poll.  A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found 44 percent of respondents said they supported the Republicans’ major policy bill while another 44 percent said they didn’t support the legislation. A separate 12 percent said they were not sure. Among the provisions…
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Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee are slated to hold a news conference Monday afternoon marking the first anniversary of the assassination attempt against President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. Sunday marked one year since Trump was bloodied in the assassination attempt, which served as a turning point for Trump both politically and…
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