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“Moving people from one street to the next or from the street to jail and back again will not solve this problem,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.

The new head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in an interview with The New York Times Thursday that the Trump administration will make changes to the visa system for skilled workers and look to make the test for U.S. citizenship more difficult. “The test as it’s laid out right now, it’s not very…
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President Donald Trump drew on a map of a forecast for Hurricane Dorian in 2019. He did it to indicate the storm would go over Alabama. It didn’t.

A third court ruled Friday that President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order cannot go into effect across the country, following the Supreme Court’s decision last month clawing back nationwide injunctions.  U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, an appointee of former President Obama, found that the nationwide injunction he granted to more than a dozen states remains in…
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The president has turned his eyes towards the biggest platform for criticism: the media.

Financial markets finished the week on a high note after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stood his ground against President Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two men Thursday. The S&P 500 finished 0.4 percent up, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 208 points or 0.47 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

An attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and associate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, said he has not talked to President Trump’s team about a potential pardon for his client. “We’re going to take one day at a time. I know that’s very cliche, but it’s true, because things are happening so…
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Another Trump ally elevated to power, another court order ignored.

“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had a simple response to the furor the often-controversial show stoked this week with an episode showing President Trump in bed with Satan and making fun of what they depicted as the president’s small genitals. “We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said Thursday, holding a deadpan stare as the…
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South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman (R) is expected to file is candidacy Friday to become his state’s next governor. “America has a businessman in the White House, and I believe we need a businessman as Governor of South Carolina,” a statement on Norman’s campaign website reads. “I have a vision for South Carolina – one…
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The singer felt he “had to do something” after this moment hit a nerve.

The president said everything but “no” when asked repeatedly about the possibility.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and other critics of the Trump administration’s environmental policies are renewing a push for legislation that would end energy subsidies that the critics say will “destroy the planet.” The proposal, dubbed the “End Polluter Welfare Act,” is a revival of past environmental advocacy efforts from Sanders and…
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A group of four Democratic lawmakers sent a Friday letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the agency to investigate no-bid detention center contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Reps. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member…
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Deportation flights have begun to leave Florida’s immigration detention center, also known as “Alligator Alcatraz”, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday.  Three flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have already taken off, DeSantis said. The first one had 100 detainees on board. It is not clear where the flights are going.…
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President Trump will meet Sunday in Scotland with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, for the two sides to discuss trade. “Following a good call with @POTUS, we have agreed to meet in Scotland on Sunday to discuss transatlantic trade relations, and how we can keep them strong,” von der Leyen posted…
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The U.S. military carried out a raid in northwestern Syria on Friday, killing a senior Islamic State (ISIS) leader and two of his sons in the Aleppo area, according to the United States Central Command (CENTCOM).  CENTCOM said on Friday that U.S. forces killed Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, a senior ISIS leader, along with his…
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Earlier this month, the Senate voted 99-1 to remove a ban on state AI laws from the “big, beautiful bill.” Despite this, the White House now plans to meddle in state efforts to govern AI.  Teen suicide, self-harm, isolation and the sexual exploitation of minors have been linked to platforms like Character.AI, Meta AI chatbots and Google’s Gemini. These…
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David Schoen, a former Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein lawyer, said Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials “jumped the gun a bit” in overhyping the Epstein files. Schoen in an interview with BBC Newsnight on Thursday said there is no Epstein “client list” that would highlight connections between the disgraced financier and wealthy individuals. “If…
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The Kremlin ruled out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before achieving major progress on a peace deal, raising doubt on ending the war before President Trump’s 50-day deadline. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said peace proposals drafted by both sides are “diametrically opposed.” When asked if a meeting between…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blasted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late Thursday following its approval of a mega merger between entertainment giants Paramount and Skydance. “The appearance of this ‘wink wink’ deal basically lets every other company and every other billionaire [know] that Trump is open for business,” Warren said in a video posted to…
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Three former Justice Department (DOJ) employees hit the Trump administration on Thursday with a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination. The effort was led by former federal prosecutor Michael Gordon, who worked on top cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The complaint was also signed by Patricia Hartman, a former public affairs…
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President Trump departed Friday for a five-day stay in Scotland, where he is expected to meet with British and Scottish officials and visit his properties there. The White House has described the trip as a “working visit,” pointing to planned discussions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer about a trade agreement between the U.S. and…
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President Trump’s auto tariffs have riddled Volkswagen, which said it was hit with a $1.5 billion profit dent after the onset of the new U.S. trade policies.  Volkswagen said the “decline in Operating Result [is] primarily due to high costs from increased U.S. import tariffs (EUR 1.3 billion), provisions for restructuring at Audi, Volkswagen Passenger…
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