The recent Supreme Court decision leaving open the possibility that President Trump’s denial of birthright citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil to undocumented parents will be upheld, is sending shockwaves through legal, political, and immigrant communities. Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent captured the alarm: “No right is safe.” But beyond the continental United States, this decision reverberates in a unique…
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As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, NATO and European countries need to increase production of long-range weapons, said Maj. Gen. John Rafferty to Reuters. “The Russian army is bigger today than it was when they started the war in Ukraine,” said Rafferty, who was interviewed in Germany. Long-range missiles can reach deep inside enemy territory. Russia has very effectively used these…
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A top Justice Department (DOJ) official pushed back Friday on speculation that there was a gap between Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI leadership over the handling of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a topic that has caused uproar among some in President Trump’s MAGA movement. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche posted on…
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There was a knock on the door. I knew who it was. Some friends had warned me they might be coming. I had been trying not to think too much about it. I figured I was not high enough on their list. They had already arrested the most outspoken, public-facing government critics — human…
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President Trump is trying to make Jerome Powell’s “life as miserable as possible” as he ramps up pressure on the Federal Reserve chair to lower interest rates or leave the central bank, a reporter who has closely followed Trump asserted this week. “I’m skeptical, he will fire Powell — he might; obviously, anything is possible,”…
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Former President Obama will be making his first fundraising appearance since the Democratic Party suffered losses across the board during the 2024 elections. Obama will attend a high-dollar fundraiser Friday evening hosted by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and his wife, Tammy Murphy, in Red Bank, N.J., according to a copy of the invitation…
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) is urging President Trump to restore federal funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, which provides funding for before- and after-school programs, including those in his district. The administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for after-school and summer programs that was included in the government funding bill signed…
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A day after President Trump announced a new 35 percent tariff on Canadian goods beginning next month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada had made “vital progress” toward stopping fentanyl. “Canada has made vital progress to stop the scourge of fentanyl in North America. We are committed to continuing to work with the United States…
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A large majority of U.S. adults in a survey say they believe immigration is good for the country while the number of those wanting to bar it has dropped 20 points in the last year. Results from the latest Gallup survey, released Friday, found that 79 percent of respondents said they think immigration is good…
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While most headlines fixate on border walls and migrant surges, the Trump administration has quietly redrawn the front lines of America’s war on fentanyl. This time, there are no boots, no barbed wire, and no rallies in El Paso. The fight has moved into spreadsheets and settlement systems. It now begins with bank wires. On…
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The defanging of Iran — chiefly by Israel, with a strong assist from President Trump and the U.S. Air Force — doesn’t just signal a dramatic power shift in the Middle East. It is also a setback to Iran’s senior partners in the anti-American axis — Russia and China. Neither has offered their battered ally…
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) hammered Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem over the federal response to deadly Texas flooding that has killed at least 120 people, claiming Noem has “no idea what she’s doing.” “If you look at what happened in Texas, evacuations are done at the local level in coordination with the…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) Senate campaign said on Friday it raised $2.9 million in the second quarter of 2025. Paxton is challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for his seat in the 2026 midterms. Cornyn, who is considered a GOP fundraising giant, has not yet released his second quarter haul. However, the pro-Cornyn…
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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur known for shaking up industries from electric vehicles to space travel, has officially announced the launch of the “America Party,” which aims to disrupt the entrenched two-party system in U.S. politics. It sounds like a bold move — an audacious bid to reclaim freedom for the country amid what Musk…
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Friday will head to Texas Hill Country, the scene on July 4 of devastating flooding that killed at least 120 people, with dozens still missing. “That was a terrible event. Terrible event,” Trump told reporters Monday when he announced the visit. “Texas was just absolutely, so badly…
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The White House is capitalizing on the premier of the new “Superman” movie to cast President Trump as a powerful hero for the country. The administration posted an image to social media late Thursday with a depiction of Trump wearing Superman’s outfit, complete with a red cape, flying through the air along with the caption…
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President Trump praised Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for the federal response to the recent deadly floods in Texas that have killed at least 120 people, amid scrutiny over the speed of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) action in the Lone Star State. Trump, during a phone interview with NBC News…
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As part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says one of the agency’s top targets is eliminating artificial food dyes by the end of 2026. Makary, a surgical oncologist tapped by President Trump to serve as the the 27th FDA chief, joined NewsNation on Thursday…
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Larry Summers has some nerve. The economist is ripping Republican’s “cruel” efforts to rein in out-of-control Medicaid spending. Yet he himself participated in one of the biggest welfare reforms of our lifetime. In 1996, with Summers serving in his Treasury Department, President Bill Clinton signed into law measures that ended welfare as an “entitlement,” pushed…
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President Trump said late Thursday that a deal was struck with NATO to send weapons to Ukraine, with the military alliance bearing the brunt of the cost. “We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100 percent,” he said in a phone interview with NBC News. “So, what we’re doing is…
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The Monty Python star also jabbed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The cuts have been roundly criticized by current and former diplomats who say they will weaken U.S. influence and its ability to counter threats abroad.
Two regional Planned Parenthood affiliates have stopped accepting Medicaid, citing a provision in the GOP’s massive tax-and-spending bill signed into law by President Trump earlier this month. The move has sparked legal challenges, patient confusion and warnings of widespread health care disruption. Planned Parenthood locations in Washington, D.C., and Colorado posted notices this week alerting patients that…
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The homeland security secretary slammed a CNN report detailing how a rule she put in place slowed down FEMA’s response to the tragedy.
University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers updated the “TACO” acronym and expressed his concern about what could be about to happen.