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A little-known federal agency is at the center of Trump’s executive order to overhaul US elections
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has operated in relative anonymity since, but is now central to President Donald ...
US charges high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua with terrorism offenses
The case is part of a broad push to target Tren de Aragua or TdA, a Venezuelan gang that has been blamed for drug smuggling ...
USAID cuts felt far outside Washington, D.C.: "Layoff trauma hit across the country"
Close to 20,000 employees — many living in states such as North Carolina, Vermont, California and Georgia — lost their jobs ...
Veterans Affairs asks employees to report ‘anti-Christian bias’ for investigation by new task force
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is establishing a task force to investigate employee reports of alleged ...
White House debates lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, Nord Stream
“There is an internal White House debate between the energy dominance people — Burgum, who wants markets for U.S. LNG — and Witkoff, who wants to be closer to Russia,” one of the people told POLITICO.
S.F. judge says he’ll likely block Trump order targeting sanctuary cities
A federal judge said Wednesday he expects to issue an order prohibiting the Trump administration from withholding billions of ...
Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts
President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them.
A Palestinian student arrested at US citizenship interview will stay in detention for now, ahead of a hearing next week
A Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at an interview for US citizenship will remain detained in ...
Discarded weather balloons from Tasmania found on Warrnambool beach
Pete Furphy was surprised to discover remnants of weather balloons that had travelled more than 300 kilometres when he and ...