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Alleged non-citizen commercial truck driver charged in connection with crash killing state trooper
The Pennsylvania state trooper who died recently moved home to help care for his mother during her cancer treatment.
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Fed Reserve working paper suggests Biden illegal immigrant wave caused 30% of home price increases
Paper creates first ever calculation of how a wave of 7 million illegal immigrants from 2021 to 2024 affected local labor and housing markets.
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Pro-life and other conservatives fuming over the re-funding of Planned Parenthood
While Republicans did push last year to make the defunding permanent or at least make it a decade-long defunding of Planned Parenthood, the Senate parliamentarian forced them to cut it back to a one-year measure.
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Iran-linked hackers breach FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, agency says
A Justice Department official confirmed the breach and said the exposed content appears to be authentic.
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House digs in on Homeland funding standoff with Senate as Trump intervenes to pay TSA workers
House Republican leaders said that President Donald Trump supported their idea for temporary but full funding.
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One dozen American service members injured in Iran attack on US base in Saudi Arabia: Report
Nearly 300 American troops have been injured in the conflict so far and at least 13 have been killed.
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Justice Department investigating California, Maine over transgender prison policies
The investigations fall under the department's Civil Rights division and probe whether the constitutional rights of female prisoners are being infringed upon by housing them with biological males.
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Education Department to give headquarters to Energy Department in latest downsizing move
The administration said the planned moves will save American taxpayers millions of dollars and fill empty space within government buildings. The Education Department's building is currently 70% vacant.
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Trump to send Congress his budget request for fiscal 2027 on April 3: Report
The president was expected to send his budget request in February, which serves as a guideline for Congress to pass its 2027 funding bills.
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As it downsizes, Education Department hasn't implemented most of watchdog's recommendations
According to the report, the Department of Education “stopped assessing student loan servicers on accuracy and call quality due to lack of staff capacity,” a move that has curtailed key performance reviews.
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China boosts cooperation in fentanyl probes following FBI Director Kash Patel’s visit
China’s track record calls into question the country’s long-term commitment to permanently end the illicit trade of fentanyl precursors.
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House Transportation Chairman Sam Graves opts out of reelection, adding to GOP's Midterm exodus
Graves, who was first elected to represent Missouri's sixth district in the lower chamber in 2000, said the decision to step aside was not an "easy decision, but it's the right one."
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Trump issues presidential memorandum directing Homeland Security, OMB to pay TSA workers
Trump said he has ordered the DHS and OMB to use funds that have a reasonable "nexus" to TSA operations to provide TSA employees with the compensation and benefits they would have received without the shutdown.