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US House passes DHS funding bill in voice vote
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From prototypes to production: US Air Force seeks nearly $1B for initial CCA procurement
In a first, the Air Force is asking Congress to fund the purchase of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, marking the beginning of the “loyal wingman" era.
Military Times
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House passes bill to fund most of DHS in major step toward ending 10-week shutdown
The House on Thursday passed a bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), minus Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major step toward ending the record-breaking, 10-week shutdown. The bill passed by voice vote less than an hour after Republican leaders sent out a notice that the…
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Congress ends record-shattering DHS shutdown
The House acted after weeks of delay to fund most Homeland Security agencies, which have gone unfunded for 76 days.
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‘When did it come out?’ Trump remains disengaged as events unfold around him
Too often, the president sounds like someone who just wandered into the Oval Office, blissfully unaware of current events.
MS NOW
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Trump pulls Means' nomination for surgeon general
Nicole Saphier is the president's new pick for the job.
Politico
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Trump pulls Dr. Casey Means' nomination for surgeon general, announces replacement
President Trump on Thursday announced a new nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier. She replaces Trump's prior pick, Dr. Casey Means.
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Trump pulls Dr. Casey Means' nomination for surgeon general, announces replacement
President Trump on Thursday announced a new nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier. She replaces Trump's prior pick, Dr. Casey Means.
NBC News
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US House sets Thursday vote on Senate-passed DHS funding bill
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S.
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Members of Congress say correspondents' dinner shooting was a chilling reminder of security gaps
Rank-and-file lawmakers aren't afforded the same protections as members of leadership and Cabinet officials.
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Trump pulls Casey Means nomination for surgeon general for Fox News’s Nicole Saphier
President Trump on Thursday pulled the controversial nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general, announcing on Truth Social that her replacement would be Fox News contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier, marking his third nominee for the post. “Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their…
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Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump to remain in custody
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly stormed the White House correspondents’ association dinner
The Guardian
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Platner after Mills drops out: ‘We will start tearing down the system’
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) on Thursday lauded his state’s governor, Janet Mills (D), after she dropped out of the state’s Senate race, saying she “has dedicated her career to this beautiful state.” With Mills’s exit, Platner will almost certainly clear Maine’s June primary and head to the general election against incumbent Sen. Susan…
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7 House seats could shift to GOP after voting rights ruling: Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
Two nonpartisan election handicappers identified seven districts that could be at risk of being redrawn to favor Republicans following the Supreme Court’s Wednesday decision limiting the scope of the Voting Rights Act provision that creates majority-minority districts. Both Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball, which is published by the University of Virginia’s Center for…
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Republican erupts at TMZ reporter over DHS funding questions: ‘Talk to the f‑‑‑ing Democrats’
Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) snapped at a reporter for TMZ who peppered him with questions about Congress’s inability to pass a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill and the upcoming recess. “It’s good to see you bro,” the video the outlet posted showed TMZ’s Charlie Cotton saying to Meuser as he was walked to…
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Record-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends
In addition to the DHS funding bill, President Donald Trump also signed into law a short-term extension of the foreign spy program known as FISA.
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Opinion - We now have a Trump Injustice Department
The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, alleging that the organization paid informants to infiltrate hate groups without disclosing the payments to donors, while the SPLC claims that it was gathering intelligence to prevent violence.
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Moulton: Hegseth is guilty of war crimes
Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) on Wednesday became the latest House Democrat to accuse Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of war crimes, accusations that have mounted amid the Iran war and the U.S. military’s lethal boat strikes on alleged drug runners. When asked Wednesday on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” whether Hegseth is guilty of war crimes, Moulton said, “Absolutely.”…
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Sanford, former South Carolina governor, drops bid for old House seat
Mark Sanford, the Republican former governor of South Carolina and a former congressman, ended his campaign for his old House seat Thursday. The 65-year-old, who entered the race March 30, said in a release that he will instead launch a national nonprofit and grassroots movement focusing on tackling the national debt. “After a lot of…
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David Scott’s daughter to run to fill his Georgia House seat: Report
The daughter of the late U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) said she will run in the special election to succeed her father. The Georgia lawmaker died this month, after more than two decades in Congress. Marcye Scott told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week that she was considering launching a political bid this cycle before her…
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Suspect in D.C. shooting held in "safe cell," agrees to remain jailed ahead of trial
Cole Allen, 31, is facing three charges related to the attack outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner, including attempting to assassinate President Trump.
CBS News
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Thune pushes 45-day extension of FISA surveillance authority to avoid blackout
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has proposed a 45-day extension of the nation’s surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to avoid the possibility that those powers expire at the end of the day, Thursday. Thune is moving a short-term extension of the warrantless spy powers under Section 702 after telling reporters…
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House passes sprawling farm bill despite GOP infighting
The House on Thursday passed a major bill reauthorizing agricultural and food programs for the next five years, overcoming GOP infighting that delayed and threatened to derail the legislation this week. The lower chamber voted 224-200 to pass the measure, with 209 Republicans, 14 Democrats and one independent voting to support it. Three Republicans and…
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Jackson, Jones in dead heat in Georgia’s GOP gubernatorial race: Survey
A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll found that businessman Rick Jackson and Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R) are separated by just 2.4 percentage points with less than three weeks before the GOP gubernatorial primary. The survey, released Thursday, found that 27.2 percent of respondents backed Jackson, a healthcare executive who entered the race in February.…
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Trump administration appeals court order in effort to cut vaccine recommendations for kids
The appeal filed Wednesday was a response to a March 16 court order that blocked the decision by President Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, to end broad recommendations for all children to be vaccinated against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis and RSV, a respiratory virus. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy's order also stopped a meeting of a Kennedy-appointed vaccine advisory committee. U.S. health officials did not immediately comment on the filing, or respond to a question about why they waited six weeks to file an appeal.
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Cruz objects to Paul in testy GOP spat over ‘spy fridges’ on Senate floor
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the conservative stalwart, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a hero to libertarians, got into a testy spat on the Senate floor when Cruz objected to Paul’s routine request for unanimous consent to transfer a few acres of federal land to a local Boys & Girls Club and the fight spiraled into…
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The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas
The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. launched a campaign Thursday for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, upending the race in a normally Republican state as the GOP’s small majority seems less secure than it was a year ago. The Rev. Adam Hamilton enters the race as a potentially formidable candidate, though it appears likely that at least a few of the eight other, lesser-known Democrats who previously launched campaigns would remain in the Aug. 4 primary. The winner will face incumbent Republican Roger Marshall, who aligned himself closely with President Donald Trump in his first run for the Senate in 2020.
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Johnson faces tough decision on DHS funding bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a tough decision on whether to bring a Senate-passed bipartisan bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the floor on Thursday, as pressure from the White House and the upper chamber intensifies. Walking onto the House floor Thursday, Johnson told CNN and other reporters he will…
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House investigating Airbnb over Chinese AI models
House Republicans have launched an investigation into U.S. companies’ use of Chinese-developed artificial intelligence, starting with a probe into Airbnb and Anysphere, the parent company of Cursor. In letters sent Thursday to the companies, the Republican chairs of the House Committee of Homeland Security and House Select Committee on China said their joint investigation is…
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Trump administration weighing measures to soon increase US oil output, Hassett says
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is talking to oil companies and considering measures to increase production in the United States "really soon" to ease the impact of the Iran
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The Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling creates a dangerous choice for Democrats
Democrats could spread out minority voters who are reliable supporters to help capture more seats. But doing so would reduce minority representation in the House.
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Republicans would lose big if midterms were held today: Brit Hume
Fox News’s chief political analyst, Brit Hume, on Wednesday said Republicans would lose big if midterm elections were held today, citing voter concerns about the Iran war and affordability. “I think if the election were held today, given in the middle of this conflict, that the House would be obviously gone. And there’s a good…
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Following shootings, Trump administration announces rollback of gun safeguards
One of the key differences between the president’s first term and his second is gun policy. For those concerned about gun violence, this isn’t good news.
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Top Democrat: Hegseth should have appeared ‘before they went to war’
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass) voiced concern on Wednesday about the ballooning cost of the conflict with Iran, arguing that the Pentagon should have appeared before Congress months ago. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday made his first appearance before Congress since the war’s start, during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee.…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. is 'not at war' with Iran as White House approaches 60-day deadline
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Thursday that it is not necessary for Congress to weigh in on the Trump administration’s military action in Iran because the United States is currently “not at war.”“I don’t think we have an active, kinetic military bombing, firing or anything like that.
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New York Times: Iran war shows US military ‘losing its edge’
The editorial board of The New York Times is suggesting that U.S. military is “losing its edge,” pointing to the war in Iran as proof. “While President Trump seems eager for a negotiated truce, Iran’s leaders do not. Somehow, the weaker nation is in the stronger negotiating position,” the editorial board wrote on Thursday. “That…
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US military commanders to brief Trump on military options against Iran
Top U.S. military leaders, including CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper, will brief President Trump on Thursday on potential military action against Iran.
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House strips controversial pro-pesticide policies from farm bill
The House on Thursday voted to strip pro-pesticide policies, which have been a source of controversy and GOP infighting, from the farm bill. The amendment to take the provisions out of the farm bill, which sets the nation’s agriculture policy for five years, was adopted in a 280-142 vote. It was led by Reps. Anna…
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Mark Sanford quits latest bid for Congress and says he'll set up a debt-focused nonprofit instead
Mark Sanford, the Republican former South Carolina congressman and governor whose political ascendency was stalled by a 2009 affair, has ended his latest bid for public office, saying that he's quitting the race to reclaim his former coastal district to set up a nonprofit to address the national debt, his signature issue. Sanford, 65, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was shuttering his campaign just a month after he launched it, a decision inspired by his desire to focus on combating the national debt and deficit. “What I hope to do is to indeed build a grassroots organization — start small, but I have a fair size circle of friends and folks with whom I have some degree of influence and contacts,” Sanford told the AP, also noting that, with his first grandchild on the way, he realized as he mounted this campaign that he wanted to be able to spend more time with his family.
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Governor Janet Mills suspends Maine Senate bid weeks before primary clash
Mills cites lack of funds to face off against Graham Platner in race to unseat Republican Susan Collins
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Opinion - Trump heads to Beijing with fewer cards to play
Trump is going to Beijing at the wrong time, and with fewer cards than he would like.
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Watch: Hegseth faces Senate heat over Iran war, Pentagon budget
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was back on Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget and the administration’s operation in Iran and blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. The hearing comes a day after he faced heat in the House over the Middle East…
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Trump lashes out at Merz, calling on him to fix a ‘broken’ Germany
President Trump lashed out Thursday at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by telling him he should be “fixing his broken Country” rather than weighing in on the Iran war, intensifying the war of words between the U.S. president and a longtime ally. “The Chancellor of Germany should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine…
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US cyber team hasn’t been activated yet to protect midterm elections from foreign meddling
For the first election cycle in years, US military and intelligence officials have not yet activated a specialized team dedicated to detecting and thwarting foreign threats to elections, according to comments from those agencies to Congress and CNN, alarming some lawmakers and former officials who have served on the team.
CNN
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Trump's sweeping student-loan repayment overhaul cleared its final hurdle
Trump's Department of Education announced the final rule for its student-loan repayment overhaul that will roll out in July.
Business Insider
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US accuses 10 current, former Mexican officials of aiding drug trafficking
Federal officials have indicted 10 current and former Mexican officials on charges tied to drug trafficking as part of a Trump administration crackdown on the international flow of narcotics. The Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed the indictment Wednesday. It says the governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Rubén Rocha Moya, and nine others were allegedly involved…
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O’Leary: ‘I don’t get’ Trump ballroom opposition
Investor Kevin O’Leary said Wednesday that he does not “get” why some people are opposed to President Trump’s desire for a sprawling ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House. “My lobbyist over here said the taxpayers are not paying for it. So then, why not let him have a…
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Poll finds more than half oppose Trump ballroom following WHCA assassination attempt
A new poll conducted by the Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos found that more than half of respondents oppose President Trump’s plan to construct a ballroom on the White House grounds. The survey, released Thursday, found that 56 percent of respondents are opposed to the project, which began in October 2025 with the teardown…
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Janet Mills ends Senate campaign in Maine, paving way for Graham Platner
Maine Gov. Janet Mills' exit from the race all but assures Graham Platner will get the Democratic nomination to take on Sen. Susan Collins.
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Watch live: Senate Democrats highlight Iran war powers resolution push
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) will speak with reporters Thursday morning as Democrats prepare to force another vote on a war powers resolution to block the Trump administration from further action in Iran. Thursday’s vote marks the sixth attempt and comes as the conflict has passed a key milestone…
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