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Trump says DACA deal for young immigrants is off
Posted on:Monday, April 2, 2018

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that there will be no deal to legalize the status of young adult immigrants called Dreamers and he said the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming more dangerous.

Extreme vetting: State Department to demand tourists’ social media history
Posted on:Friday, March 30, 2018

The State Department will publish new rules this week to require most visitors and immigrants to the U.S. to divulge their recent social media histories, carrying out one of the key security enhancements from President Trump’s extreme vetting executive order.

Trump has talked to Mattis about U.S.-Mexico wall funding: Pentagon
Posted on:Friday, March 30, 2018

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump about the potential use of military funds for a border wall with Mexico, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Hawaii Lawmakers Legalize Medically Assisted Suicide
Posted on:Friday, March 30, 2018

Hawaii lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that would make it the latest liberal-leaning state to legalize medically assisted suicide.

Documents suggest possible coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe: investigators
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018

Newly uncovered text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggest a possible coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, CIA, FBI, Justice Department and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early stages of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to GOP congressional investigators on Wednesday.

U.S. watchdog to probe Republican claims of FBI surveillance abuses
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018

The internal watchdog at the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday he is launching a review into allegations by Republican lawmakers that the FBI made serious missteps when it sought a warrant to monitor a former adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.

Trump takes infrastructure plan on the road, touts jobs boost to pressure Democrats
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018

President Trump is hyping the economic boost from a massive infrastructure program, applying pressure on Capitol Hill Democrats to get on board or risk missing out as they did on tax cuts that are increasingly popular with voters.

Justice Department defends CLOUD Act, a controversial new data-storage law
Posted on:Thursday, March 29, 2018

Two Department of Justice officials defended the CLOUD Act, legislation buried in last week’s $1.3 trillion spending bill that could upend both the tech industry and a U.S. Supreme Court case.

Orlando nightclub shooter’s father, an FBI informant, brushed off son’s terror comments, agent says
Posted on:Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The Orlando nightclub shooter’s dad – revealed to be an FBI informant – told authorities who were investigating Omar Mateen before the attack that pro-terror comments the would-be gunman made to coworkers were just examples of him ‘being stupid,’ an agent testified Monday.

Supreme Court weighs Republican challenge to Maryland electoral map
Posted on:Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considers for the second time in recent months whether to rein in politicians who draw state electoral maps with the aim of entrenching their party in power in a case involving a Maryland congressional district.

States scrambling to avert Obamacare sticker shock after Dems balk at stabilization effort
Posted on:Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Congress failed to tamp down Obamacare premiums in last week’s spending bill, shifting the burden onto states, where governors and legislatures are facing growing pressure — but few good options — to bring down rates before companies finalize their 2019 prices.

Republican bill would stop illegal immigrants from being able to ‘disappear’ once they’re caught
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Sen. James Inhofe said he will introduce legislation aimed at preventing illegal immigrants who make it over the U.S. border from disappearing into the country due to overcrowded detention centers.

Trump expels 60 Russian officials over nerve-agent attack in Britain
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018

President Trump expelled 60 Russian intelligence officers Monday and closed Russia’s consulate in Seattle, joining European allies in punishing Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain.

FBI Investigating Suspicious Packages Sent to Military and Intelligence Locations
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The FBI is investigating multiple suspicious packages sent to military and intelligence locations in and around Washington, D.C.

Overhaul of U.S. Telecoms Database Sparks Fear of Catastrophic Failure
Posted on:Tuesday, March 27, 2018

An impending overhaul of the national U.S. telecommunications database is prompting fears the transition could spark a catastrophic failure, crippling emergency communications networks across the United States, according to industry insiders who told the Washington Free Beacon the foreign firm handling the upcoming transition may not be prepared to initiate the switch.

202,796 attend ‘March For Our Lives’ in DC says aerial analysis
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018

Organizers for the ‘March For Our Lives’ initially predicted their rally in the nation’s capital would draw, at minimum, 500,000 people. In the aftermath, the well-organized group said 850,000 showed up Saturday. One source claims otherwise.

Insurers pick up the pieces after Obamacare bills fail
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018

Insurers have a few months to decide whether to participate in Obamacare’s exchanges after an effort to stabilize them fell apart Thursday.

Trump moves to limit transgender individuals from military service
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday that bans some transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military, but gives the armed forces latitude in implementing policies.

‘Never again’: Trump’s promise against signing huge spending bills will be hard to keep
Posted on:Monday, March 26, 2018

President Trump vowed he would never get snookered into signing another one of Congress‘ bloated, budget-busting spending bills, but the resounding response from Washington was ‘fat chance.’

Congress Gives Itself a Bonus in Omnibus
Posted on:Friday, March 23, 2018

The House and Senate increased their own budgets in the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package.

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