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Melania’s Foster Accounts Face Implementation Test

Story Highlights First Lady Melania Trump launched an initiative helping child welfare agencies open investment accounts for eligible foster children. The federal $1,000 contribution...

FISA Lapse Exposes Surveillance Oversight Failures

Story Highlights FISA Section 702 expired after the House rejected a three-week extension by a 198–218 vote. Democrats opposed renewal partly because of President...

Trump Inflation Remark Draws New Scrutiny

Story Highlights President Donald Trump said he “loved” the latest inflation numbers after annual consumer-price growth reached 4.2 percent. The White House said Trump...

Trump’s Iran Pressure Strategy Faces Scrutiny

Story Highlights President Donald Trump threatened major strikes and possible action against Iran’s oil-export infrastructure. The administration later paused the planned attack after reporting...

Comey Seashell Indictment Raises First Amendment Alarms as Trump’s DOJ Pattern of Prosecution Deepens

Story Highlights Comey was indicted in late April on two counts of threatening the president, stemming from a since-deleted Instagram photo of seashells arranged...

Study Finds Trump’s National Guard DC Deployment Has No Effect on Violent Crime, But Troops Set to Double

Story Highlights The Niskanen Center found National Guard deployment in D.C. reduced property crimes by 24% but had no measurable effect on violent crime ...

AP Investigation: Trump Administration Re-Separated Immigrant Children From Parents, Violating Court Settlement

Story Highlights Dozens of families previously separated under Trump's first-term zero-tolerance policy were re-separated during the second administration, the AP found A court settlement...

House Democrats Who Faced Trump Indictment Attempts Introduce “Drain the Slush Fund Act”

Story Highlights Representatives Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, and Maggie Goodlander introduced the House version of the bill on June 10 All four...

Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund Scrapped After Bipartisan Backlash

Story Highlights Acting AG Todd Blanche told Congress on June 2 that the DOJ was scrapping the $1.776 billion fund entirely A federal judge...

Trump’s Endorsements Put to the Test as Four States Hold Primary Elections

Story Highlights Trump endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in South Carolina's open governor's primary, directly testing his sway over the Republican base Maine Democratic...

House Set to Vote on $70 Billion ICE and Border Patrol Funding Bill

Story Highlights The House vote is scheduled for approximately 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, following Rules Committee clearance Monday Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged a very thin...

Trump Claims Iran Peace Deal Just Days Away as Ceasefire Frays

Story Highlights Trump told reporters after attending the NBA Finals in New York that the deal would "not in any way allow nuclear weapons" ...

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