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Abrego Garcia's deportation case exposes a rift among Democrats over how to take on Trump — As some Democrats vocally push for the release of the man the administration says was mistakenly deported, others have sought to steer clear and focus on high prices and economic issues.
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New Trump policy to speed deportations cannot be implemented, US judge rules — A U.S. judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from implementing a new policy allowing it to rapidly deport hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance …


Should Democrats focus on immigration or the economy? — It is possible for parties to walk and chew gum at the same time … I have seen political analysts suggest or imply a few times now that Democrats should not be trying to fight Republicans on immigration in general …
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Rubio Says Trump to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Talks if No Progress Soon — “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris. — The United States will abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine …
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US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress ‘within a matter of days,’ Rubio says
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Trump ready to ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks if no progress, Rubio says
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‘You caved’: El Salvador president ripped for posting photos from US Senator's meeting — Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) received applause Thursday after he succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador who has become the face …
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Senator Meets With Wrongly Deported Maryland Man in El Salvador
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia meets with Maryland senator in El Salvador, weeks after mistaken deportation
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Trump Is Flirting With Economic Disaster — By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals. — According to President Donald Trump, the banker he picked to lead the Federal Reserve is “WRONG.” His reports are a “complete ‘mess!’”
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The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights — The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions …


Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury's Power Struggle With Elon Musk — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge. — The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is being replaced …
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Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups
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With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will
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What's Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. — In the beginning there was agony. Under the empires of old, the strong did what they willed and the weak suffered what they must. — But over the centuries, people built the sinews of civilization …
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Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label — The immigrants are among more than 6,000 who were falsely added to a deaths database by DHS and the U.S. DOGE Service in a bid to pressure them to leave the United States. — Immigrants falsely labeled dead …

DOGE is slashing 90% of a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated 90% of its staff. — A termination notice seen by BI said employees would lose access to work systems on Friday night.
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House Democrats fume at David Hogg's plan to oust lawmakers — Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg's plan to spend $20 million to primary older Democratic incumbents in Congress has sparked intense anger from some lawmakers. — Why it matters: House Democrats told Axios that …
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Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says — The Democratic governor of Wisconsin's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto can lock in a school funding increase for 400 years, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling under Trump — Charts show the scale of a steep drop in visitors from key countries and regions after President Donald Trump returned to office. — Overseas travel to the United States has declined sharply since President Donald Trump returned to office.


Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy — On This Page — The National Archives' Role in Fulfilling Executive Order 14176 — How is the National Archives Making These Records Available? — 2025 Release — Other Records Related to RFK — Contact Us
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Trump Releases Files on 1968 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
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Chart of the week: Trump is losing voters on the economy — Inflation got Donald Trump elected in 2024. Now, his ratings on economic issues are at their lowest point ever, even worse than during COVID-19 — The numbers on the economy are basically unanimous and relatively straightforward …
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Trump administration eyes elimination of program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes — The Trump administration is considering support for the end of a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. — A draft budget request document reviewed …
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DHS tells US citizen and immigration advocate to leave the country … Aldo Martinez received an email April 11 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), telling him to leave the country or he would be removed. It read: … “I was born in National City, California,” Martinez said.
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Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure — America has seen ruinous periods, but never when the president was the one knowingly causing the ruin. — By any reasonable measure, President Donald Trump's first 100 days will be judged an epic failure. — He has been a legislative failure.
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Scoop: Trump revamps “Schedule F,” making it easier to cut federal workers — The Trump administration on Friday will announce that it's moving ahead with a new rule, previously known as “Schedule F,” that will make it easier to remove federal employees it believes are undercutting President Trump's agenda.


Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump — Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar. Currencies rise and fall all the time because of inflation fears, central bank moves and other factors.
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Trump's United States of Emergency — In his first 100 days, President Trump has declared more national emergencies — more creatively and more aggressively — than any president in modern American history. — Why it matters: Powers originally crafted to give the president flexibility …
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SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law; They Can't Change It … We are now cranking up another edition of the “will he or won't he” Trump song and dance, this time about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Trump manages to add an additional pungency to these dramas by trying to fire the guy who is actually his own Fed Chair.


DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review — DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine. — The U.S. DOGE Service is putting new curbs on billions of dollars …


The Trump Administration Is Disappearing People Like the Soviet Union — The courts can only do so much to protect us. Will more people be doomed to the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia? — Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return …


MAGA ‘Mean Girls’ are Trump's loyal foot soldiers — Donald Trump 2.0 is the first “I can do anything” president. To facilitate that governing philosophy, his squad of four powerful female enablers mirror his cocky, bullying leadership style of never backing down and never admitting mistakes.
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Get Out by Good Friday, Feds Say to Afghan Christians — The Department of Homeland Security has revoked immigration status of some Afghans who fled to the U.S. — The first time a young Christian from Afghanistan heard music at a church service where he understood at least some of the language …
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'I don't want to give money to this America': tourists' fears of US travel under Trump — With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border — Last year, while Joe Biden was US president, Jenny and her husband booked a trip to Boston for June 2025.


Under Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish — America's adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say. — This month, a network of pro-Russian websites began a campaign aimed at undermining confidence in the U.S. defense industry, according to disinformation analysts.
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The Declaration of Independence's warning for Trump — “The king violated their rights time and time again, and he basically ‘un-kinged’ himself.” — ∙ Paid … 🦅🗽🦅 … Donald Trump is having ICE agents grab people off the streets and sending them to a gulag …


FSU student and Parkland survivor describes experiencing second school shooting: “This is America” — A shooting on the campus of Florida State University sent students running for safety Thursday. Two people were killed and six others were injured, authorities said.
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