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Missouri judge strikes ballot summary for Trump-backed congressional redistricting plan

If Missouri voters get to decide whether to adopt new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump, the ballot proposal presented to them won't say a word about gerrymandering.

Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters’ access to Pentagon

A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.

U.S. to set up 12 regional disaster response hubs as it consolidates emergency humanitarian aid

The State Department is setting up 12 regional hubs to coordinate disaster and emergency humanitarian responses under the auspices of a new bureau that will oversee some of the functions that had been handled by the now-dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development.

Sen. John Cornyn announces legislation to defund Cesar Chavez national park site

Sen. John Cornyn said Friday he will try to boot Cesar Chavez's home and burial place from the national park system, saying the monument to the now-disgraced Hispanic rights icon doesn't deserve taxpayer support.

Fox News host presses Burgum over gas prices

Fox News’s Martha MacCallum pressed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Friday afternoon about growing concerns about rising gas prices amid the U.S. war on Iran. “I think that this is a situation where people have to understand that this is temporary, this is not permanent,” Burgum said. MacCallum asked Burgum to respond to a clip...

GOP braces for Trump to possibly deploy troops inside Iran

Republicans are bracing for President Trump to deploy U.S. troops on the ground in Iran as the conflict in the Middle East crosses into its third week with no signs of slowing down. The administration is reportedly weighing missions to secure a safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and overtake Iran’s...

Still trailing by 23 votes, NC Senate leader asks for hand recount 

The leader of North Carolina’s upper Legislature is requesting another recount after a machine tally showed him losing a contested Republican primary for his state Senate seat by 23 votes.  North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) asked the state’s Board of Elections in a letter Friday to grant a hand recount at a sample...

Federal judge rules RFK Jr. overreached in restricting trans health care to minors 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Federal judge rules RFK Jr. overreached in restricting trans healthcare to minors U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said he planned to grant summary judgment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a...

Heritage president: MAGA tensions over Iran war ‘good’

DORAL, Fla. — Tensions over President Trump’s war in Iran within the GOP and Make America Great Again movement are “good,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told The Hill on Thursday at the group’s inaugural security conference.   The head of the influential conservative think tank said it support Trump’s decision to launch the war on Iran....

Iran strikes threaten to raise LNG prices for Asia, Europe

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Iran strikes threaten to raise LNG prices for Asia, Europe Strikes on infrastructure in the Iran conflict are worsening a global energy crisis. © Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP Energy supplies were already tight and prices were soaring due to the closure of...

DOJ wants charges dismissed against ex-officers in Breonna Taylor case

The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal judge to dismiss a case against the two former officers connected to the Louisville, Ky., shooting that led to the death of Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a Black woman, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers carrying out a warrant at her apartment in March 2020. The...

Poll shows Paxton beating Cornyn in Texas if Trump doesn’t endorse

President Trump’s reluctance to endorse a candidate in the Texas Senate Republican primary race could prove perilous for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) bid in the upcoming runoff between the sitting senator and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). A new Change Research poll found that 42 percent of likely Texas Republican primary voters said they...

Judge rules Pentagon press policy under Hegseth unconstitutional 

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Pentagon’s new policy restricting press access violates the First Amendment, siding with The New York Times. “The Court recognizes that national security must be protected, the security of our troops must be protected, and war plans must be protected,” U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman wrote in his 40-page ruling. “But especially in light...

NYC Mayor Mamdani’s wife glorified terrorists in online posts, criticized US military: report

New York City first lady Rama Duwaji is facing backlash amid resurfaced posts that show her praising airplane hijackers and using racial slurs.

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