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ICE operation in Connecticut highlights how arrests are rising even in blue states

Federal immigration authorities have detained dozens of people in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, this week, despite intense opposition from elected officials and protesters.

Dingell plans legislation to void Trump’s Lake Ontario renaming

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) plans to introduce a bill Monday that would nullify President Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” The one-page “Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act” bill would ensure the executive order “shall have no force or effect” and “restore the name of Lake Ontario,” according to documents obtained by...

Hemp ban awaits Senate returning from break

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Hemp ban awaits Senators returning from break When Congress returns from August recess next week, House Republicans looking to quickly pass stopgap funding legislation will need to navigate the same potential minefield on hemp that almost tripped up the Senate. ...

FDA approves new COVID-19 shots

The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday for people at higher risk, clearing the way for manufacturers to begin shipping them to pharmacies and physicians' offices. The agency greenlit new formulations of the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, the companies said. FDA also approved a non-mRNA shot from Sanofi, which...

USS Theodore Roosevelt being deployed to Middle East

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story USS Theodore Roosevelt being deployed to Middle East The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is expected to sail to the Middle East in the coming weeks to relieve another aircraft carrier as the U.S. military in...

NTSB: Temporary Ellipse site factored into Marine One incident

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report Thursday blaming the location of a temporary Ellipse site for an incident in early August when President Trump’s Marine One helicopter came within a mile of a passenger jet. The report stated that the helicopter attempted to contact air traffic controllers twice at Reagan Washington...

3 Stars and Stripes staffers sue Pentagon over firings at military news outlet 

Three Stars and Stripes staffers sued the Pentagon in federal court Thursday, looking to prevent last week’s firings by the Department of Defense (DOD) at the military-focused newspaper.  Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte filed the complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging the...

Trump gives GOP breathing room on data centers

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump toes line on data centers as GOP pushes back Republicans’ growing skepticism of data centers is forcing President Trump to balance his steadfast support for the industry with pushback from his party ahead of the midterm elections. © Alex Brandon and Gabriela Passos, Associated Press While Trump has doubled...

Trump seeks to cut report’s worst-case climate scenarios

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump seeks to cut report's worst-case climate scenarios The Trump administration is looking to change a 2023 federal climate report. © Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press The administration proposed to reframe how the Fifth National Climate Assessment sees its worst-case scenarios after U.N. scientists said earlier this...

Trump officials cast doubt on Pennsylvania measles death claims

Top Trump administration health officials are openly questioning the circumstances of two deaths that Pennsylvania officials attributed to measles.   “We don't know exactly what happened in Pennsylvania yet,” Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said in an interview Thursday on Fox Business. “We don't know if the children died...

RNC threatens legal action against New Jersey officials over noncitizens on voter rolls: ‘On notice’

The RNC threatened legal action against New Jersey election officials over noncitizen voter roll records, giving all until Sept. 15 to comply.

Social media erupts after cops reportedly raid home of Ilhan Omar’s son: ‘Not a good look’

A search warrant executed at Omar's son's Minneapolis apartment led to police seizing guns and ammunition and arresting his roommate, Abdulrahman Abdi, a report says.

Gov Shapiro sues Trump administration over ‘lifesaving reproductive care’ in escalating abortion battle

Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joined over 20 states suing to block Trump's new Title X conditions on life-affirming services and abortion.

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