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Illegal convicted of assaulting high school girls thought he was free — then DHS dropped the hammer

Israel Flores-Ortiz, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, groped multiple schoolgirls at a Fairfax County, Virginia, high school before deportation.

How to make more Charlie Kirks: Inside TPUSA’s gap-year alternative to the ‘college scam’

TPUSA's prep year program offers 18-year-olds the chance to delve into a classical, liberal arts education, with a focus on Great Books, as Charlie Kirk envisioned.

Pentagon witness blasts Virginia school district’s ‘vanilla’ 9/11 teacher guide

Fairfax County, Va., schools face criticism over its new 9/11 guide, which identifies al Qaeda but emphasizes Muslim sensitivities and warns teachers not to “center the extremists."

Kamala Harris to campaign with Ossoff in Georgia

Kamala Harris will campaign with Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia and headline a fundraising...

Trump administration proposes ending 60-day grace period after job loss for H-1B, other visa holders

USCIS and DHS propose eliminating the 60-day grace period for H-1B visa holders who lose their jobs, requiring foreign workers to leave immediately.

Democrats press FAA over plans for DOGE to ‘plug in’

A group of Democrats on Monday pressed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over plans for tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to “plug in.” In a letter, the Democrats noted recent posts on the social platform X from Musk and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about DOGE involvement with aviation. “Big News -...

Flu activity now highest in 15 years: See which states have it worst

Influenza cases continue to mount with the virus reaching activity levels in the U.S. not seen for the last 15 years, according to the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.

No plans to draw down US forces in Europe, for now

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} a> Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  No plans to draw down US forces in Europe, for now Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the Trump administration doesn't anticipate cutting U.S. troop levels in Europe any time soon, but that...

FDA approves new genetic disorder drug

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to treat a disorder causing the growth of noncancerous tumors on nerves throughout the body.  The federal agency said on Tuesday it greenlighted SpringWorks Therapeutics's drug Gomekli for patients dealing with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) "who have symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas (PN) not amenable to complete resection." ...

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Kansas’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth for the third consecutive year, setting up another battle with the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature that has previously failed to overrule her on the issue. Kansas’s Senate Bill 63 would broadly prevent health care professionals from providing gender-affirming medical care, including puberty...

Trump officials tell GOP lawmakers they need $175B to secure borders

Two senior Trump administration officials told Republican senators at a closed-door lunch meeting Tuesday that they’re running out of money to secure the borders and need Congress to immediately pass $175 billion to complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall and hire more law-enforcement agents. Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan and his White House budget director, Russell...

OPM eases plans to target all federal workers on probation

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is instructing agencies that they do not have to fire all federal employees still on probation but is encouraging them to remove any low performers. The direction, confirmed by a source familiar, comes after the OPM asked agencies across government to turn over lists of employees hired within the last year...

SEC backs away from climate disclosure rule

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story SEC backs away from climate disclosure rule The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it will not defend a Biden-era rule requiring publicly held companies to disclose climate-related risks and in some cases the details of...

Judge tells health agencies to restore website data

Presented by American Medical Association — A federal judge has directed health agencies to restore webpages and online datasets that were recently removed in response to an executive order from President Trump. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Judge tells health agencies to restore website data A federal judge directed health agencies...

‘No easy answers’: Skeptical Republicans try to keep open mind on Trump’s Gaza plan

President Trump’s declarations that the U.S. will take and rebuild Gaza and suggestion that Arab allies should take in displaced Palestinians are drawing muted pushback — and some doubt — from Senate Republicans. Trump on Tuesday met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and doubled down on his vision for the U.S. taking control of Gaza...

AP says reporter blocked from White House over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ policy

The Associated Press rebuked the White House after it said one of the outlet's reporters was barred from covering an executive order signing Tuesday afternoon. The barring of the journalist, the AP said in a statement, was in connection with AP's refusal to "align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the...

Trump says he’ll abide by court orders that block parts of his agenda

President Trump said Tuesday he would abide by court rulings if they blocked parts of his agenda amid uproar over comments from some allies about defying the legal system. “I always abide by the courts and then I’ll have to appeal it,” Trump said when asked if he would comply with court orders if they...

Evening Report — Trump tussles with the courts

Presented by March of Dimes {beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © UPI Trump locked in court battles as Dems fear 'constitutional crisis' IT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP VS. THE COURTS, as Democrats worry a “constitutional crisis” is on the horizon due to the growing tensions between the executive and judicial branches of government. The...

Bar Association: Trump administration attacks on judges ‘cross the line’

The American Bar Association (ABA) issued a statement Tuesday citing concerns with the Trump administration’s comments condemning court orders that blocked some of the president’s executive actions. “These bold assertions, designed to intimidate judges by threatening removal if they do not rule the government's way, cross the line. They create a risk to the physical...

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