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Trump says Senate hearing on DNI nominee is cancelled until US attorney replacement confirmed

President Trump says hearing on nomination of Jay Clayton for DNI is being called off until Jamie McDonald is confirmed as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Trump DNI pick braces for Senate grilling as temporary stand-in fuels Dem pressure

Jay Clayton faces a tense Senate confirmation hearing to become DNI amid growing Democratic concerns over Trump's temporary pick William Pulte.

A problem hiding in plain sight is keeping Americans from buying homes

America's construction industry is short 250,000 workers monthly, extending building timelines and driving up costs amid a 1.5 million-home housing gap.

Top NY judge hands yet another gift to violent criminals at the expense of law-abiding citizens

What an insult to New York's jurists, who overwhelmingly know perfectly well what prison...

Trump wins two, loses one: Georgia billionaire delivers rare blow to endorsement machine

Trump-backed candidates won two of three key GOP runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but lost the gubernatorial race to billionaire Rick Jackson.

FACT FOCUS: Trump says illegal immigration increased car insurance premiums. Experts say otherwise

President Donald Trump this week credited his tough immigration policies for a drop in car insurance premiums, falsely blaming illegal immigration during his predecessor's time in the White House for a prior increase.

Blanche set for July confirmation hearings for attorney general as Republicans weigh support

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled confirmation hearings for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in mid-July, even as some Republicans remain undecided about whether to support him for the post.

Judge rules transgender people won’t face criminal charges for using Idaho public restrooms

A judge ruled Tuesday that transgender people won't face criminal charges for using Idaho public restrooms that match their gender identities.

Education Department shuffles civil rights, special education offices to other agencies

The Education Department will move its oversight of special education services and civil rights out of the agency to other parts of the government as part of the Trump administration's effort to shutter the department.

GOP picks Dallas for midterm convention, says Paxton

Republicans have chosen Dallas for September's first-of-its-kind midterm convention, according to Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

Tarp still covering facade of the Kennedy Center after Trump’s name was removed

A tarp was still covering the facade at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, days after President Trump's name was removed on the order of a federal judge.

ICE says relaxed detention standards ‘reduce the burden’ on contractors running its lockups

Contractors running Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities can rely more heavily on artificial intelligence tools to communicate with detainees and continue refusing to pay the minimum wage for detainees' "voluntary work," under relaxed detention standards released Monday.

Former Trump attorneys, aides plead not guilty to Wisconsin fake elector felony charges

President Donald Trump's attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides all pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump's loss in the swing state.

Republicans bat down bid to handcuff Trump’s war powers as peace deal nears

Senate Republicans block Sen. Warnock's war powers resolution on Iran as a peace deal takes shape, giving Trump room to continue negotiations.

15 Antifa radicals indicted, 12 arrested in sweeping federal probe into Minneapolis anti-ICE operations

Fifteen alleged Antifa members indicted for conspiring to impede federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, according to federal prosecutors.

I Learned It by Watching You

Democrats are outraged over Republican efforts to meddle in Democratic primaries? They’re the ones who perfected the tactic.

Dealing with Reality

Opponents and supporters of a U.S.-Iranian deal are looking at the same event through opposite ends of a telescope.

Trump starts to fill in details, dispel rumors as Congress demands text of U.S.-Iran deal

President Trump on Tuesday said second-stage talks over Iran's nuclear program will unfold rapidly after a preliminary deal is inked Friday and that "all hell will rain down" if Tehran violates its commitments.

Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes hit with lawsuit

A handful of Washington preservation organizations are suing the Trump administration over President Trump's National Garden of American Heroes -- a massive outdoor complex planned to feature 250 larger-than-life statues of notable American figures.

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