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Chaotic border chase ends with illegal immigrants found crammed in semitruck sleeping area

Texas state troopers found nearly two dozen illegal immigrants, including four minors, hidden in a semitruck near the U.S. southern border.

Trump warns Oman to ‘behave’ or face attack, says Strait of Hormuz must be open

President Trump threatened a U.S. military attack against Oman Wednesday, warning against the possibility of the Middle Eastern country controlling the Strait of Hormuz jointly with Iran through tolls.

Paxton’s Texas primary win exposes new fault lines in the GOP

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's routing of Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Republican Senate primary runoff is reverberating far beyond the Lone Star State, crystallizing a realignment within the GOP that rewards personal loyalty to President Trump above legislative record, institutional seniority or electoral pragmatism.

Trump says Iran must make a deal or U.S. will ‘go back and finish it’

President Trump on Wednesday said Iran is running on "fumes" and will be forced to make a peace deal with the U.S. before its economy completely crumbles.

Pam Bondi appointed to AI panel as thyroid cancer diagnosis revealed

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after President Trump removed her from her post at the Justice Department last month and has since been appointed to an AI panel.

NRA readies lawsuit against Maryland’s new ‘Glock ban’

The National Rifle Association on Tuesday drew up a legal challenge to Maryland's ban on the sale of Glock firearms, a new law that Gov. Wes Moore signed earlier in the day.

Southern Poverty Law Center argues DOJ case is vindictive prosecution, asks judge to toss indictment

The Southern Poverty Law Center told a federal judge Tuesday that the Justice Department's criminal case against the organization has been tainted by political animosity on the part of President Trump and other top Republicans, and must be thrown out.

RFK Jr. snatches snakes in viral video, the latest of his many animal encounters

A video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrangling two snakes bare-handed captured the internet's fascination Tuesday, the latest animal encounter the U.S. health secretary has shared publicly that has sparked intrigue and in some cases concern.

Southern Poverty Law Center seeks dismissal of ‘vindictive’ Justice Department indictment

A Justice Department indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center is part of a "top-down" campaign of retribution against President Donald Trump's perceived political enemies and constitutes a vindictive prosecution that must be dismissed, lawyers for the nonprofit argued Tuesday in urging a judge to toss the case out.

House Dem who repeatedly tried to impeach Trump toppled in heated Texas race

Texas redistricting forced Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee into an incumbent-on-incumbent Democratic runoff in Houston's 18th District.

Earning More, Spending It Faster

Our middle class is earning more than ever yet feeling precarious or constrained nonetheless.

DOJ Sues UC Regents over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ Toward Antisemitism at UCLA

The suit alleges top administrators knew that ‘armed demonstrators beat up Jews and physically prevented Jewish and Israeli students from attending class.’

How to Leverage a Riot

New Jersey Democrats got the headline they wanted by joining a protest at an ICE facility.

Trump nixes plans for Cabinet meeting at Camp David

President Trump canceled plans for a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday at Camp David, the presidential retreat in rural Maryland.

Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges’ speech restrictions

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers.

Redistricting blues: GOP’s new maps blocked in two Southern states

Republicans' redistricting offensive suffered a series of setbacks Tuesday when South Carolina's GOP-run legislature rejected a new map and federal judges tossed out Alabama's redrawn congressional districts.

White House asks states to join Trump’s anti-fraud crusade

The White House pleaded with state prosecutors on Tuesday to take fraud in government programs more seriously, saying the only way to wipe out an epidemic of scams is to send the signal that anyone committing them could face serious prison time.

Supreme Court refuses Florida’s complaint against states that issue truck licenses to migrants

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not let Florida file a complaint challenging two other states that allowed illegal immigrants to obtain commercial driver's licenses and drive on America's roads.

House probes California’s digital tablets for inmates amid reports of porn, sex exploitation

The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether California spends federal grant money on its program that provides digital tablets to inmates, who are accused of misusing the devices to view pornography and sexually exploit others.

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