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Mamdani’s Nakba Day video that never was

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 48 WOULD HAVE IF HE COULD HAVE: Mayor Zohran Mamdani planned to appear in a video he released over the weekend to commemorate the...

Skid Row election scheme allegedly fueled by pocket-change payoffs busted by Trump DOJ

DOJ charges California woman for allegedly bribing homeless people on Skid Row to sign petitions in what officials call an election-integrity racket.

WATCH: Eye-popping illegal immigration stat prompts senator’s demand to ‘redouble’ deportations

Cato Institute analyst David Bier's testimony against mass deportation draws sharp rebukes from Sen. Mike Lee and DHS at a House Judiciary hearing.

Senate Republican threatens to derail ICE, Border Patrol package over Trump’s billion-dollar request

An internal GOP dispute over funding for Trump's ballroom threatens to derail the $72 billion reconciliation package for immigration operations.

Trump’s Taiwan ‘negotiating chip’ remark sparks alarm over how far he’d shift US-China policy

President Donald Trump suggests $14 billion Taiwan weapons package could be used as leverage in China negotiations, drawing swift pushback from Taiwan's president.

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...

Catholic group asks SCOTUS to block California law against revealing students’ gender identities to parents

A Catholic legal group asked the Supreme Court to block a California law preventing schools from notifying parents about transgender students' transgender identities.

White House says East Wing demolition was necessary due to structural issues

The White House said structural damage and cost concerns led to the demolition of the East Wing, as critics and preservation groups question plans for the $400 million ballroom.

Federal Immigration Officers Shoot Two People in Oregon During ‘Targeted Vehicle Stop’ of Illegal Immigrant

The driver and passenger in the vehicle were believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Nevada Gov. Lombardo leads ballot initiative to keep biological males out of girls’ sports

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is heading a petition drive to bar biological males from girls' scholastic sports, seeking to put the issue directly before the voters after being thwarted by the Democrat-led state legislature.

Trump plans to meet with Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado next week

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington next week.

A Test for Pro-Lifers

Pro-lifers can recover some of their political power within the Republican coalition if they prevail on this issue.

Venezuela helps vault Rubio to quarterback of Trump’s foreign policy team

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a football fan - he played in college, supports the Miami Dolphins, and his son is a running back for the University of Florida Gators. Now, he is quarterbacking President Donald Trump's foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent times, notably in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America, longtime core interests of the child of Cuban immigrants and former Florida senator.

Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities said.

Trump orders the government to buy $200B in mortgage bonds to address housing costs

President Trump has directed the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he says will drive down monthly mortgage costs and put more cash in homeowners' pockets.

Colorado AG accuses Trump of ‘revenge campaign’ for state refusal to free convicted elections clerk

Colorado's attorney general accused the Trump administration on Thursday of waging a "revenge campaign" by choking off funds and ending federal programs over the state's refusal to accede to the Republican president's demands to free an imprisoned elections clerk.

Vance says ICE officer’s fatal shooting of victim in Minneapolis was ‘tragedy of her own making’

The White House rejected Democrats' demands to pull immigration enforcement out of Minnesota in the wake of the ICE shooting this week, saying that would "give in to terrorism," and blamed sanctuary city politicians for encouraging the victim to confront officers.

After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law.

House rebukes GOP leaders with passage of Obamacare subsidies extension

House Democrats on Thursday secured an unlikely win with the passage of a bill to re-up their COVID-era expansion of Obamacare subsidies for three years.

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