Nation and World Politics
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A sudden shift: ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up
Apr 25, 2026 9:11 pm - At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California.
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Senate panel schedules vote to advance Warsh as Powell probe dropped
Apr 25, 2026 5:30 pm - A Senate committee moved late Friday to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, scheduling a vote for Wednesday after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said she was closing a criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell, potentially removing the main obstacle blocking Warsh’s path to confirmation.
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Appeals court rules that Trump’s asylum ban at the border is illegal
Apr 24, 2026 6:04 pm - An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border of the U.S., a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration.
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White House loosens rules for preserving presidential records
Apr 24, 2026 5:51 pm - The White House quickly embraced a new records-preservation policy after the Justice Department deemed a presidential records law unconstitutional, dismissing decades-old requirements in favor of discretionary guidelines.
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Justice Department drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing way for Warsh
Apr 24, 2026 9:48 am - The Justice Department has ended its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh.
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In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war
Apr 24, 2026 9:45 am - When NATO's call came, the French fighter pilots scrambled with practiced urgency, already suited up to shorten their response times.
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Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran's foreign minister
Apr 24, 2026 7:22 am - President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran's foreign minister, the White House said Friday, as officials in the South Asian nation pushed to revive ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran.
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US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
Apr 24, 2026 7:16 am - A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.
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Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department
Apr 23, 2026 7:20 pm - The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House.
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‘Two ways of calculating’: Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug prices
Apr 23, 2026 6:58 pm - President Donald Trump, who helped push the term “fake news” into the mainstream, now seems to have a new favorite subject: fake math.