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08-03-2026 Vol 19

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Acting ICE director demoted as Trump admin remains unsatisfied with pace of migrant arrests, deportations

Vitello will now oversee “all field and enforcement operations,” including “finding, arresting, and deporting illegal aliens,” according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. Vitello will now oversee “all...

Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration’s remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. A federal judge...

House, Senate GOP to begin undoing Biden regulations

Republican lawmakers in both chambers are set to begin voting soon on legislation to undo a range of Biden-era rules, teeing up their first major steps toward rolling back...

Trump envoy wraps Zelensky talks with rare earth deal close, but not done

An agreement that would give the US rights to rare earth minerals in Ukraine believed to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars was close to being done Friday...

‘Time is running out’: Lawmakers scramble for a deal to stop a shutdown

Short of a major breakthrough in the coming days, Congress is staring down the barrel of yet another crisis over government funding.

Trump floats merging ‘tremendous loser’ Postal Service with Commerce Department

"It's been just a tremendous loser for this country, tremendous amounts of money they've lost,'' Trump told reporters of USPS. "It's been just a tremendous loser for this country,...

AP sues 3 Trump WH officials, citing freedom of speech amid battle over ‘Gulf of America’ usage

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of...

Trump: ‘I believe I could’ convince Putin to free thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian kids

Russian forces have abducted 19,546 Ukrainian children since 2022, according to the pro-Kyiv non-profit Razom for Ukraine. Russian forces have abducted 19,546 Ukrainian children since 2022, according to the...

Molly Jong-Fast is thinking about challenging Jerry Nadler

The journalist wants somebody to take on the 77-year-old New Yorker.

Trump admin launches probe that could cut $250M in Maine school funds after clashing with Democratic gov over trans athletes

Trump told Janet Mills about his order barring trans women from girls' sports: 'You better comply! Because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding.' Trump told Janet Mills about...