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Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
With the White House's push for states to draw new maps ahead of the midterms not going as smoothly as planned, the Sunshine State is now entering the fray. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could be the final state the White House can count on to pick up additional seats as part of the rare mid-decade redistricting cycle it has pushed ahead of the midterm elections. The Republican-controlled state officially ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military opened fire on two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs, congressional lawmakers learned ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration, which barred ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
For babies born in the next few years, "Trump accounts" could be a financial game changer. And for the policymakers and advocates who conceived of the idea, the accounts have another potential benefit: Improving capitalism's reputation, especially among young people. "What I'm really excited about is, we are creating a new generation of capitalists," Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said at the White House on ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Indiana House of Representatives on Friday approved a new congressional map targeting the state's two incumbent Democrats, setting up a showdown next week in the state Senate, where the mid-decade redistricting faces more opposition. Friday's vote was 57 to 41 in favor, mostly along party lines. Still, 12 Republicans, including four in leadership positions, ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether President Donald Trump can undo automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. Trump, on his first day back in the White House on Jan. 20, issued an executive order that said babies born in the U.S. more than 30 days after that order were not entitled to be issued citizenship documents if their parents were temporary visitors or illegal immigrants. ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
A federal judge in Florida has ordered the release of material from grand jury investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007. A similar bid was rejected earlier this year, but U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said he was granting the Justice Department's renewed request in light of the bill that Congress passed last month requiring the DOJ to release all of its records related to Epstein. The ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
By Perry Stein and Gregory S. Schneider, The Washington Post A grand jury in Virginia on Thursday rejected Justice Department efforts to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, declining to indict her again after a judge dismissed the charges last week, according to two people familiar with the matter, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak about the ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article James McCrery II will remain on the project in a 'consulting' role, the White House has said President Donald Trump replaced the original architect tapped to oversee his $300 million ballroom due to the massive size of the president's project, according to a report. James McCrery ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
"The United States itself still buys nuclear fuel from us for its own nuclear power plants. That is also fuel," Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his first visit to India in four years. NEW DELHI — Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged heavy U.S. pressure on India not to buy Russian fuel if the U.S. could do so as he began a two-day state visit, where he was embraced on arrival by Indian ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Adelita Grijalva, a Democratic representative, said she was 'sprayed in the face' at demonstration outside a restaurant Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona congressperson, said she was "sprayed in the face" during a protest against a federal immigration raid at a Mexican restaurant in Tucson on Friday. In a video filmed after the incident , Grijalva said she joined a group of protesters assembled outside Taco Giro, a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-to-1 ruling that President Trump acted lawfully in firing two members of independent agencies, despite federal laws that hold they can only be fired for cause, because they wield significant executive power. The ruling comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in a similar case on Monday. The case decided by the appeals court was brought by Cathy Harris, a ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for its scathing critiques of their migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the "prospect ...
Source: npr.org