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US Homeland Security Department shuts down amid ICE raid impasse
- (Bloomberg) -- The Department of Homeland Security shut down early Saturday amid a congressional funding impasse that shows no sign of ending soon, touched off by backlash over the Trump administration's widespread and aggressive immigration enforcement raids. The lapse in funding could last for weeks, with Congress on a recess and no agreement on Democratic demands to enact new limits on the tactics employed by ...

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Traders pivot Fed interest-rate cut bets after January CPI surprise
- Federal Reserve showed a surprise. rose less than expected last month, it may have addressed concerns of some Fed policymakers that inflation may be too high to cut interest rates more than once this year, especially after the hot CPI had come in hot, we would have cautioned against taking it too literally – but the fact that the January report was so tepid relative to a typical January is somewhat of a ...

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As feds eye a potential Orlando ICE facility, records show detainees might stay for 7 days
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ICE's new "processing centers," like the one it is eyeing in a massive warehouse in east Orlando, would each hold up to 1,500 immigrant detainees for as long as a week before they are transferred to other facilities or deported, according to an outline of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's plan released by New Hampshire's governor. Homeland Security intends to ...

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At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
- At least a half-dozen top officials in the current Trump administration have connections to Jeffrey Epstein , according to an NBC News review of some of the over 3 million documents the Justice Department has released. The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications. President Donald Trump, who had a lengthy relationship with Epstein, ...

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Goldman Sachs' Top Lawyer To Resign After 'Uncle Jeffrey' Epstein Emails Revealed
- Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? NEW YORK (AP) — Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama , announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an ...

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2 ICE agents on leave for lying under oath in Minneapolis shooting investigation, agency says
- Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, accused two federal agents of lying under oath regarding the  mid-January shooting of a Venezuelan national in Minneapolis. The two officers have been placed on administrative leave and an internal investigation is underway, Lyons said in his statement.  "Video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers ...

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Trump administration sues Harvard alleging school failed to comply with admissions review
- After simmering at a low boil for much of the past few months, the Trump administration's running fight with Harvard University heated up again Friday when federal officials sued the school, alleging it had failed to comply with a review of its admissions process . This particular issue revolves around whether the university is complying with the Supreme Court's ruling in 2023 that banned the use of race-based ...

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Don Lemon pleads not guilty to Minnesota church protest charges
- ST. PAUL, Minn. — Journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges connected to his coverage of protests over federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. During the brief, highly procedural hearing, Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko reminded Lemon of his constitutional rights and asked if he understood the charges against him. Lemon answered in the affirmative before the ...

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Pentagon Action Against Mark Kelly
- Home » » A federal judge in Washington, D.C. agreed to prevent the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for his participation in a video where he urged troops to disobey unlawful demands. The judge granted the senator's request for a preliminary injunction against Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a suit filed by Kelly accusing Hegseth of trying to penalize him for his political ...

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Governor candidate Amy Acton calls for 'immediate property tax relief' in Ohio
- COLUMBUS, Ohio—Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton on Friday called for "immediate property tax relief" for Ohioans, saying recent efforts by the Republican-led legislature to ease homeowners' tax burden aren't enough. Acton, speaking at a Columbus union hall to accept the endorsement of the Ohio AFL-CIO, said she will put out details about her tax plan – and how to pay for it – later in ...

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A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers
- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are taken into custody and before they are transferred out of state. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel issued the emergency restraining order Thursday, finding detainees at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building faced so many logistical ...

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House members seek inquiry into DoJ's tracking of their Epstein files research
- US attorney general displayed records of Congress members' searches into Epstein files during House hearing Members of Congress are calling for investigations after discovering the Department of Justice created records of their research activities while they dug into files connected to Jeffrey Epstein . Photographs taken by Reuters during a congressional hearing on Wednesday showed the US attorney general, Pam ...

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