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Trump Administration Plans Changes to H-1B Visas and U.S. Citizenship Tests

25 juillet 2025 à 16:24
In an interview with The New York Times, the new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the test to become a U.S. citizen was too easy.

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Participants reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens in Seattle earlier this month.

Trump Administration to Release $5.5 Billion in Frozen Schools Funding

25 juillet 2025 à 15:23
The Trump administration had faced growing bipartisan pressure, including from 10 Senate Republicans.

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The Department of Education said that it would begin sending the money to states next week.

The Senate, Once Insulated From Trump, Has Remade Itself in His Image

25 juillet 2025 à 14:27
The president has had a consequential impact on the Republican membership of the Senate as resistors are replaced by devotees. Most incumbents, even those not inclined to, have fallen in line.

Trump Flies to Scotland, Leaving Chaos Swirling in Washington

25 juillet 2025 à 13:34
The five-day visit will be a mix of personal business and golf, with some diplomacy thrown in.

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President Trump departed Friday morning for Scotland.

The Senate, Once Insulated From Trump, Has Remade Itself in His Image

25 juillet 2025 à 14:27
The president has had a consequential impact on the Republican membership of the Senate as resistors are replaced by devotees. Most incumbents, even those not inclined to, have fallen in line.

Justice Dept. Officials File Suit, Saying They Were Dismissed Unlawfully

25 juillet 2025 à 12:53
The lawsuit argues that employees who were fired for political reasons have no recourse, after President Trump neutralized a board that handles federal labor disputes.

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The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington.

Texas Democrats Confer With California and Illinois Governors on Redistricting

25 juillet 2025 à 15:27
Two groups of Democrats left Texas to meet with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker, who have suggested their Democratic-controlled states could counter a Texas Republican gerrymander.

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A Texas House Committee on Congressional Redistricting hearing at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday.

Trump Flies to Scotland, Leaving Chaos Swirling in Washington

25 juillet 2025 à 13:21
The five-day visit will be a mix of personal business and golf, with some diplomacy thrown in.

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President Trump departed Friday morning for Scotland.

Boeing Emerges as a Winner in Trump’s Trade Wars

25 juillet 2025 à 05:02
Countries striking agreements with the United States have pledged to buy more Boeing planes, but it’s not clear whether those orders were the result of President Trump’s tactics.

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Boeing’s assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. The company employs tens of thousands of Americans and is one of the country’s top exporters.

6 Trump Voters on If They Trust President’s Handling of Epstein Case

25 juillet 2025 à 14:35
President Trump and his allies stoked conspiracy theories around Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, but then backtracked and declared an end to the investigation. Backlash ensued.

Ahead of Shutdown Deadline, Democrats Face a Dilemma on Spending

25 juillet 2025 à 03:00
Democrats are leery of supporting Republican spending measures after the White House forced through clawbacks of funding already approved by Congress.

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“No one wants a shutdown, and the way we avoid that shut down is by working together,” said Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
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Trump’s Name Is on Contributor List for Epstein Birthday Book

The Times also reviewed other records of the president’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, including an inscription in which the future president called him “the greatest.”

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Powell Tells Trump He Was Wrong About Renovation Costs During Fed Visit

24 juillet 2025 à 19:54
President Trump is used to world leaders bowing down to him, and to cabinet members fawning over him. Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, took a different approach.

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President Trump toured the Federal Reserve’s renovation site on Thursday with Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair.

Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed

24 juillet 2025 à 19:05
Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes.

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The headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington.

Texas Legislature Special Session: Democrats Attack Silent Republicans

24 juillet 2025 à 18:54
President Trump wants Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s House maps to nab as many as five seats now held by Democrats. But no new maps have been publicly proposed yet.

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Demonstrators gathered in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol as the special session began on Monday.

Ken Paxton Claimed Three Houses as His Primary Residence, Records Show

25 juillet 2025 à 00:01
The attorney general of Texas, who is challenging Senator John Cornyn, could have secured favorable mortgage rates, and may have violated the law if he knowingly falsified loan documents.

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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, at the White House earlier this year.

Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions

24 juillet 2025 à 18:03
In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.

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In an appearance on Thursday, Justice Elena Kagan discussed the Supreme Court’s handling of emergency docket rulings and said the court could be doing more to explain its reasoning on such cases.

The Justice Dept. Interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, While Opposing Her Appeal

24 juillet 2025 à 17:55
Even as top Justice Department officials brokered an interview with a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, they asked the Supreme Court to reject her appeal.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen from Capitol Hill.

Israel and the U.S. Pull Back From Cease-Fire Talks With Hamas

24 juillet 2025 à 19:51
President Trump’s special envoy said that “we will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home,” though it was not clear that negotiations had halted.

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The aftermath of an Israeli military operation in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. Israel’s military campaign has continued and expanded even as negotiations were underway in recent weeks.

How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept.

25 juillet 2025 à 09:50
There was a single goal in mind: find something — anything — that could be released to the public to satisfy President Trump’s supporters.

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Justice Department officials diverted hundreds of F.B.I. employees and federal prosecutors from their regular duties to go through the Jeffrey Epstein files at least four times — including once to flag any references to President Trump and other prominent figures.

Agriculture Department to Move Most Remaining Washington Workers Out of City

25 juillet 2025 à 00:22
The employees More than half of the agency’s 4,600 Washington employees will be spread across five regional hubs. The agency is also shuttering regional offices of the U.S. Forest Service.

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Brooke L. Rollins, the agriculture secretary, said workers will be relocated.

Venezuelan Migrant Takes First Step Toward Suing the U.S. Over Detention in El Salvador

24 juillet 2025 à 13:53
Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, who was held in a prison in El Salvador, filed a claim Thursday against Homeland Security, accusing it of wrongful detention.

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Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel was held for four months at the Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, in El Salvador.

Justice Dept. Interviews Epstein Associate Maxwell

24 juillet 2025 à 20:55
It is unclear what information Ghislaine Maxwell provided that would go beyond what is already in the public record.

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Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.

Josh Shapiro Says Zohran Mamdani Fails to Condemn ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Rhetoric

24 juillet 2025 à 18:07
Two top Jewish Democrats, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, criticized Mr. Mamdani for not condemning those who use the slogan “globalize the intifada.”

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Rahm Emanuel, left, and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania. Democratic leaders have yet to unite behind Zohran Mamdani’s bid to be mayor of New York City.

Trump to Visit Federal Reserve As Campaign Against Powell Intensifies

24 juillet 2025 à 09:49
The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of renovations at the institution’s headquarters.

Michael Whatley, R.N.C. Chairman, to Run for Senate in North Carolina

24 juillet 2025 à 21:43
His entry will pave the way for a marquee contest in 2026, with former Gov. Roy Cooper planning to seek the Democratic nomination.

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President Trump has long spoken favorably of Michael Whatley, a Republican operative he chose to lead the Republican National Committee last year.

Spain Is Reluctant to Spend More on Security Despite NATO Pressure

24 juillet 2025 à 10:27
Spain was the only NATO ally not to commit to a large increase in military expenditures. It’s far from Russia, and its embrace of a social safety net is another key reason.

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An artillery system vehicle on display in Madrid. Europe’s tug of war between spending more for domestic priorities or for defense has vexed the Spanish government.

In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans

24 juillet 2025 à 13:20
Working to exploit a G.O.P. rift, Democrats are aggressively pushing charges of a coverup in the case of the accused pedophile, which many of them once dismissed as a conspiracy theory.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, and Representative Katherine Clark, Democrat of Massachusetts, arriving for a news conference on Wednesday.

Democrats Have Few Tools to Counter G.O.P. Redistricting

24 juillet 2025 à 05:02
A plan in Texas that could give Republicans at least five more House seats has Democrats fuming, and without many paths to fight it.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ability to redistrict California’s congressional maps is limited because the state has an independent commission that holds that power.

Trump Visits Federal Reserve as Campaign Against Powell Intensifies

24 juillet 2025 à 18:25
The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of work on the institution’s headquarters.

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President Trump visited the Federal Reserve on Thursday with Jerome H. Powell, second from right, the central bank’s chair.
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Restrict Birthright Citizenship

23 juillet 2025 à 22:23
The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit brings the White House’s theory of citizenship closer to a full Supreme Court review.

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The ruling appears to be the first time that an appellate court has ruled on birthright citizenship after a Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of injunctions sent lawyers scrambling to recast their claims in light of its new standard.

Trump’s A.I. Challenge: Focus on Weapon Concerns or Woke-ism?

23 juillet 2025 à 20:32
In the Biden era, the government feared AI models would guide the spread of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. President Trump signed an order on “Preventing Woke A.I. in the Federal Government.”

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President Trump’s executive action bars the U.S. government from buying, using or promoting A.I. models that contradict the views of the president or his supporters.

House Panel Approves Spending Bill That Rejects Some Trump Foreign Aid Cuts

23 juillet 2025 à 20:25
The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee put forth legislation that would slash the foreign aid and State Department budget but salvage some programs that the president wants to defund.

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The legislation advanced by the committee on Wednesday would double President Trump’s request for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR.

Justice Dept. Announces Task Force to Assess ‘Weaponization’ of Intelligence

23 juillet 2025 à 19:35
The move demonstrates President Trump’s determination to deploy the powers of federal law enforcement to pursue a campaign of retribution against those who once sought to hold him accountable.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to use a so-called strike force is the latest in a succession of the Justice Department’s efforts to repurpose existing entities to suit the president’s political dictates.

Do Democrats Want a Fight Over Colbert?

23 juillet 2025 à 19:24
Some Democrats are irate over the end of Stephen Colbert’s show, but others see a lack of focus on real issues.

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In the days since CBS announced it would cancel Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, some Democrats decided to take up the host's cause as their own.

Rulings Order Abrego Garcia’s Release and Guard Against Hasty Deportation

24 juillet 2025 à 15:40
The two judicial rulings meant that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could be released in the coming weeks and return to Maryland.

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Demonstrators holding up signs outside the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., this month.

Trump’s Attempts to Change the Topic From Epstein: A Timeline

23 juillet 2025 à 19:28
President Trump has tried to attack, deflect and deny his way past the Jeffrey Epstein saga. He’s had less success than usual.

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Mr. Trump at a reception at the White House on Tuesday. He has tried to distract from the outcry over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files.

Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78

23 juillet 2025 à 19:44
He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.

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Thomas A. Durkin in 2012. “He represented the damned of the earth,” a colleague said.

Bondi Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

24 juillet 2025 à 00:25
It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president’s name was raised.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi with President Donald J. Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House earlier this month.

Investment Fund Seals Trade Deal for Japan and Expands Trump’s Influence

23 juillet 2025 à 16:21
President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, the White House said.

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President Trump will decide how to use the $550 billion that the Japanese government agreed to invest as part of its trade deal with the United States.

Roy Cooper to Enter North Carolina Senate Race, Lifting Democrats

23 juillet 2025 à 16:10
The campaign for the open seat will be one of the biggest of 2026, after the incumbent Republican, Senator Thom Tillis, announced his retirement.

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Roy Cooper is poised to join the Senate race in North Carolina, with an announcement expected in the coming days, an aide said.

Republicans Are Breaking With Trump Over Epstein Files, Polls Show

23 juillet 2025 à 16:01
The president’s avid followers have backed him through many controversies. But more than a third of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

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A billboard in Times Square on Wednesday pressures President Trump to release files from the case of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender.

MLK Files Release Renews Debate Over His Legacy

23 juillet 2025 à 15:46
The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In Seeking Epstein Details, Justice Dept.’s Todd Blanche Occupies Unusual Role

23 juillet 2025 à 15:50
Legal experts said the involvement of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former lawyer who is now a top official at the Justice Department, was rife with potential pitfalls and complexities.

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Todd Blanche, the president’s former lawyer and now the deputy attorney general, with Donald J. Trump during his criminal trial in Manhattan in 2024.

How Epstein Has Consumed Washington, From the White House to Congress and Beyond

23 juillet 2025 à 15:27
The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly overpromised and underdelivered releases of information on the Epstein case.

Plane in Alaska Crash Was Overloaded With Moose Meat and Antlers, N.T.S.B. Says

23 juillet 2025 à 15:12
Investigators have released an inquiry into the fatal crash in a mountainous area, where Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, was killed in 2023.

Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds, Watchdog Finds

23 juillet 2025 à 15:11
It’s the third time this year that investigators from the Government Accountability Office have determined the administration defied Congress on spending.

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The Head Start program funds child care and other services for families in poverty, serving roughly 800,000 children.
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