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Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill into law Wednesday that will phase out the state’s universal vote-by-mail system.

Top Republican and Democrat on Senate armed services committee urge inspector general to launch inquiry The Republican chair and the ranking Democrat on the Senate armed services committee have written to the acting watchdog of the Department of Defense to demand an investigation into the scandal over how a senior American journalist was added to … Read more

Most Americans support deporting at least some illegal immigrants, though they have varying views on why, according to a new poll. A Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday found that 32% of U.S. adults say all illegal immigrants should be deported from the country, while 16% say none should be deported. About half of U.S. … Read more

A Salvadorian man, 24, accused of leading the street gang on the US east coast, arrested in northern Virginia The alleged leader of the MS-13 gang on the US east coast has been arrested in Virginia, Pam Bondi announced on Thursday. The US attorney general lauded the early morning arrest of the 24-year-old man from … Read more

Trump EPA chief Lee Zeldin plans to visit the San Diego-Mexico border “in the near future” to assess the escalating toxic waste and sewage runoff from the Tijuana River, which has led to over 1,000 beach closures at Imperial Beach and caused health issues among Navy SEAL trainees. “Mexico must fully honor its commitment to … Read more

Vicente Gonzalez tirelessly promoting Nayib Bukele, including reposting calls to ‘impeach corrupt judges’ A Texas Democrat is co-chair of a congressional caucus that has tirelessly promoted El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, including on the caucus’s X account by reposting calls to “impeach the corrupt judges” who impede the actions of Donald Trump and Elon … Read more

Reporters are claiming to have found private contact information online for top Trump administration officials at the center of a Signal text chain leak disclosing U.S. plans to attack Yemen’s Houthi rebels.  Germany’s Der Spiegel said national security advisor Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are among … Read more

President publicly supporting national security adviser to avoid admitting fault in security blunder, say sources Donald Trump is unlikely to fire Mike Waltz, or anyone else involved in the now-infamous sharing of military plans in a group chat, to avoid even a tacit admission of fault, according to two administration officials close to the president. … Read more

The Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it plans to cut 10,000 full-time jobs across several agencies, as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to restructure many parts of the federal government.

Court rejects administration appeal in fired federal workers case amid series of legal setbacks for White House US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration suffered legal setbacks on Wednesday night when it was blocked from imposing a ban on transgender people serving in the military and a court rejected a White House appeal … Read more