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A candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special election Tuesday in Florida’s 6th Congressional District to replace former GOP Rep. Michael Waltz. Waltz stepped down from his House seat last week to serve as national security advisor in Trump’s second administration. The Associated Press projects that state Sen. Randy … Read more

State water officials say military ‘did not enter California’ and ‘federal government restarted federal water pumps’ California water officials said this week there’s no truth to Donald Trump’s assertion that the US military has entered California and “turned on the water”. Trump’s comments, made on Monday on his social media platform Truth Social, are the … Read more

President Donald Trump signed a broad executive order targeting transition-related medical care for minors on Tuesday.

The Trump administration offered federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.

Exclusive: UNHCR chief orders clampdown on spending, including 90-day delay in ordering new supplies and hiring freeze UN agencies have begun cutting back their global aid operations following the 90-day suspension of all foreign assistance ordered by the Trump administration. Filippo Grandi, the head of the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, responsible for providing life-saving assistance … Read more

The Trump administration is offering buyouts to all 2 million federal workers, saying it could lead to a cost savings of 100 billion dollars. And a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s order to freeze some federal assistance the White House says does not track with the president’s executive orders. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.

Phoenix to add five-time All-Star forward in trade Thomas, 32, is WNBA’s career leader in triple-doubles Sun to receive Cloud, Allen and No 12 pick in draft The Phoenix Mercury were finalizing a deal to acquire Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun, a person familiar with the trade told the Associated Press on Tuesday night. … Read more

The executive branch is allowed to move money appropriated by Congress from one agency to another within a department, and this Trump administration would not be the first to do so in order to make up for an ICE budget shortfall.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday that about five dozen people had been detained within a day of ordering cooperation between Charleston and federal immigration authorities. By midday on Tuesday, 58 people in the Mountain State were detained within the Regional Jail system pending verification of their immigration status.  More detentions are likely imminent, … Read more

The focus at the House GOP’s three-day retreat was on party unity rather than diving into the weeds on big funding cuts and legislative procedure.