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TPS for up to 350,000 Haitians officially ends as judge applies Supreme Court order www.newsfromthestates.com/article/tps-...
TPS for up to 350,000 Haitians officially ends as judge applies Supreme Court order
WASHINGTON — A federal judge lifted a stay Wednesday on the termination of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in order to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared ...
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TPS for up to 350,000 Haitians officially ends as judge applies Supreme Court order. @statesnewsroom.com story by @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
TPS for up to 350,000 Haitians officially ends as judge applies Supreme Court order
WASHINGTON — A federal judge lifted a stay Wednesday on the termination of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in order to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared ...
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Breaking news: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who built a surging progressive movement in Michigan, overcame a massive spending disadvantage to win Tuesday’s nationally watched Senate primary, AP projected. https://wapo.st/4w98iaX
Dems continue to hammer Trump Education Department transfers. @statesnewsroom.com story by Shauneen Miranda:
Dems continue to hammer Trump Education Department transfers
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday rebuked the Department of Education’s efforts to transfer its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies. Sen. Mazie Hirono...
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US Senate stopgap fails to renew more than $38B a year in state transportation funding. Thanks to @samgauntt.bsky.social for the graphic on this one. Story for @statesnewsroom.com:
US Senate stopgap fails to renew more than $38B a year in state transportation funding
WASHINGTON — The stopgap spending bill supported by an overwhelming majority of U.S. senators does not address tens of billions in expiring transportation funding, leaving states facing a massive effe...
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BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee advances acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to the full Senate on a party-line vote. Story tk about the lengthy statements during today's committee meeting
How Drazan’s consulting firm pocketed nearly $100k from her nonprofit with little oversight. via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com's @shaanthx.bsky.social:
How Drazan’s consulting firm pocketed nearly $100k from her nonprofit with little oversight • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The situation offers insight into how one of Oregon’s most successful recent Republican politicians handled her finances ahead of a campaign.
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UPDATED AFTER SENATE VOTE TO ADVANCE Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law
Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add controversial new crit...
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Democratic state officials urge US Supreme Court to affirm pause on Trump vote-by-mail order. @statesnewsroom.com story:
Democratic state officials urge US Supreme Court to affirm pause on Trump vote-by-mail order
WASHINGTON — States do not have time before November’s midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems, two dozen Democrat...
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Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law. Story for @statesnewsroom.com
Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee announced a bipartisan deal over the weekend that would keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administ...
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Blanche asserts 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead, wins key GOP support in US Senate. @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com
Blanche asserts 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead, wins key GOP support in US Senate
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general appeared on track Monday after he submitted a written assurance to Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers that the a...
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Complete story coming this am from @ashleymurray.bsky.social who has been closely covering developments
Jane Norman@janenorman.bsky.social · 3d agoActing AG Todd Blanche says he has rescinded the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund for Jan. 6ers. Senate Judiciary vote Tuesday.
FRIDAY NEWS DUMP: Prosecutors drop vandalism charges for Reflecting Pool damage, blame ‘contractor error’ Story by @janenorman.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com
Prosecutors drop vandalism charges for Reflecting Pool damage, blame ‘contractor error’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro moved Friday to dismiss charges against a former Olympian canoeist alleged to have damaged part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting...
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Key legal resource for immigrant kids to expire with federal contract, advocates say www.newsfromthestates.com/article/key-...
Key legal resource for immigrant kids to expire with federal contract, advocates say
WASHINGTON — Bryan Chavez knows that having access to legal representation as an unaccompanied minor can be a lifeline.In 2017, immigration officials separated him from his mother and brother at the s...
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Key legal resource for immigrant kids to expire with federal contract, advocates say. Story by @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com:
Key legal resource for immigrant kids to expire with federal contract, advocates say
WASHINGTON — Bryan Chavez knows that having access to legal representation as an unaccompanied minor can be a lifeline.In 2017, immigration officials separated him from his mother and brother at the s...
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US Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers. @statesnewsroom.com story by Shauneen Miranda
US Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has cleared its first major legislative hurdle in a bipartisan U.S. Senate co...
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Trump looks to veterans to fill trucking jobs after booting immigrants from industry www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump looks to veterans to fill trucking jobs after booting immigrants from industry
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced an initiative Thursday for veterans to quickly obtain commercial driver’s licenses, as the administration attempts to fill vacancies in the industry after...
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Trump looks to veterans to fill trucking jobs after booting immigrants from industry, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com
Trump looks to veterans to fill trucking jobs after booting immigrants from industry
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced an initiative Thursday for veterans to quickly obtain commercial driver’s licenses, as the administration attempts to fill vacancies in the industry after...
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NEW from @statesnewsroom.com Trump administration rules out mass ICE enforcement at the polls in midterms. Story by @ameliatwyman.bsky.social
Trump administration rules out mass ICE enforcement at the polls in midterms
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not planning an aggressive campaign at voting sites during the upcoming midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday in...
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String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stri...
String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to do everything in his “power to put the health of America back on track.”Kennedy testif...
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Trump says he might pull Blanche nomination for AG until GOP holdouts leave office. @statesnewsroom.com story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social
Trump says he might pull Blanche nomination for AG until GOP holdouts leave office
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department until two Republican holdouts, Sens. Thom Tillis of ...
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US Senate panel backs Trump’s CDC nominee after tense hearing. @statesnewsroom.com story by Shauneen Miranda
US Senate panel backs Trump’s CDC nominee after tense hearing
WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz got a step closer in her bid to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a key U.S. Senate panel propelled her nomination to the Senate floor Thursday....
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US Senate panel advances Trump Labor Department nominee. @statesnewsroom.com story by Shauneen Miranda:
US Senate panel advances Trump Labor Department nominee
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Labor breezed through a key U.S. Senate committee vote Thursday to advance his nomination. The Senate Committee on Health, Edu...
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Fauci pleads the Fifth at intense hearing, @jennifershutt.bsky.social writes for @statesnewsroom.com:
Fauci pleads the Fifth to COVID questions by US Sen. Rand Paul at intense hearing
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s most visible public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, declined to answer questions from a U.S. Senate committee in a tense and confr...
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Grassley postpones vote in US Senate panel on Blanche nomination for AG. @statesnewsroom.com story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social
Grassley postpones vote in US Senate panel on Blanche nomination for AG
WASHINGTON — A vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to permanently fill the nation’s top law enforcement role was postponed Wednesday after two Republican senators — John Cornyn o...
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🚨 VOTE ON TODD BLANCHE IN SENATE JUDICIARY TOMORROW POSTPONED: Grassley postpones after problems getting John Cornyn and Thom Tillis on board @ashleymurray.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gras...
Grassley postpones vote in US Senate panel on Blanche nomination for AG
WASHINGTON — A vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to permanently fill the nation’s top law enforcement role was postponed Wednesday after two Republican senators — John Cornyn o...
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Diné community leaders protest Trump proposal to remove Chaco Canyon mining ban. Story by @ameliatwyman.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com
Diné community leaders protest Trump proposal to remove Chaco Canyon mining ban
WASHINGTON — A group of Diné allotment shareholders and community leaders called Wednesday for the Bureau of Land Management to continue enforcing oil and gas restrictions near New Mexico’s Chaco Cult...
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Updated with Trump comments from Oval Office today ‘People movers’ out, more parking in: Trump announces $22.5B Washington Dulles makeover
‘People movers’ out, more parking in: Trump announces $22.5B Washington Dulles makeover
WASHINGTON — Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the main long-distance gateway to the nation’s capital, is set to receive a multi-billion-dollar makeover, President Donald Trump said...
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‘People movers’ out, more parking in: Trump to announce $22.5B Washington Dulles makeover, @samgauntt.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com
‘People movers’ out, more parking in: Trump to announce $22.5B Washington Dulles makeover
WASHINGTON — Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the main long-distance gateway to the nation’s capital, is set to receive a multi-billion-dollar makeover, a White House spokesperson ...
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TSA shares passengers’ personal information with immigration enforcement, documents show. @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com based on docs @weareoversight.bsky.social obtained.
TSA shares passengers’ personal information with immigration enforcement, documents show
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has for more than a year used personal information airline passengers provide to the Transportation Security Administration for immigration enforcement, according...
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