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Speaker Mike Johnson faces conservative revolt freezing House floor over SAVE Act voter ID bill June 2026

SAVE Act Revolt Freezes House Floor as Johnson Sends Members Home Early

Speaker Mike Johnson sent House Republicans home early Thursday after a conservative blockade led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna blocked all procedural floor votes for a second week, with Trump unable to

June 26, 2026

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Nations Rush to Evacuate Citizens as South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Deadline Nears

Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi and Zimbabwe are flying citizens home ahead of South Africa's June 30 anti-migrant deadline, as xenophobic attacks leave at least seven dead and 3,000 Malawians sheltering in a Durban field through winter nights. Acting Police Minister Firoz

June 26, 2026

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Federal judge bars Trump administration from implementing proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule, June 2026

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump’s Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Registration Rule

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper permanently blocked Trump's proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule Wednesday, ruling the Constitution

Sen. Bill Cassidy discusses his reversal on the Iran war powers vote in a CBS News interview, June 25, 2026

Senate Republicans Flipped on Iran War Vote in Hours After Trump Called Cassidy ‘Lunatic’

Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to rebuke Trump's conduct of the Iran war, then reversed course Wednesday

Demonstrators at a No Kings protest rally against Donald Trump

Trump Marks His 80th Birthday With a Cage Fight at the White House. The Country Answers With ‘No Kings’

On June 14, Donald Trump turns 80 and stages a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn. The same day, the 'No Kings' movement that drew millions last year returns for

June 14, 2026

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A Court Froze RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Overhaul. He Rewrote the Rules, and His Panel Is Set to Try Again

A federal judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s remade vaccine advisory panel was unlawfully constituted and froze its work. Rather than rebuild it, his health department rewrote the panel's charter to

June 14, 2026

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A SNAP and EBT food stamp benefits accepted sign in a store

Trump’s Big Bill Promised Work, Not Hunger. More Than 3 Million Have Already Lost Their Food Stamps

The food-assistance cuts written into Trump's Big Beautiful Bill are now landing, and at least 3.5 million Americans have lost SNAP benefits since the law passed. The research says the work requirements

June 14, 2026

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Trump Said CNN Must Be Sold. His Justice Department Just Cleared the Way to Hand It to an Ally’s Family

The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, putting CNN under the control of a family closely allied with Trump, the president who said out loud that it

June 14, 2026

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office

Trump Picks One of His Own Defense Lawyers to Run the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office

Trump has named James McDonald, a Sullivan and Cromwell partner who helped appeal his Manhattan criminal conviction, to lead the Southern District of New York, the federal office that prosecutes public corruption

June 14, 2026

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A Medicaid patient worried about the new work-requirement rule

Trump’s New Medicaid Rule Says Work or Lose Coverage. The Fine Print Says Millions Will Lose It Anyway

The Trump administration has finalized the rule imposing 80-hour-a-month work requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees. The government projects millions will lose coverage, and the documented evidence says most of them will be

June 14, 2026

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Shipping containers at the Port of Oakland

Trump’s Global Tariff Keeps Losing in Court. A Temporary Stay Is the Only Thing Holding It Up

The Supreme Court already ruled that the law Trump first used to impose his 10 percent global tariff does not allow it. His fallback, an obscure 150-day emergency provision, has now been

June 14, 2026

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Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York

After the Pulte Fiasco Cost Him a Spy Law, Trump Hands US Intelligence to His Manhattan Prosecutor

Forced to retreat after his unqualified first pick for spy chief helped sink a marquee surveillance law, Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, his Manhattan US attorney, as director of national intelligence, a

June 14, 2026

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Workers package HIV test kits at a production facility in Nigeria

Trump Promised to End HIV. He Cut the Programs Instead, and the UN Just Counted the Cost

A new UNAIDS assessment puts numbers on what Trump's gutting of USAID, PEPFAR and domestic HIV programs has done: prevention has collapsed, PrEP use has fallen by more than a third, and

June 14, 2026

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Dyed sterile screwworm fly pupae at a USDA production facility in Texas

A Flesh-Eating Parasite Reaches Texas, and Trump Spent a Year Thinning the Line That Was Supposed to Stop It

The New World screwworm has crossed into Texas for the first time since 1966, just as Trump's cuts stripped the USDA of roughly 20,000 workers and left 55 Texas counties without a

June 14, 2026

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SAVE Act Revolt Freezes House Floor as Johnson Sends Members Home Early

Nations Rush to Evacuate Citizens as South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Deadline Nears

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump’s Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Registration Rule

Senate Republicans Flipped on Iran War Vote in Hours After Trump Called Cassidy ‘Lunatic’

Trump Marks His 80th Birthday With a Cage Fight at the White House. The Country Answers With ‘No Kings’

A Court Froze RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Overhaul. He Rewrote the Rules, and His Panel Is Set to Try Again

Trump’s Big Bill Promised Work, Not Hunger. More Than 3 Million Have Already Lost Their Food Stamps

Trump Said CNN Must Be Sold. His Justice Department Just Cleared the Way to Hand It to an Ally’s Family

Trump Picks One of His Own Defense Lawyers to Run the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office

Trump’s New Medicaid Rule Says Work or Lose Coverage. The Fine Print Says Millions Will Lose It Anyway

Trump’s Global Tariff Keeps Losing in Court. A Temporary Stay Is the Only Thing Holding It Up

After the Pulte Fiasco Cost Him a Spy Law, Trump Hands US Intelligence to His Manhattan Prosecutor

Trump Promised to End HIV. He Cut the Programs Instead, and the UN Just Counted the Cost

A Flesh-Eating Parasite Reaches Texas, and Trump Spent a Year Thinning the Line That Was Supposed to Stop It

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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