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Senate blocks pregnant students' rights bill in 47-45 cloture vote
47-45 vote blocks protections for pregnant college students nationwide

Senate blocks pregnant students' rights bill in 47-45 cloture vote
47-45 vote blocks protections for pregnant college students nationwide

31,000 Kaiser workers begin open-ended strike over staffing
Healthcare workers walk out indefinitely as contract talks collapse

31,000 Kaiser workers begin open-ended strike over staffing
Healthcare workers walk out indefinitely as contract talks collapse

Madel drops Minnesota governor race after representing ICE agent
Madel exits Minnesota governor race after representing ICE agent who shot protester

Madel drops Minnesota governor race after representing ICE agent
Madel exits Minnesota governor race after representing ICE agent who shot protester

90 million Americans under extreme cold warnings after winter storm
90 million face extreme cold as power outages affect hundreds of thousands

90 million Americans under extreme cold warnings after winter storm
90 million face extreme cold as power outages affect hundreds of thousands
Trump and Republicans shift toward affordability messaging before 2026 midterms
Cost-of-living politics drive both parties toward housing, health care, food and energy issues
Trump and Republicans shift toward affordability messaging before 2026 midterms
Cost-of-living politics drive both parties toward housing, health care, food and energy issues

Trump sends border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after Pretti shooting
Homan replaces Noem and Bovino as White House softens rhetoric on Pretti

Trump sends border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after Pretti shooting
Homan replaces Noem and Bovino as White House softens rhetoric on Pretti
Senate Democrats block DHS spending bill, threaten shutdown over Pretti killing
Democrats withhold votes for DHS funding after second fatal Minneapolis shooting
Senate Democrats block DHS spending bill, threaten shutdown over Pretti killing
Democrats withhold votes for DHS funding after second fatal Minneapolis shooting

Federal judge hears arguments to halt Minnesota immigration surge after fatal shootings
Judge weighs whether to halt 3,000-agent operation after two fatal shootings

Federal judge hears arguments to halt Minnesota immigration surge after fatal shootings
Judge weighs whether to halt 3,000-agent operation after two fatal shootings

Hours after Border Patrol kills Minneapolis man, Bondi demands voter rolls to restore 'law and order'
Federal courts call data demands "unprecedented and illegal"

Hours after Border Patrol kills Minneapolis man, Bondi demands voter rolls to restore 'law and order'
Federal courts call data demands "unprecedented and illegal"

Trump signs $23 billion science funding for NASA, NOAA, NSF through September
Congress rejects Trump's deep cuts to science agencies, funds NASA and NOAA

Trump signs $23 billion science funding for NASA, NOAA, NSF through September
Congress rejects Trump's deep cuts to science agencies, funds NASA and NOAA

Border Patrol agents beat and publicly execute lawful gun owner as video contradicts DHS
Video shows no weapon in hand when tackled, DHS claims he approached armed

Border Patrol agents beat and publicly execute lawful gun owner as video contradicts DHS
Video shows no weapon in hand when tackled, DHS claims he approached armed

Pentagon shifts focus from China to Western Hemisphere, makes no mention of Taiwan
U.S. drops Taiwan defense commitment as strategy prioritizes Western Hemisphere

Pentagon shifts focus from China to Western Hemisphere, makes no mention of Taiwan
U.S. drops Taiwan defense commitment as strategy prioritizes Western Hemisphere

Thousands protest ICE in Minneapolis as hundreds of businesses close for economic blackout
Clergy arrested at airport demanding airlines stop deportation cooperation

Thousands protest ICE in Minneapolis as hundreds of businesses close for economic blackout
Clergy arrested at airport demanding airlines stop deportation cooperation
Secret ICE memo instructs agents they can forcibly enter homes without judicial warrants
Whistleblowers say agents were warned: speaking out means termination
Secret ICE memo instructs agents they can forcibly enter homes without judicial warrants
Whistleblowers say agents were warned: speaking out means termination
DOGE cuts push VA mental health waits past 35 days nationally
Senate Democrats documented the crisis with state-by-state numbers
DOGE cuts push VA mental health waits past 35 days nationally
Senate Democrats documented the crisis with state-by-state numbers
Congress reviews AI chip exports to China with new veto power
Rare Republican pushback on White House as bipartisan vote tightens Nvidia chip sales
Congress reviews AI chip exports to China with new veto power
Rare Republican pushback on White House as bipartisan vote tightens Nvidia chip sales

Federal court blocks Trump's DEI funding threat to schools
McMahon threatened federal funding to schools in all 50 states

Federal court blocks Trump's DEI funding threat to schools
McMahon threatened federal funding to schools in all 50 states

ICE guards choke detainee to death with arm around neck, medical examiner rules homicide, DHS deports witnesses
Guards squeezed neck until unconscious, autopsy shows asphyxiation

ICE guards choke detainee to death with arm around neck, medical examiner rules homicide, DHS deports witnesses
Guards squeezed neck until unconscious, autopsy shows asphyxiation
Commerce Secretary promises 6% growth as workers' share plummets to 53.8%, lowest since 1947
Economic inequality widens as workers get 53.8% of GDP growth
Commerce Secretary promises 6% growth as workers' share plummets to 53.8%, lowest since 1947
Economic inequality widens as workers get 53.8% of GDP growth

Vance defends ICE detaining 5-year-old asylum seeker, using him as 'bait' to find more targets
Vance defends using child as bait, calls ICE criticism 'fake news'

Vance defends ICE detaining 5-year-old asylum seeker, using him as 'bait' to find more targets
Vance defends using child as bait, calls ICE criticism 'fake news'