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Trump administration overhaul drives legal immigration approvals down by half

Naturalization approvals across the United States have fallen roughly 50 percent from their 2025 peak after the Trump administration imposed tougher screening requirements, reinstated a harder civics exam, and ordered neighborhood investigations of applicants, changes that amount to the most…
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Biden wanted Gretchen Whitmer as his running mate but felt pressured to pick Kamala Harris, Atlantic profile reveals

Joe Biden wanted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the 2020 ticket, not Kamala Harris. That's the headline finding from a new Atlantic profile of Whitmer, as reported by the New York Post, and it reframes one of the most consequential…
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Yale poll finds Mark Cuban outpaces Kamala Harris in hypothetical 2028 matchup against Republicans

A billionaire entrepreneur who says he won't run for president polls better against a generic Republican in 2028 than the woman who just lost the White House. That is the state of the Democratic Party heading into its next nominating…
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Declassified documents fuel new questions about whistleblower complaint behind Trump's first impeachment

More than 350 pages of newly declassified briefings from the House Intelligence Committee paint a damaging picture of the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's first impeachment, showing the complainant had undisclosed ties to Democrats, relied on secondhand information,…
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Federal judge dismisses Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

A federal judge in Florida threw out President Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal on Monday, ruling that the complaint failed to meet the legal standard required for a public figure to prove he was defamed.…
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Timothy Hudson indicted as adult for murder and sexual abuse in Carnival cruise death of stepsister Anna Kepner

A federal grand jury has indicted 16-year-old Timothy Hudson on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner, who was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship last November. Hudson…
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Swalwell now demands benefit of the doubt he refused to give Kavanaugh

Rep. Eric Swalwell is fighting for his political life after multiple women accused the California Democrat of sexual misconduct, allegations he calls "flat false." But conservatives have long memories, and Swalwell's own words from the 2018 Brett Kavanaugh confirmation battle…
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Federal appeals court overturns 158-year-old ban on home distilling as unconstitutional

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Reconstruction-era federal law that banned Americans from distilling spirits in their own homes, ruling that Congress exceeded its taxing authority when it criminalized the practice in 1868. The decision, handed down…
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Pope Leo XIV backs away from Trump clash but keeps preaching against Iran war

Pope Leo XIV said Monday he has no interest in trading public blows with President Trump, then made clear he intends to keep doing exactly what provoked the president's criticism in the first place. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal…
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House Democrats stay silent on expelling Eric Swalwell despite sexual misconduct accusations

Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped his California gubernatorial bid late Sunday under pressure from his own party's leadership, but the same Democrats who pushed him out of that race have gone conspicuously quiet on the harder question: Should the 45-year-old congressman…
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