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White House Negotiates FISA 702 Compromise with Skeptical Lawmakers After Tense Meeting

Lawmakers skeptical of a clean reauthorization for warrantless surveillance powers are negotiating new legislative langu

Mar 26

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FDA Escalates Trader Joe's Recall to Class II Over Glass Contamination in 3 Million Pounds of Food

Federal regulators have escalated a major food safety recall involving Trader Joe's, designating it Class II after disco

Mar 26

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Schumer Vows Green Energy Tax Credit Revival, Data Center Regulations in Democratic Majority Plan

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer outlined a Democratic agenda focused on reinstating expanded green energy tax credi

Mar 26

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DOJ Admits Critical Error in ICE Courthouse Arrests Defense, Judge Orders Record Preservation

The Justice Department admitted it made a factual error by citing an ICE memo that does not authorize arrests at immigra

Mar 26

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TSA Warns Airport Disruptions Could Persist for Months After Shutdown Ends

TSA leadership warns that the ongoing partial government shutdown's impact on staffing and recruitment will cause airpor

Mar 26

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How a Gilded Age Philanthropist's Milk Crusade Forged a Public Health Model Now at Risk

The successful early 20th-century campaign by philanthropist Nathan Straus to mandate milk pasteurization through docume

Mar 26

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DHS Proposes Year-Long Wait for Asylum Work Permits, Aiming to Curb Fraudulent Claims

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed extending the waiting period for asylum seekers to obtain work authoriz

Mar 26

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Federal Court Delays Trump Administration's Race-Based College Admissions Data Demand

A federal judge has extended the deadline for colleges in 17 Democratic-led states to submit seven years of race-based a

Mar 26

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FEMA Reopens $1 Billion Resilience Grants Under Court Order, Implements New State-Focused Rules

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reopened applications for its $1 billion Building Resilient Infrastructure a

Mar 26

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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Propose Federal Freeze on New AI Data Center Construction

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are introducing a bill to impose a federal moratorium on construct

Mar 25

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DHS Chiefs Warn Shutdown Pushing Agencies to 'Tipping Point' as TSA Exodus Grows

Top Homeland Security officials warned Congress that the prolonged shutdown is causing a staffing exodus at TSA, degradi

Mar 25

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TSA Warns Airport Closures, World Cup Security at Risk Amid Staffing Exodus

The TSA's acting administrator testified that severe staffing shortages, exacerbated by the DHS funding impasse, could f

Mar 25