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Trump budget seeks 43% boost in defense spending, cuts in many domestic programs
By Jennifer Shutt | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released its fiscal 2027 budget request...
Read moreDetailsRepublicans applaud immigrant detention — until it’s in their back yards
By Ariana Figueroa | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — New Hampshire’s Republican governor, frustrated with little information about...
Read moreDetailsTrump’s SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwide
By Jonathan Shorman | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics Before Wyoming elections, the state’s League of Women Voters tries to...
Read moreDetails‘Liberation Day’ tariffs celebrated by Trump one year out, panned by Dems
By Ashley Murray | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — One year after President Donald Trump announced his now-illegal...
Read moreDetailsReports: US fighter jet downed over Iran, one crew member rescued
By Ashley Murray | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — A U.S. fighter jet went down over Iran Friday...
Read moreDetailsHomeland Security shutdown drags on, but Trump says he’ll sign order to pay all employees
By Jennifer Shutt \ D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday that would end...
Read moreDetailsUS Senate Dems rip Trump plan to remove student loan oversight from Education Department
By Shauneen Miranda | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats this week blasted the Trump administration’s...
Read moreDetailsPam Bondi out as Trump’s attorney general
By Ashley Murray | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi is leaving the Department of...
Read moreDetailsA Biden student loan plan has ended. Here’s what borrowers need to know.
By Shauneen Miranda | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — A federal court order last month to effectively axe...
Read moreDetailsDemocrats sue to block Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ mail ballot order
By Jonathan Shorman | D.C. Bureau | Gov & Politics Democrats sued over President Donald Trump’s executive order clamping down on...
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