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Trump announces $15 billion Mesabi Metallics steel plant planned for Iowa
White House officials said the Iowa mill would target 2030 production, draw Iron Range ore, and eventually reach up to 10 million tons of steel a…
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Senate data-center power fight meets AI industry-union alliance
The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act 417-3; Majority Leader Thune is teeing up a Wednesday procedural vote as OpenAI, Blackstone and the IBEW launch a…
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Schumer moves to block Husted data center ratepayer bill as Senate vote nears
The Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House 417-3; Majority Leader Thune is expected to file cloture Monday for a Wednesday procedural vote, while Senate Democrats remain…
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Judge restores CNN, MS NOW, Politico White House access; CNN cut from Air Force One pool
A 14-day restraining order found the outlets likely lost their passes without due process. A day later, the White House removed CNN from its weekend TV…
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Trump moves to cancel $810 million through pocket rescission; Collins calls it unlawful
The package, sent to Congress days before the fiscal year ends, targets refugee services, international education grants and housing counseling. Lawmakers in both parties objected.
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Supreme Court keeps Missouri’s GOP-drawn House map off November ballots
The unsigned order keeps the state’s 2022 map for the 2026 general election and stays an Eighth Circuit ruling that would have reinstated the 2025 lines.
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Judge holds DHS in contempt for deporting young asylum seeker twice, orders his return
A federal judge in Maryland ruled the government violated three court orders by removing a 19-year-old to El Salvador and ordered him brought back while his…
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Supreme Court lets DHS resume expanded SAVE citizenship checks of voter rolls
The 6-3 order stays a ruling that had vacated the modified program, which lets election officials run bulk searches against Social Security records. The justices noted…
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ICE spent $1 billion on 11 warehouses and now plans to sell seven, GAO finds
The watchdog said ICE’s rapid detention expansion since January 2025 proceeded without a strategic plan and produced millions of dollars in waste. DHS agreed to write…
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Trump tells U.N. he may ‘annihilate’ Iran absent a deal; envoys then meet Iranians
In his General Assembly address, Trump defended the war with Iran and called for its “complete economic isolation.” Hours later he said Witkoff and Kushner had…
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