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Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) โ€” A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right.” U.S. District Judge Deborah […]

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Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) โ€” A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right.” U.S. District Judge Deborah […]

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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico […]

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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico […]

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RFK Jr. faces blistering questions on vaccines, abortion from Democrats

By Dan Diamond,ย Rachel Roubein,ย Lauren Weber,ย Lena H. Sun,ย Fenit Nirappilย ยทย The Washington Post (c) 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a divided panel of senators Wednesday, with Democrats deeply critical of the vaccine skepticโ€™s bid to serve as Americaโ€™s top health official, and Republicans insisting that the former liberal was the right choice to lead a nearly $2 […]

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RFK Jr. faces blistering questions on vaccines, abortion from Democrats

By Dan Diamond,ย Rachel Roubein,ย Lauren Weber,ย Lena H. Sun,ย Fenit Nirappilย ยทย The Washington Post (c) 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a divided panel of senators Wednesday, with Democrats deeply critical of the vaccine skepticโ€™s bid to serve as Americaโ€™s top health official, and Republicans insisting that the former liberal was the right choice to lead a nearly $2 […]

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What federal workers should know about Trump administrationโ€™s โ€˜deferred resignationโ€™ offer

By Daniel Wuย ยทย The Washington Post (c) 2025 The White House announced details Tuesday of a โ€œdeferred resignationโ€ offer it made to federal employees that allows them to resign with pay through Sept. 30. Hereโ€™s what we know about the offer, which affects the majority of the 2.3 million workers employed by the government and was […]

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What federal workers should know about Trump administrationโ€™s โ€˜deferred resignationโ€™ offer

By Daniel Wuย ยทย The Washington Post (c) 2025 The White House announced details Tuesday of a โ€œdeferred resignationโ€ offer it made to federal employees that allows them to resign with pay through Sept. 30. Hereโ€™s what we know about the offer, which affects the majority of the 2.3 million workers employed by the government and was […]

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Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position

By Robyn Dixon,ย Catherine Beltonย ยทย The Washington Post (c) 2025 Amid expectations in Moscow that President Donald Trump will speak by phone in the coming days with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials are staking out hard-line positions on the Ukraine war ahead of any talks and playing down any imminent major breakthrough on U.S.-Russia ties. Sensing […]

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Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position

By Robyn Dixon,ย Catherine Beltonย ยทย The Washington Post (c) 2025 Amid expectations in Moscow that President Donald Trump will speak by phone in the coming days with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials are staking out hard-line positions on the Ukraine war ahead of any talks and playing down any imminent major breakthrough on U.S.-Russia ties. Sensing […]