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Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election 0
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- August 8, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a potentially chaotic government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or hours of a funding deadline
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ICE will release body camera video only when in the agency’s ‘best interests’: policy 0
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- August 7, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency’s policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.” After years of delays, ICE said its field officers nationwide will have body-worn
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A deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz may require a compromise from Trump 0
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- August 7, 2026
WASHINGTON — To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise. Any concession would be tough for the Republican president, who has insisted there is no truth to his sagging poll numbers, the sluggish economy and the
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DOGE overstated savings on federal ‘receipts’ website, auditors find 0
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- August 7, 2026
WASHINGTON — Some of the savings touted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are incorrect or lack supporting evidence, according to federal auditors. DOGE began posting its estimated savings on a web page known as the Wall of Receipts. Lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the accuracy of the estimates, and the
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Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set rules 0
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- August 3, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, upending the hallmarks of the early education program for impoverished children, two people familiar with the deliberations said. Head Start, established in the 1960s to help fight poverty, has long been considered by experts to
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US seeks to boost anti-China spending around the world, documents show 0
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- July 28, 2026
WASHINGTON– The Trump administration is preparing to increase funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around the world, after halting many such initiatives last year during a series of budget and personnel cuts. The administration notified Congress late last week that it intends to spend $175.8 million
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