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    Vice President JD Vance addresses graduates at the Naval Academy graduation on Friday.
    JD Vance steers clear of DEI, promises no more ‘open-ended’ wars at Naval Academy
    The vice president addressed the Naval Academy’s graduates after being confronted by protesters in Annapolis.
    The Supreme Court vote leaves the issue unresolved nationally.
    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school
    The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.
    WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: Rep. Andy Harris (R., Md.) speaks during a news conference on the proposed continuing resolution to extend government funding through March 14, on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Allies of President-elect Trump criticized a massive government funding bill unveiled Tuesday, urging lawmakers to oppose it ahead of a looming deadline and complicating efforts by House GOP leaders, while Trump himself has yet to weigh in.
    House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
    Republicans stayed up all night to pass their tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill.
    A group of Florida International University students protest against cuts in federal funding and an agreement by campus police to partner with ICE
    Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status
    Some students left the U.S. rather than risk being deported to a third country.
    FEMA’s National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg on March 10, 2025.
    FEMA reopens fire training academy in Maryland, following weeks of outcry
    In-person classes will resume at the National Fire Academy, over 10 weeks after they were paused amid the Trump administration’s review of federal spending.
    Law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
    2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC
    The stunning attack on Wednesday evening prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff.
    President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington.
    What to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade in DC on Trump’s birthday
    The Army started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation’s capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month.
    DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin, flanked by Deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, left, and Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Judge says US government ‘unquestionably in violation’ of court order on deportations
    A federal judge says the White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic nation of South Sudan.
    Gerald Connolly on Capitol Hill.
    Gerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, dies at 75
    Connolly, who served in Congress for more than 16 years, announced in 2024 that he had esophageal cancer and would retire.
    Updated COVID-19 vaccines are available, as well as annual flu shots for people 6 months and older. For those 60 and older or for people who are pregnant, you may want to get the RSV vaccine.
    Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
    Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
    President Donald Trump will speak at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, one day after Vice President JD Vance gives the commencement address at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony in Annapolis.
    JD Vance won’t say much at the Naval Academy graduation. You should listen anyway.
    Vice presidential addresses receive far less attention than those given by presidents. The Biden effect makes it a mistake, however, to ignore what the VP has to say.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: The U.S. Supreme Court Building as the court hears oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S., on January 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The future of the popular social media plaform is at stake at stake as the Supreme Court hears arguments on a law set to take effect the day before Inauguration Day that would force their China-based parent company to cut ties with TikTok due to national security concerns. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
    Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow
    The court’s order, with only one noted dissent, puts on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco.
    U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the progress his administration is making to lower costs for the American people at Prince George's County Community College on August 15, 2024.
    Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer, reviewing treatment options
    Former President Joe Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found.
    President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington.
    The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US president
    Donald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history. But it's taken even more drastic steps than his first to shield key documents and information from the public.
    In a photo posted to his official X account on Thursday, April 17, 2025, Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a trip to El Salvador this week.
    Judge: Trump administration’s claim of state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is ‘inadequate’
    A U.S. district judge ordered Abrego Garcia’s return in April and has since directed the administration to provide documents and testimony showing what it has done, if anything, to comply.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order but limit nationwide injunctions
    The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on maintaining a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.
    Birthright citizenship is among several issues the administration has asked the court to address.
    What to know about the Supreme Court arguments in the birthright citizenship case
    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday in its first case stemming from the blitz of actions that have marked the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.
    U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks has repeatedly called on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign from his post as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    Alsobrooks, RFK Jr. spar during testy Senate hearing
    “Sir, you are the wrong person for this job,” U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks told Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a budget hearing on Wednesday.
    The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, where ICE continues to hold detained immigrants.
    Deportation suspended for two women held in ‘inhumane’ Baltimore holding room
    Both women were sent by ICE to detention facilities in New Jersey and Colorado over the weekend.
    A sign is posted outside of county Judge Hannah Dugan's courtroom at the Milwaukee County courthouse, April 25, 2025, in Milwaukee.
    Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge in immigration case, allowing charges to continue
    A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge on charges she helped a man in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration authorities looking to arrest him as he appeared before her in a local domestic abuse case.
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