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Trumpâs White House ballroom gets final approval days after judge's ruling halting work
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, days after a federal judge ordered a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 years.The National Capital Planning Commission, the agency tasked with approving construction on federal property in the Washington region, went ahead with the vote because U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s ruling on Tuesday affects construction activities, not the planning process, commission... Read More
Inspection finds dozens of violations of detention standards at a major immigration camp in Texas
A recent inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions.Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Detention Oversight performed a congressionally mandated inspection over three days in February at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, according to a report posted online by ICE this week.
The report documents 49 deficiencies, which it defines as violations of detention standards or policies, in areas... Read More
Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.The departure of the country's chief law enforcement officer followed months of scrutiny from angry conservatives over the Justice Department's handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking... Read More
The Latest: Trump says Pam Bondi out as his attorney general, Blanche will serve as acting AG
President Donald Trump said Thursday Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general.Trump in a social media post named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the acting attorney general, though three people familiar with the matter have said he has privately discussed Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, as a permanent pick.
It marks the end of a contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the... Read More
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said they are responding to Americans who have worried about plastics and pharmaceuticals in their drinking water. The gesture also aims to hand a win to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement, which for months has pressured Zeldin to further crack down on environmental contaminants.
The... Read More
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- Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security. His move bypasses Congress
- Trumpâs White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to construction
- Stocks recover most early losses as volatility again hits Wall Street. US oil tops $110 a barrel
- Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general
- How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals
- Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station's control
- Iran fires on Israel and Gulf neighbors as Trump claims threat from Tehran nearly eliminated
- Bodycam shows a stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after a Florida rollover crash
- Trump uses Iran war address to urge an increasingly skeptical electorate to give him a bit more time
- Colorado court orders resentencing for former county clerk in election fraud scheme
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- Hailee Steinfeld says she and Bills quarterback Josh Allen have welcomed a baby girl
- BJ Novak to host PEN America gala on May 14 at the American Museum of Natural History
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- Iowa State star Audi Crooks entering the transfer portal, the latest to leave team in mass exodus
- Bodycam shows a stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after a Florida rollover crash