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• Trump signs bill funding ICE, CPB through second term 

  10-06-2026 18:44 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump signed into law on Wednesday a congressional budget package to fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the end of his second term.Republican lawmakers passed the nearly $70 billion reconciliation funding legislation in the House on Tuesday, following weeks of tense debate in the Senate. All House Democrats...
  
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• Spike Lee: ICE 'not welcome' at celebrations if Knicks win NBA Finals

  10-06-2026 23:09 via thehill.com
  
  Filmmaker Spike Lee said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not be welcome at celebrations for the New York Knicks if the basketball team claims victory in the NBA Finals. “If the Knicks, when we win, whether it's home or away, there’s going to be such — it's going to be bananas, it's going to...
  
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• House Democrat: Bill Gates's association with Epstein after 2008 conviction 'really troubling'

  10-06-2026 23:07 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Wednesday condemned Bill Gates’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein, which continued after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to sex crimes in 2008. The billionaire testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday about his ties to Epstein.  As the committee's ranking member, Garcia noted that Gates was...
  
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• House to vote on short-term spy powers extension Thursday amid Pulte clash

  10-06-2026 22:53 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that the House will vote Thursday morning on extending the nation's foreign spy powers through July 2, a move that comes amid a partisan clash over President Trump naming Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence (DNI).The expected vote comes after Democrats in the Senate largely...
  
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• California Republican James Gallagher sworn in to Congress, fills LaMalfa seat

  10-06-2026 22:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Gallagher (R-Calif.) was officially sworn into Congress on Wednesday afternoon, slightly broadening the GOP’s slim majority in the House.  Gallagher won the special election on June 2 for the seat for California’s 1st Congressional District, following Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s (R) death in January. The former state assemblymember, who was backed by President Trump,...
  
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• Trump on World Cup visa disputes: 'We're working ... to make sure the right people' come in

  10-06-2026 22:09 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday said visa disputes for FIFA World Cup attendees are under review, though he told reporters that the administration is working to ensure "the right people" enter the U.S. A reporter told the president in the Oval Office that some "people are afraid that it's going to be harder and harder to...
  
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• ActBlue CEO pleads the Fifth in House hearing on alleged foreign donations

  10-06-2026 22:01 via thehill.com
  
  ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones on Wednesday refused to answer questions during her testimony before the House Administration Committee regarding allegations of the organization funneling foreign campaign donations to Democratic candidates in federal elections, asserting her Fifth Amendment right. Wallace-Jones vowed not to answer any questions during the hearing in an earlier op-ed published by The...
  
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• Platner: Political establishment agrees on 'love of Jeffrey Epstein and a hatred of me'

  10-06-2026 21:44 via thehill.com
  
  Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who has been recently dealing with concerns around his past behavior toward women, said in a new ad that the political establishment has a “love of Jeffrey Epstein and a hatred of me.” “Some of the most powerful Democrats and Republicans in the country were on Epstein Island. It...
  
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• Trump claims 100 million oil barrels secretly moved through Strait of Hormuz

  10-06-2026 21:35 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump claimed Wednesday that the U.S. secretly moved over 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump in a Truth Social post said he “directed” the military to “execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships” through the strait. “I am pleased to announce that this effort...
  
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• Live updates: Trump dismisses May inflation surge, warns more Iran strikes are coming

  10-06-2026 21:31 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday morning warned Iran that it will not get away with attacks on U.S. allies Kuwait and Bahrain. "They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!" he posted on Truth Social. In the Oval Office, he said...
  
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• Push for 3-week FISA 702 extension draws swift pushback from Senate Democrats

  10-06-2026 21:07 via thehill.com
  
  An attempt to negotiate a three-week extension on the nation’s warrantless spy powers is already facing objections from Democrats.  Efforts to fast-track an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until July 2 were largely rejected by Democrats unless President Trump rescinds the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of...
  
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• Dershowitz wants 'complete transparency' if called to testify in House Epstein investigation

  10-06-2026 20:58 via thehill.com
  
  Lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday said he wants "complete transparency" if he testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of its probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee's chair, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), said earlier in the day that he would like to have Dershowitz and Acting Attorney General...
  
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• NFL faces pressure at House hearing over rising cost of televised games

  10-06-2026 20:49 via thehill.com
  
  Lawmakers in both parties on Wednesday blasted the NFL over the rising costs for watching televised games, arguing their constituents are being hurt as a result of the league’s new streaming deals. Republicans and Democrats alike during a House Judiciary Committee hearing argued the changing landscape has created an anticompetitive economic environment that is harming...
  
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• Poll: Half of Americans concerned over AI's jobs impact

  10-06-2026 20:48 via thehill.com
  
  A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that more than half of respondents fear that they or someone in their household will lose their job because of artificial intelligence (AI). Fifty-three of 4,531 respondents to the survey, conducted from June 3 through 8, were concerned that AI would have that effect, while 37 percent of respondents did...
  
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• Leading OB-GYN group issues vaccine recommendations, breaks with CDC

  10-06-2026 20:17 via thehill.com
  
  The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) released a recommended maternal vaccine schedule Wednesday that for the first time diverges with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ACOG recommended four vaccines be administered during pregnancy: a flu shot, a COVID-19 shot, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap), and one to protect against respiratory syncytial virus in the developing fetusIt also provides recommendations...
  
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• Mace 'headed back to private sector' after congressional term ends

  10-06-2026 19:55 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that she will return to the private sector after her term in Congress ends in January 2027, after she failed to advance to a runoff in the GOP gubernatorial primary in South Carolina.“Headed back to the private sector at the end of this term, as the Founders intended,”...
  
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• Greene rips Trump's economy: 'MAGA used to call this Biden inflation'

  10-06-2026 19:23 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed President Trump over the economy and inflation on Wednesday, saying the U.S. was “IN DECLINE.” “Unbelievable!! Here is exactly what Trump’s war on Iran, costing billions everyday, is doing to Americans. MAGA used to call this Biden inflation and scream from the rooftops over this garbage,” Greene wrote...
  
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• House Republican says Congress 'needs to get their act together' on Social Security ahead of deadline

  10-06-2026 19:03 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said Wednesday that Congress has to act on Social Security, a day after the Trump administration projected that one of the program’s trust funds will run out by 2032.  “Congress needs to get their act together to address Social Security and the insolvency that’s coming, instead of poking blame at other...
  
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• Trump embraces May price spikes amid Iran war: 'I love the inflation'

  10-06-2026 18:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump told reporters Wednesday that he loved “inflation,” after he was asked about inflation spiking in May. “No, I love it. The numbers were great,” Trump said when asked if he was concerned about the latest data, which showed the consumer price index rising to 4.2 percent over the past 12 months — with...
  
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• Trump arch would need red safety lights: FAA

  10-06-2026 18:47 via thehill.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday said that President Trump's planned 250-foot "triumphal arch" will need red safety lights so not to pose any safety risks to air travel flying to and from Reagan Washington National Airport. The proposed arch, planned to be built at the end of Memorial Bridge between the Lincoln Memorial...
  
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• Trump says more Iran strikes coming today 

  10-06-2026 18:32 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. military could continue strikes against Iran after targeting about two dozen sites, mostly near the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliatory attacks on Tuesday.  Trump said he still wanted to work toward a “meaningful deal” with Iran but wasn’t done punishing Iran for shooting down an Apache...
  
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• Trump says voter fraud claims forced California to 'approve' Hilton

  10-06-2026 18:22 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said California Republican gubernatorial nominee Steve Hilton advanced to the general election because of Trump's amplification of voter fraud claims in the state. “After a week, they determined that a kid who's leading and had all the mojo, all of the sudden he doesn't make the runoff, and then I hit them hard...
  
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• Trump rips into Platner after primary win: 'Low-level thug'

  10-06-2026 18:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump ripped into Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner on Wednesday, calling him a “low-level thug." "He's worse than any human being that's ever run for office probably," the president said. Platner, a progressive oyster farmer, easily won the Democratic primary on Tuesday to become the party's candidate to face incumbent Republican Susan Collins....
  
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• Comer to seek interviews with Todd Blanche, Alan Dershowitz in Epstein probe

  10-06-2026 18:06 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that he would like to bring in Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and high-profile attorney Alan Dershowitz as part of his panel’s probe into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The desire to bring in Blanche comes after former Attorney General Pam Bondi,...
  
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• Democratic candidates to debate in New York House race to succeed Velázquez

  10-06-2026 17:59 via thehill.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — A congressional seat that unifies Brooklyn and Queens is up for grabs. State Assemblymember Claire Valdez, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and City Council Member Julie Won are among the top Democratic candidates competing for New York's 7th District following the retirement of longtime Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D). The winner...
  
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• Trump backs short-term spy powers extension amid fight with Senate GOP over Pulte

  10-06-2026 17:38 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump asked Congress for a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), an effort to give time to nominate and confirm a permanent director of national intelligence amid threats from Democrats to not renew the act if Bill Pulte remains acting director of the agency.  In a TruthSocial post...
  
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• Senate Democrats question national park entry fees used for Trump 'vanity projects'

  10-06-2026 17:23 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said he will launch an inquiry into entrance fees for the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) going toward President Trump's "vanity projects." Schiff, along with several other senators, wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that visitors to the parks contribute to the NPS budget "by purchasing...
  
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• Trump administration asks judge to reject bid to halt White House UFC event

  10-06-2026 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to reject an attempt by two Virginia residents to stop an upcoming UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House, arguing the date is too close to make any changes. The Justice Department (DOJ) wrote in court filing that the June 14 event has...
  
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• Live updates: Bill Gates sits for Epstein deposition with House panel; Trump warns Iran will 'pay the price' as deal drags

  10-06-2026 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday morning warned Iran that it will not get away with attacks on U.S. allies Kuwait and Bahrain. "They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!" he posted on Truth Social. With gas prices stuck above $4...
  
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• Bill Gates in Epstein probe interview: ‘I have never victimized anyone’

  10-06-2026 16:30 via thehill.com
  
  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday told the House Oversight Committee that he has “never victimized anyone” and never had an indication that Jeffrey Epstein engaged in criminal conduct. Gates, in prepared opening remarks for his voluntary interview as part of the committee's investigation into the late sex offender, painted a picture of Epstein as...
  
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