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• Wisconsin state trooper released from ICE custody after 'dramatic' arrest

  08-11-2026 01:58 via Administration News
  
  A 21-year-old Wisconsin state trooper was released Friday after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents a day earlier in what his lawyer described as a “dramatic experience.” Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who is originally from South Africa, was traveling to visit family when the arrest happened, his attorney Marc Christopher confirmed to...
  
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• Live updates: FAA issues nationwide ground stop

  13-11-2026 22:39 via Administration News
  
  Editor's Note: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) earlier this week said they would not back Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for another term as Democratic leader. Slotkin has said she is seeking change, and that a new leader would need to show a plan for the first 100 days. An earlier version of...
  
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• Live updates: FAA cites 'extraordinary circumstance' in halting US air traffic

  13-11-2026 22:39 via Administration News
  
  Editor's Note: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) earlier this week said they would not back Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for another term as Democratic leader. Slotkin has said she is seeking change, and that a new leader would need to show a plan for the first 100 days. An earlier version of...
  
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• Hassett denies report he is leaving White House

  13-11-2026 22:26 via Administration News
  
  Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), pushed back Friday on a report that he will depart the Trump administration in the coming weeks. He told CNBC’s Eamon Javers through text that the report is “not true.” The White House also denied the report, writing on X, “There is no factual basis...
  
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• House Democrats' campaign arm investigates sexual harassment allegation against Poindexter

  13-11-2026 21:13 via House News
  
  House Democrats’ campaign arm is investigating Rep.-elect Brian Poindexter (D-Ohio) for an allegation of sexual harassment, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) confirmed to The Hill Friday. “The DCCC has been made aware of the allegations and takes them seriously. In the interest of fairness to all parties involved, we have hired an independent, third-party...
  
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• DeSantis on defense secretary speculation: 'I’ve never discussed it' with Trump

  13-11-2026 21:08 via Administration News
  
  Outgoing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has “never discussed” replacing Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary with President Trump despite recent speculation. “I see President Trump frequently now that he’s back in Florida, I’ve never discussed it with him. It’s never been anything that I’ve asked,” DeSantis said when asked if he would be interested...
  
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• Boebert ousted by Laubacher in Colorado House race

  13-11-2026 20:45 via House News
  
  Democrat Eileen Laubacher is projected to win Colorado's 4th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Laubacher defeated incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), unseating one of President Trump's most outspoken allies in a district that has long favored the GOP. DDHQ rated the seat "likely Republican" heading into Election Day. The Democrat notched 48.8...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court to hear asylum ban case; Outlook starts bouncing back

  13-11-2026 20:42 via Administration News
  
  The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's asylum restrictions. The court will rule by July on whether the ban is legal. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced Thursday night he will challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to become the majority leader of the upper...
  
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• Supreme Court will decide if Trump’s asylum restrictions are legal 

  13-11-2026 20:14 via Administration News
  
  The Supreme Court announced on Friday it will hear the Trump administration’s case to revive the president’s asylum restrictions at the southern border, issued on Inauguration Day and since ruled illegal by lower courts. The case, set to be heard this term with a decision expected by summer, will mark one of the court’s highest-profile...
  
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• Postal Service to make fuel surcharge permanent in 2027

  13-11-2026 19:47 via Administration News
  
  The surcharge will reportedly be reevaluated in July 2027 based on fuel prices in the first half of 2027, according to USPS. 
  
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• Bobby Pulido wins Latin Grammy days after winning House race

  13-11-2026 18:34 via House News
  
  After defeating GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz in the Lone Star State's midterm elections last week, Texas Rep.-elect and Tejano musician Bobby Pulido (D) won his third Latin Grammy on Thursday evening.  He topped the award ceremony’s “Best Tejano Album” category for his project “Bobby Pulido & Friends: Una Tuya y Una Mía (Vol.2/En...
  
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• Live updates: Van Hollen gains support in challenge to Schumer; Outlook starts bouncing back

  13-11-2026 17:58 via Administration News
  
  Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced Thursday night he will challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to become the majority leader of the upper chamber next Congress, as Schumer faces dissent from new senators in particular. “I think that we heard loud and clear from the American people that they want to end the...
  
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• Trump 'gaslighting' over Huang controversy: Kara Swisher

  13-11-2026 17:50 via Administration News
  
  Left-leaning journalist Kara Swisher criticized President Trump’s response to outgoing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s scandal involving an extramarital affair with a suspected Chinese spy, saying the president is downplaying the seriousness of the allegations. “He has to say nothing's going on here … because if there were, he's in real trouble,” Swisher told CNN’s Kaitlan...
  
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• Man accused in WHCA dinner shooting faces new terrorism charge

  13-11-2026 17:30 via Administration News
  
  Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner earlier this year, faces an additional charge of terrorism , new court filings Thursday show.  Allen allegedly ran past security, shot a Secret Service agent and attempted to enter the ballroom to shoot the president at the...
  
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• White House staff to need prior approval to meet with lobbyists, under Stephen Miller memo

  13-11-2026 17:20 via Administration News
  
  A new memo from White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says White House staffers need prior approval from the Office of White House Counsel if they want to meet a lobbyist, a significant shift after the midterm shellacking of the GOP. “No President in history has fought more relentlessly, selflessly or courageously for the...
  
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• Kushner: Russia has agreed to include Europe in Ukraine war talks

  13-11-2026 17:19 via Administration News
  
  U.S. envoy Jared Kushner announced Thursday that Russia has agreed to European participation in direct negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, after three days of talks with delegations from both sides of the conflict.  In the past, Russian leadership has opposed European diplomatic involvement, citing Europe's financial support for Ukraine in the ongoing war effort. ...
  
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• DOJ instructs its agencies to 'prioritize' English over all other languages

  13-11-2026 17:03 via Administration News
  
  The Justice Department on Friday published a memo designating English as the official language of the agency. “Though not officially designated in the past, English has been our common language since before this Nation's founding,” the Justice Department wrote in the document posted to the Federal Register, offering public comment over the next 60 days....
  
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• Trump approval hits record second-term low: Survey

  13-11-2026 16:57 via Administration News
  
  President Trump’s job approval rating sits at a second-term low in a new post-election survey, showing little sign of improvement after his party suffered widespread losses in the midterms. In the new Economist/YouGov poll, 63 percent of Americans said they disapproved of Trump’s job performance, including 52 percent who disapproved strongly, with just 32 percent...
  
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• Bessent: Treasury pushed to blacklist Megaspeed, but 'Commerce has the pen'

  13-11-2026 16:25 via Administration News
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pointing the finger at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over the Trump administration's failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed on a U.S. trade blacklist for national security concerns. When pressed Friday over who was behind the decision, Bessent told CNBC, "Treasury, War, USTR [U.S. Trade Representative] and State … were in...
  
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• Garcia: Blanche 'hasn't even read the Constitution' 

  13-11-2026 16:15 via House News
  
  Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.) on Thursday accused Attorney General Todd Blanche of failing to understand the constitutional power of Congress to provide oversight of the executive and judicial branches of government.  Blanche has defended recent letters sent by the White House warning Democrats that their planned investigations into the Trump administration could “cross the...
  
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• White House sends CFTC, SEC nominations to Senate

  13-11-2026 15:54 via Administration News
  
  President Trump on Thursday nominated two officials each to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Trump nominated Democrat Kristin Johnson and Republican Steven Levine to the SEC, with their respective terms set to expire in 2029 and 2030. Johnson previously served as a commissioner at the CFTC, after former...
  
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• Talarico wants to make Trump's last 2 years 'the most productive of any presidency'

  13-11-2026 15:37 via Administration News
  
  Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-Texas) told a gathering of Democrats that they must work with President Trump and cannot wait until a new president takes the oath to start delivering for Americans. Talarico, speaking Thursday to the What’s Next conference in Denver, said Democrats need to work with Trump to deliver on economic relief, political reform...
  
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• Live updates: Van Hollen to challenge Schumer; Outlook starts bouncing back

  13-11-2026 14:55 via Administration News
  
  Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced on Thursday night that he will be challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to become the majority leader of the upper chamber next Congress, as Schumer faces dissent from new senators in particular. “I think that we heard loud and clear from the American people that they want...
  
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• Lutnick agrees to testify before Congress amid bipartisan concerns

  13-11-2026 14:52 via Administration News
  
  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before Congress amid bipartisan concerns about the Nvidia spy scandal and the agency's enforcement of chip export controls. Lutnick has "proactively agreed to appear voluntarily" before the Senate Banking Committee, spokesperson Kristen Eichamer said in a statement. Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) sent letters to both...
  
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• Trump says he would 'easily' beat 'highly overrated' Obama

  13-11-2026 14:38 via Administration News
  
  President Trump claimed in a new interview that he could “easily” beat former President Obama in a political match-up, days after Republicans experienced sweeping losses in the midterm elections.  “I got many more votes than he got, and I got many more votes in the states,” Trump told “Straight Shooter” host Stephen A. Smith in...
  
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• Trump, Democrats brace for a brawl on congressional oversight

  13-11-2026 12:00 via Administration News
  
  Democrats are preparing for a knockout fight with the White House and the Department of Justice (DOJ) after a series of letters to legislative leaders saying the administration would seek to rebuff their probes.  “I think Congress has to flex all of its power,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the House Oversight Committee's ranking member and...
  
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• Means rocks boat, further straining Trump's MAHA alliance

  13-11-2026 12:00 via Administration News
  
  A public feud between former senior Health adviser Calley Means and former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is heating up as Means accuses Wiles and her former deputy chief of staff James Blair of corruption — highlighting the deepening rift between the MAGA and “Make American Healthy Again” (MAHA) movements. Means claimed Wiles...
  
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• How Jensen Huang's resignation from Nvidia is threatening AI-powered economy

  13-11-2026 12:00 via Administration News
  
  Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia threatens the stability of the AI industry and the market as a whole, as experts express differing outlooks on the chipmaker’s future. Huang resigned as CEO of the company he built from the ground up, Nvidia’s board of directors announced Thursday, after The New York Times reported on a pair...
  
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• Democratic lawmakers face backlash after consecutive legislative missteps

  13-11-2026 12:00 via House News
  
  Fresh off their midterm victories, Democrats are already facing a postelection reality check. In the span of two days, Democrats stumbled on two major fights, with some members missing a critical procedural vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the party failing to call for a recorded vote on a GOP veterans bill they...
  
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• Trump told Huang to fight for his job after affair scandals: Report

  13-11-2026 05:05 via Administration News
  
  President Trump called outgoing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and told him to fight for his job ahead of his resignation, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the conversation. Huang resigned as CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies after reports emerged of multiple extramarital affairs, including one...
  
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