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The White House is amplifying calls from agricultural associations for the Senate to pass a $95 billion framework for a third budget reconciliation package, which includes a tranche of farm aid along with emergency Iran war funding. In statements first provided to The Hill by the White House, the American Sugar Alliance, the Farm Credit…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will equip its officers with body cameras over the next two months, according to reports, but the agency’s policy gives officials broad discretion over footage released to the public that’s deemed in its “best interests.”  More than half of the agency’s field officers have already been outfitted w

Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, called President Trump’s public criticism of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro over her handling of the Reflecting Pool vandalism case “shocking” on Thursday.  The president said in a Saturday post on Truth Social that he disagreed “100%” with Pirro’s decision to dismiss felony cha

Voyager 2, launched in 1977, has traveled into interstellar space.

The Senate has confirmed President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has faced significant scrutiny for its handling of disasters and funding under the Trump administration. The Senate approved the nomination of Cameron Hamilton to lead the agency as part of a larger slate of 74 nominations confirmed to

President Trump on Friday afternoon will host a roundtable at the State Department centered on the mining industry. “The mining industry has never had a greater champion than President Trump,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement. “His unprecedented support has driven record investment, streamlined permitting, and deliver

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is urging senators to not support an amendment that would allow a federal ban on most hemp-derived products to take effect in November. In a Friday letter, Oz noted he had “grave concerns” about the amendment from Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.),…

The Senate on Friday passed a long-sought bipartisan bill that would impose harsher sanctions on Russia and the top five buyers of Russian oil, along with extending existing sanctions on Iran.  That measure was a major legislative goal of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died suddenly earlier this month. The vote was 86-11.…