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Haitians living in Brooklyn learn to use a whistle to blow if Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive in their neighborhood during an Immigrant Resource Fair and Know Your Rights Event in an area of Brooklyn known as "Little Haiti" on July 28, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Some Haitians targeted for ankle monitors by ICE as they face threat of mass deportation

Aug 07, 2026
Todd Blanche, who was confirmed as attorney general on Aug. 8, 2026, appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)
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Todd Blanche confirmed by the US Senate as attorney general; Collins, Murkowski vote no

Aug 07, 2026
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said on Aug. 7, 2026, she will oppose the nomination of Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general. In this photo, she shakes hands with members of the Alaska Legislature on Feb. 15, 2024, following her annual address in the state Capitol. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
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Blanche nomination for AG in doubt after Alaska’s Murkowski says she’s opposed

Aug 07, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 signed two new executive orders on birthright citizenship. In this photo, Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool - Getty Images)
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Trump again tries to curb birthright citizenship, following Supreme Court loss

Aug 06, 2026
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is shown on a monitor as Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt for declining to answer COVID questions

Aug 06, 2026
Pfc. Jorden Edlin, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Kaliyah Johnson, right, with the Mississippi National Guard ,assigned to Joint Task Force-District of Columbia in support of the DC Safe and Beautiful mission, patrol at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 2026. (Photo by Photo by Sgt. Alex Lopez/Joint Task Force DC)
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Price tag for Trump's DC deployment of National Guard: $1.4B more through 2029

Aug 05, 2026
Erica Schwartz testifies during her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
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US Senate confirms Trump’s pick for CDC director

Aug 05, 2026
Migrants wait through the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm, on land between the Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexico border wall, hoping they will be processed by immigration authorities before the expiration of Title 42, a public health order used to expel migrants. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux/Source NM)
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Small Texas law firm run by Trump ally wins contract for legal aid to immigrant kids

Aug 05, 2026
MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 06: Pedestrians walk through the streets of the Little Haiti neighborhood on June 06, 2025 in Miami, Florida. U.S. President Donald Trump declared that, starting Monday, foreign nationals from 12 countries, which included Haiti, would be restricted from entry to the United States, and he imposed partial restrictions on another seven nations. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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TPS for up to 350,000 Haitians officially ends as judge applies Supreme Court order

Aug 05, 2026
President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Senate to agree with the House and pass a measure called the "Sunshine Protection Act" that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.  (Photo by Getty Images)
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Trump urges US Senate to pass bill making daylight saving time permanent

Aug 05, 2026
Student protesters shout during a “Hands Off Our Schools” rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., in April. The same group held a virtual press conference Tuesday to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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Dems continue to hammer Trump Education Department transfers

Aug 04, 2026
The Big Four Bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. (Photo by Sarah Ladd/Kentucky Lantern)
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US Senate stopgap fails to renew more than $38B a year in state transportation funding

Aug 04, 2026
U.S. Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, speaking with attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's 2023 Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)
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US House Ethics starts probe of abuse allegations against Ohio Rep. Max Miller at his request

Aug 04, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche walks by reporters at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Blanche nomination for attorney general advanced by US Senate panel on party-line vote

Aug 04, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Democratic state officials urge US Supreme Court to affirm pause on Trump vote-by-mail order

Aug 03, 2026
A 10-year-old Honduran immigrant who came into the United States as an unaccompanied minor carries her baby cousin on April 25, 2021, after reuniting with extended family in Sellersburg, Indiana. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Legal services contract expires, and unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation

Aug 03, 2026
Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Ohio US Sen. Moreno says former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller unfit to serve in Congress

Aug 03, 2026
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., amid fog on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
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Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law

Aug 03, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)
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Blanche asserts 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead, wins key GOP support in US Senate

Aug 03, 2026
David Hearn, of Bethesda, Maryland, is charged with destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly vandalizing the newly refinished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19, 2026. Shown is construction at the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Prosecutors drop vandalism charges for Reflecting Pool damage, blame ‘contractor error’

Jul 31, 2026
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