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Texas National Guard soldiers stand on patrol near the banks of the Rio Grande on April 2, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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U.S. Senate moves ahead with immigration bill expanding detention for theft, shoplifting

Jan 13, 2025
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum participates in a swearing-in ceremony of state lawmakers on Dec. 2, 2024, in Bismarck, North Dakota, shortly before completing his term as governor. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
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U.S. Senate hearing on Interior nominee postponed until Thursday

Jan 13, 2025
Press conference for immigrant rights featuring TPS sign
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Biden extends protected status for migrants from four countries ahead of Trump return

Jan 10, 2025
Sarah Baus of Charleston, South Carolina, left, holds a sign that reads "Keep TikTok" as she and other content creators Sallye Miley of Jackson, Mississippi, middle, and Callie Goodwin of Columbia, South Carolina, stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Jan. 10, 2025, as the court hears oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Skeptical Supreme Court justices weigh a rescue of TikTok from nearing ban

Jan 10, 2025
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)
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No jail time or fines for Trump in sentencing for NY hush money case

Jan 10, 2025
Donald Trump walks to speak to the media after being found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New York City. Trump, the president-elect, is set to be sentenced on Friday, Jan. 10. (Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)
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Trump to face sentencing Friday in NY case after Supreme Court denies attempt to delay

Jan 09, 2025
Migrants wait throughout the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall, hoping they will be processed by immigration authorities before the expiration of Title 42. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source NM)
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Strong bipartisan support in U.S. Senate advances bill expanding immigration detention

Jan 09, 2025
The late President Jimmy Carter’s casket is pictured leaving the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 9, 2025, before it was transported to Washington National Cathedral. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. David A. Carvajal/Department of Defense)
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Former President Jimmy Carter honored at state funeral

Jan 09, 2025
Trump, Melania and Thune at the Capitol
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Trump huddles with U.S. Senate GOP but no agreement yet on big tax, immigration overhaul

Jan 08, 2025
Michael Fanone standing in front of U.S. Capitol
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U.S. House Dem, former police officers lambast Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon pledge

Jan 08, 2025
Gov. Doug Burgum, at the time the governor of North Dakota and now President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the Interior, presents his budget recommendations before a joint session of the Legislature on Dec. 4, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)  
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Democrats say U.S. Senate Republicans rushing confirmation of Interior nominee Burgum

Jan 08, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause his sentencing in a New York hush money case. Shown is the court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
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Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to suspend sentencing in New York hush money case

Jan 08, 2025
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives file past the flag-draped casket of the late President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Decent, humble and gifted: Jimmy Carter remembered at U.S. Capitol

Jan 07, 2025
Close up of President-elect Donald Trump speaking
National

Trump calls for avoiding default, possibly using military force for expansion

Jan 07, 2025
Migrants wait throughout the night May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source New Mexico)
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U.S. House GOP kicks off new session with border security push

Jan 07, 2025
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025. Johnson said he intended to address the country’s debt limit through the budget reconciliation process. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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U.S. House Republicans seeking to settle debt limit alongside border, taxes

Jan 07, 2025
Jimmy Carter accepts the presidential nomination of his party at the Democratic National Convention, August 14, 1980. (Photo credit: Jimmy Carter Library)
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What to know about President Jimmy Carter lying in state at the U.S. Capitol

Jan 06, 2025
U.S. Senate pages carrying the Electoral College certificates in wooden ballot boxes walk through the Capitol rotunda on their way to the U.S. House chamber on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
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Trump’s election as president certified by Congress, four years after Capitol attack

Jan 06, 2025
President Joe Biden gives a pen to Bette Marafino, president of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, after he signed the Social Security Fairness Act during an event in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. At left are Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. The legislation will expand Social Security benefits for millions of retired Americans, including firefighters, police officers and teachers. (Phot
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Biden signs bill expanding Social Security benefits for retired teachers, public employees

Jan 06, 2025
Cleanup workers search for contaminated sand and seaweed in front of drilling platforms and container ships about one week after an oil spill from an offshore oil platform on Oct. 9, 2021, in Huntington Beach, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Biden to ban future offshore drilling across more than 600 million acres

Jan 06, 2025
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