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Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through windows of an Eastern Airlines plane upon arriving at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
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Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end temporary legal protections for Venezuelans

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A federal judge is pausing plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, one week before they were set to expire.

President Donald Trump waves as he walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees over price-gouging

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President Donald Trump is signing an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth waits for the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Stanislav Kogiku/Pool Photo via AP)
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Hegseth orders fitness standards to be gender neutral for combat jobs. Many already are

Read full article: Hegseth orders fitness standards to be gender neutral for combat jobs. Many already are

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, formalizing a process that largely exists for many of those jobs already.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks at a reception celebrating Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Nonprofit groups sue Trump administration over election executive order, calling it unconstitutional

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Two election watchdog groups are suing President Donald Trump's administration over his executive order seeking to overhaul the nation's elections.

FILE - Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency's one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year

Read full article: EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency's one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year in operating costs.

Democrats spend millions; President Trump endorses Republican
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Special election Tuesday for US House seat puts Central Florida in national spotlight

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The contest between Republican Randy Fine and Democrat Joh Weil has drawn national attention and is being viewed by eyes across the nation as a test of President Donald Trump’s first two months in office. Polls in Flagler, Lake, Marion, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties open Tuesday at 7 a.m.

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)
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Trump administration says it deported 17 more ‘violent criminals’ to El Salvador

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The Trump administration says it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to third countries despite criticism over lack of transparency and human rights protections.

FILE - A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment of students protesting against the war in Gaza, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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Trump task force to review Harvard's funding after Columbia bows to federal demands

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Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism.

Trucks providing a security barrier are in place around the Department of Justice before President Donald Trump speaks Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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White House abruptly fires career Justice Department prosecutors in latest norm-shattering move

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The recent firings of career Justice Department lawyers by the White House is a sign of President Donald Trump’s tightening grip over the law enforcement agency known for its long tradition of political independence.

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick watches after Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump's reciprocal tariffs will overturn decades of trade policy

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President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades.

The United State Institute of Peace building is seen, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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A DOGE employee is put in charge of the US Institute of Peace, a court filing alleges

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A court filing says an official allied with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been put in charge of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank targeted by President Donald Trump for closure.

FILE - Rep. Lucy McBath D-Ga., discusses Congressional Black Caucus priorities for the 119th Congress and the Trump administration, Dec. 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)
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Georgia Democrat Lucy McBath suspends 2026 run for governor, citing her husband's cancer

Read full article: Georgia Democrat Lucy McBath suspends 2026 run for governor, citing her husband's cancer

Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath says she’s suspending her exploratory 2026 bid for governor, casting uncertainty on the Democratic field.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has her photo taken with supporters Saturday, March 29, 2025 at a campaign stop at a field office for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates make final push amid high spending, voting

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President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and his Democratic-backed challenger are making a final blitz across the state.

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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The Latest: Trump to roll out new tariffs that he promises will free the US from foreign goods

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President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs he promises will free the United States from foreign goods.

FILE - A member of the military looks on in front of newly-installed concertina wire lining one of two border walls separating Mexico from the United States during a news conference on joint operations involving the military and the Border Patrol, March 21, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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Trump is stronger on immigration and weaker on trade, an AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Trump is stronger on immigration and weaker on trade, an AP-NORC poll finds

Immigration remains a strength for President Donald Trump, but a new AP-NORC poll finds his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback.

People listen to Elon Musk during a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday’s outcome.

FILE - The magnolia planted on the South Lawn by President Andrew Jackson is seen at left as President Joe Biden, from left, and first lady Jill Biden, joined by surviving families of service members, hold hands in prayer around a newly planted magnolia tree during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 30, 2022. The new tree was grown from a seed from the original. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Historic tree to be cut down at the White House over safety concerns

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President Donald Trump says a tree that’s nearly two centuries old will be removed from the White House grounds because it’s deteriorating.

This photo provided by the Republican Party of New Mexico shows damage to the group's headquarters building from a fire, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Republican Party of New Mexico via AP)
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Authorities investigate damaging fire at New Mexico's GOP headquarters

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Federal authorities are investigating an early morning fire that damaged the entryway to the headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

FILE - People stroll Friday, March 21, 2025 in La Defense business district outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, file)
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France accuses US diplomats of meddling with a 'diktat' about Trump's DEI policies

Read full article: France accuses US diplomats of meddling with a 'diktat' about Trump's DEI policies

A French minister has accused U.S. diplomats of interfering in the operations of French companies by sending them a letter reportedly telling them that U.S. President Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives could also apply outside of the United States.

President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to Florida, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight

Read full article: Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight

In the early part of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private corporations, media companies and universities he regards as adversaries.

FILE - A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly out of the weapon, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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At least half of US states now outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns

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At least half of U.S. states now outlaw devices that can convert pistols into machine guns.

FILE - President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
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Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenor

Read full article: Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenor

President Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping transgender people out of government records, sports and even history.

FILE - Venezuelan migrant Yender Romero shows the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) One app on his cell phone, which he said he used to apply for asylum in the U.S. and is waiting on an answer, at a migrant tent camp outside La Soledad church in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection

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U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying to benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump waves to supporters from his limousine as he arrives at Trump International Golf Club, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Trump says he won't 'fire people' over Signal messages, reiterates support of national security team

Read full article: Trump says he won't 'fire people' over Signal messages, reiterates support of national security team

President Donald Trump is making his clearest commitment to not fire anyone over an embarrassing accidental leak of his administration’s plans for an airstrike against the Houthis in Yemen.

The headquarters of the United States Institute of Peace are seen Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein).
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Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing

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Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.