The Supreme Court Hands Trump Two Immigration Wins

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Two rulings, one morning, the same direction. The Supreme Court gave President Trump a pair of immigration wins Thursday, and both came down to a single question the administration has been chasing for months: who gets to ask for asylum, and who doesn’t. The answer, now, is narrower than it was a day ago. Take the first case, Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. A migrant walks up to the southern border. He’s turned away before he sets foot inside. Has he “arrived” in the United States? The law says anyone who arrives here can apply for asylum. The Court said

Trump Halts Housing Act Signing Over Election Bill

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President Trump abruptly cancelled Wednesday’s signing of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, turning the moment into an ultimatum: pass the SAVE America Act first. “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Thank you for your attention to this matter.” The House had passed the housing bill Tuesday by a lopsided 358–32. The agreement was real. The bill expands the supply of homes, aims to lower costs, and bans large institutional investors

Trust Nothing, Verify Everything: Inside Vance’s Iran Strategy

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The Vice President stood on the tarmac in Switzerland and chose his words like a man who has learned what words are worth. JD Vance said the administration made significant progress with Iran over what he called a productive 36 hours. He sounded pleased. He did not sound finished. “I feel great about the progress that we made over the last couple of days,” he said. VP Vance on the "very productive 36 hours" in Switzerland: "Number one, we set up the mechanism to ensure not only the Straits of Hormuz are open, but will stay open… Number two, we

Outgoing Intelligence Chief Releases Records on Fauci

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Tulsi Gabbard, on her way out of the job, declassified a new batch of documents. They concern COVID-19—how the government handled it, and where the virus came from. She says the records speak for themselves. According to her office, the communications show Dr. Anthony Fauci at the center of things. He helped direct federal money tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the documents allegedly indicate, and he shaped intelligence assessments about the pandemic’s origins. There is more. Gabbard’s office says intelligence officials repeatedly deferred to Fauci during the key debates over where the virus began. The evidence, she argues,

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