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A judge slammed Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem over ‘troubling’ remarks about Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw ordered the administration to warn every DOJ and DHS employee against improper statements regarding Abrego, who’s facing smuggling charges. A federal judge took Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to task Monday for their incendiary, out-of-court statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran native … Read more

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Tylenol manufacturer amid Trump’s pressure campaign

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The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration has promoted unproven claims linking Tylenol use to autism. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol on Tuesday, alleging the companies irresponsibly marketed the medicine to pregnant women despite risks to children. At the center of the lawsuit is the claim that … Read more

Nvidia CEO turns tech conference into celebration of Trump

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The world’s most valuable company holds a D.C. mega-meeting, and gets political. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang turned his company’s annual artificial intelligence conference into a chance to lavish praise on President Donald Trump on Tuesday. In his keynote remarks at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Huang said Trump “deserves enormous credit” for recognizing the … Read more

Congress must act before FAA can pay air traffic controllers, Duffy says

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An effort to find executive branch money for the aviation system’s frontline safety workers appears to have run aground. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested Tuesday that a Trump administration effort to scrounge together money to pay air traffic controllers during the federal shutdown is dead. During a news conference at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Duffy … Read more

Troops will get their paychecks this week, Vance says

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The vice president spoke after a Senate GOP lunch where he got an earful about the administration’s plan to import Argentinian beef. Vice President JD Vance said military members will continue receiving their pay amid the government shutdown, suggesting to reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump has identified new funding to avoid a first-ever lapse … Read more

Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers sought unanimous consent approval for a bill that would stop the changing of the clocks. Sen. Tom Cotton wasn’t fast enough in 2022 to block Senate passage of legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. Three years later, he wasn’t about to repeat that same mistake. The Arkansas Republican … Read more

NOAA hurricane hunter crews, researchers flying without pay

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The planes have been flying into Hurricane Melissa as part of monitoring the monster storm. The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Tuesday. “Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown … Read more