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Hasan Piker helped bring attention to a mission delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba. The group was criticized for staying in an upscale hotel as Cubans faced another blackout.
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The president’s decision to vote by mail comes as he pushes a sweeping bill to reform balloting nationwide, including restrictions on mail-in voting.
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The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that tests whether states should be allowed to count ballots that are mailed on time but arrive after Election Day. The case could have broad implications.
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President Trump teased Monday that he's moving closer a deal with Iran to end the war — but he stopped short of saying who the U.S. is negotiating with. Why it matters: Since Israel's assassinations of top Iranian leaders at the start of the war, there's been uncertainty about who is running the country day to day and which officials might actually be empowered to cut a deal with the U.S. Breaking it down: Among those killed are Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, who was seen as the de facto civilian leader after Khamenei's death. - Khamenei's son Mojtaba officially succeeded his father, but he has remained in the shadows. - The U.S. also does not see Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led both sets rounds of nuclear…
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) was confirmed to succeed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a 54-45 vote mostly along party lines on Monday evening. Why it matters: The vote comes as Homeland Security is at the center of funding impasse that has caused hours-long lines at airports nationwide with Democrats demanding new curbs on ICE before they'll agree to more funding. - DHS is central to President Trump's mass deportation agenda, but the agency's heavy-handed tactics provoked outrage after federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good . The big picture: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the only Republican to vote against…
President Trump postponed his threat to strike power plants in Iran, citing “productive conversations” with the Iranians. But officials said the talks were in an early stage and not substantive.
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Mullin was nominated to replace Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
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The Oklahoma Republican comes to the helm in the midst of a shutdown that has left some 100,000 of the department's more than a quarter-million employees working without pay.
The Oklahoma Republican portrayed himself as an experienced lawmaker ready to restore DHS’s credibility after a surge in immigration enforcement resulted in the killing of two U.S. citizens.
The Trump administration placed a statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds. Some people are not happy about it.
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