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Florida Talks Advance U.S.-Ukraine Negotiations Over Peace Plan

Hallandale Beach, Florida, U.S. and Ukrainian officials met Sunday together for four- to five-hour talks to negotiate revisions to a proposed peace framework intended to end Russia’s 2022 invasion. Secretary of State Mar…

California Housing Shortfall Grows Under Governor Gavin Newsom

California, Governor Gavin Newsom’s housing production has fallen short of pledged targets, with state figures showing 737,295 privately owned housing units built under the 3.5 million-by-2025 pledge, roughly one-fifth o…

Texas Republican Troy Nehls Announces Retirement, Seat Opens

Washington — Representative Troy Nehls of Texas announced Saturday that he will not seek reelection and intends to leave Congress after the current term. Nehls posted the decision on social media, saying he discussed it …

US Warns Airlines: Treat Venezuelan Airspace as Closed

WASHINGTON — On Nov. 29, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela "should be considered closed in its entirety," giving no further details. The statement follow…

US President Pardons Ex-Honduran Leader Ahead Of Vote

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández on Friday and secured his release from a U.S. prison on Dec. 1. Hernández was convicted in March 2024 of conspiring to import …

U.S. pauses visas, freezes asylum after DC shooting

Washington, United States officials paused visa issuance for Afghan passport holders and halted asylum decisions this week on Friday after a man from Afghanistan allegedly shot two National Guard members near the White H…

Trump Pardons Former Honduran President Days Before Election

Washington — President Donald Trump announced Friday he will grant a full pardon to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted in a U.S. court in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine and la…

Indiana Senator Opposes Redistricting After Presidential Slur

Indiana Senator Michael Bohacek announced this week that he will oppose a Republican-led redistricting plan after President Donald Trump used an offensive slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe Minnes…

Trump-Maduro Call, Airspace Warning Escalate Tensions

Washington. President Donald Trump spoke by phone last week with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to discuss a possible in-person meeting, U.S. and international outlets reported. The call, which Reuters and Xinhua sa…

US Reexamines Immigrants; Trump Orders Migration Pause Nationwide

Washington — President Donald Trump announced this week a permanent pause on migration from what he called “third world” countries and ordered a review of green cards issued to people from 19 nations after a Washington s…

Trump Declares Biden's Autopen-Signed Orders Null and Void

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday announced he is terminating executive orders and documents that former President Joe Biden signed using an autopen, saying 92% of such records are invalid. Trump posted the d…

Trump to permanently pause migration from poorer countries

Washington, President Donald Trump announced this week he will permanently pause migration from 'Third World' countries and seek to end federal benefits to noncitizens, denaturalize migrants accused of undermining domest…

US Freezes Visas, Rechecks Green Cards After Shooting

Washington — The U.S. government announced a series of immigration and security measures after a November shooting near the White House. Federal authorities charged 29‑year‑old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal with f…

United States Announces Imminent Land Operations Against Venezuela

United States: Donald Trump said Thursday that U.S. forces would "very soon" begin operations by land against suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers during Thanksgiving remarks to troops at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. forces have ca…

Washington reexamines green cards for 19 countries after shooting

Washington — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced week that it will reexamine green cards issued to nationals of 19 designated 'countries of concern,' effective immediately. USCIS Director Joseph Edlow sai…

US pauses migration, orders Green Card reviews after attack

Washington, United States. President Donald Trump announced he will pause migration from “Third World Countries” and ordered a rigorous review of Green Cards issued to nationals of identified concern following a shooting…

US launches review of asylum approvals and Green Cards

Washington, President Donald Trump ordered a review this week of asylum approvals and Green Cards after a shooting that wounded two National Guard members, one of whom later died. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service…

North Carolina Judges Clear Republican Redrawn Congressional Map

RALEIGH, N.C. A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aiming to flip the 1st District to Republicans as part of a multistate redistricting effort tied to Preside…

States Sue USDA Over SNAP Eligibility Guidance Changes

Washington. State attorneys general this week sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenging October guidance that narrows SNAP eligibility for certain refugees, asylees and other humanitarian entrants after they o…

Tight Tennessee Seat Race Heads to December Election

Washington: Voters are closely divided in the special election to fill Tennessee Rep. Mark Green’s seat, across the district, according to an Emerson College/The Hill survey released this week. Former Tennessee Departmen…

ICE detains relative of press secretary Karoline Leavitt

Washington — Immigration authorities detained Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian national, on Nov. 12 during a traffic stop in Revere, Massachusetts, and transferred her to ICE custody as the agency pursues removal pro…

Trump Urges Indiana Senate Approve GOP Redistricting Maps

Washington — President Donald J. Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday urging Indiana Senate Republicans to approve new state legislative maps, praising the Indiana House and calling the effort 'very important.' He framed…

States Sue Over HUD Continuum of Care Funding Cuts

United States — State attorneys general and governors filed a multi‑state lawsuit this week challenging recent HUD changes that would reallocate Continuum of Care funding, cap permanent supportive housing allocations, an…

Trump Pardons Turkeys Amidst Partisan Jabs, Rose Garden

WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump pardoned two turkeys at the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, sparing Waddle and Gobble from the Thanksgiving table. He joked about sending the birds to a Salvadoran prison used for m…

U.S. envoys sent as Trump advances Ukraine peace plan

Washington — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he fine‑tuned his plan to end the war in Ukraine and dispatched envoys to negotiate. Envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Army Sec…

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