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ICE agent fires 7 rounds into car with child inside in Manhattan, NYC mayor demands halt to operations; South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews releases ad distancing from trans issues after Trump slur attack; Trump awards National Medals of Science to Musk and tech executives at Golden Age Summit

Trump freezes PERM green cards for Microsoft and seven others, probes nine universities over J-1 fraud, DHS watchdog finds eight arrests from 3.1 million visa overstay leads, claims circulate of deportation pause and amnesty pathway for 950,000 immigrants

Christa Pike survives Tennessee lethal injection, raising Eighth Amendment questions, Brent crude hits $105 on Iran strike fears, Trump and Paxton make an awkward pair in San Antonio

Tennessee execution of Christa Pike fails raising Eighth Amendment questions, Hurricane Isaias targets Gulf Coast with surge warnings, FBI arrests Minnesota man in ISIS-inspired Mall of America plot

Trump deportation push reaches 605,000 removals as Supreme Court takes up mandatory detention case, Congress negotiates to avoid government shutdown, federal courts active on voting rights and executive power

Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, Trump rallies in Nebraska framing midterms as referendum on his presidency, Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino observatory

Trump cancels $810M in congressional funds via pocket rescission, Trump posts Sen. Cotton's phone number in daylight saving fight, US Air Force pulls bombers from RAF Fairford after Iran-linked terror plot

Supreme Court weighs limits on nationwide injunctions, Early voting data shows Democratic energy surge in 2026 midterms, Trump administration dismantles TPS, DACA, and asylum protections for millions

September payrolls fall to 29,000 — far below forecasts, last report before midterms, IRS draft Form 1040 adds citizenship question tied to tax credits, South Korea pushes back on Trump's $200B energy deal claiming Alaska LNG commitment not finalized

Tennessee halts executions after second botched lethal injection in 2026, Trump publicly attacks Senator Cotton over stalled Sunshine Protection Act, Cornell rape case escalates to state attorney general after document dump reveals stripped survivor testimony

Tennessee botches second execution in 2026, governor halts all remaining executions and orders review, White House signs voluntary AI safety accord with no enforcement as FTC opens probe, US formally ends 23-year military presence in Iraq

Federal Reserve weighs rate hold or cut amid economic uncertainty, immigration legislation advances with partisan divide, midterm campaigns enter final sprint with Democrats outraising Republicans but facing internal primary battles

Trump and AI executives sign voluntary safety accord with no enforcement, Supreme Court clears third-country deportations, U.S. import bans on Canadian goods take effect

DA reopens Cornell fraternity gang rape case after civil lawsuit, Senate passes sweeping college sports legislation 77-22, Trump White House faces bipartisan criticism over taxpayer-funded TV ads

Trump administration restores 2020 Title IX rules, dropping LGBTQ+ protections, Trump announces $15B Iowa steel mill with analyst skepticism, Senate passes landmark Protect College Sports Act 77-22

ICE arrests hit record 50,000 in July as staff turnover surges to historic levels, Supreme Court clears disputed SAVE voter database in 6-3 emergency order before midterms, Trump administration touts record employment amid slower growth and federal workforce cuts

White House expands taxpayer-funded Trump ad campaign amid bipartisan backlash and GAO scrutiny, powerful nor'easter kills one and knocks out power across the Northeast, Republicans outspend Democrats by hundreds of millions in final midterm stretch

Trump hosts Xi Jinping at White House, trade truce extended two months, Senate defeats Iran war powers resolution 49-50, House recesses early shelving Hegseth impeachment and Epstein files vote

Trump hosts Xi Jinping for White House state dinner with trade truce extended to January 2027, Senate narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution 50-49, DOJ moves to dissolve 50-plus decades-old school desegregation consent decrees

Federal judge orders White House to restore press credentials for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, ICE conducts major employer raid in Florida with DeSantis confirmation, Trump's Schedule Policy/Career reclassification takes hold for 8000 senior federal workers amid active lawsuits

Federal judge orders White House to restore credentials for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, Trump and Xi hold state visit summit with trade truce extension, Energy Department launches $2 billion grid modernization program

Federal judge orders White House to restore press credentials for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, Senate passes bipartisan war powers resolution on Iran, Trump and Xi meet in Washington as trade truce extended by two months

Trump threatens Iran with 'annihilation' at UNGA, U.S. and Iran hold secret three-hour Qatar-mediated talks on war's end, Trump signs landmark Arctic security pact with Denmark and Greenland

Trump deportation campaign hits 605K removals but faces $269B cost and 10K court losses, Senate opens cabinet confirmation hearings for State/Defense/DOJ nominees, Congress averts shutdown with CR through December 11 as full-year budget fight looms

Trump threatens Iran annihilation at UN while envoys hold secret three-hour talks, White House removes 760000 from ACA rolls citing fraud and AI flagging, CNN and Politico sue after being physically banned from White House grounds

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sue Trump over White House press ban, Appeals court upholds Missouri's Republican-drawn congressional map, Diesel hits record high amid Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruptions

Mississippi grand jury declines to indict in Nolan Wells death, House adjourns early to block Hegseth impeachment vote, Vance stay-at-home parent subsidy plan divides conservatives

ICE agent shoots Venezuelan DoorDash driver in Austin amid disputed accounts, CNN and MSNBC and Politico sue Trump over White House press ban, House Republicans recess early to avoid Hegseth impeachment vote

CNN, MSNBC, and Politico sue Trump over White House press ban citing First Amendment violations, ICE agent shoots Venezuelan DoorDash driver in Austin sparking calls for independent probe, Trump announces D.C. triumphal arch will double as military complex with drones and snipers