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• Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 36

  Texas has stopped putting new money toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall, shifting course after installing only a fraction of the hundreds of...

• Trump's pledge not to plunge U.S. into war questioned over his support for Israel's strikes on Iran

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 35

  He campaigned against involvement in foreign wars and promised to bring world peace. But now President Trump is grappling with involving the U.S....

• DHS Secretary Noem taken to hospital for allergic reaction

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 14

  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to a hospital in Washington on Tuesday for an allergic reaction, the department said.

• Appeals court receptive to Trump's L.A. troop deployment

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 27

  Federal appeals court judges seemed inclined to bless President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard to quell unrest in Los Angeles over...

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• GOP Sen. Thune calls Iran war powers resolution premature; Democratic senator plans to force vote

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 66

  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that Congress does not yet need to weigh in on potential U.S. intervention in the Israel-Iran war,...

• Sen. Padilla says in Senate 'it's time to wake up' after forced removal from Noem's event

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 29

  Sen. Alex Padilla on Tuesday encouraged Americans to peacefully protest against President Donald Trump's administration and said it's "it's time to...

• La. Senate candidate Miguez rips Cassidy as 'phony' who voted to convict Trump during impeachment

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 37

  Blake Miguez, a Louisiana GOP lawmaker seeking to replace Sen. Bill Cassidy in his state's 2026 Republican primary, pounded him with the senator's...

• Senate is expected to pass a crypto bill without addressing Trump's investments

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 53

  The Senate is expected to approve legislation Tuesday that would regulate a form of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins, the first of what is...

• Democrats' defiance of ICE grows after New York mayoral candidate arrested

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 40

  New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a mayoral candidate, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday as he tried to protect a migrant from arrest by...

• Who benefits from the state and local tax deduction in the 'big, beautiful bill'?

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 32

  Republican lawmakers are struggling to resolve an intra-party debate over the amount of state and local taxes that taxpayers can deduct from their...

• NYC mayoral candidate Lander arrested while trying to protect migrant

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 41

  New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a candidate for mayor, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday as he accompanied a migrant from an...

• Republicans launch probe into how U.S. media agency vetted foreign nationals they hired

  3 weeks ago Politics Washington Times - Politics 16

  House Republicans launched an investigation Tuesday into how the U.S. Agency for Global Media vetted foreign nationals, including those from...