Thursday, January 23, 2025

On Thursday’s Front Page: Congress has given final approval to a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain and try to deport illegal immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the fates of high-stakes legal battles are unclear as the second Trump administration begins, and more.


Congress delivered on a major part of President Trump’s immigration agenda Wednesday, giving final approval to a bill that requires Homeland Security to detain and try to deport illegal immigrants accused of minor crimes such as shoplifting.
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Court watchers are eyeing the Supreme Court’s handling of the challenge to a state law banning kids’ sex changes.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion policies are on the ropes after President Trump’s executive order ending all affirmative action in federal contracting and shuttering DEI offices inside federal agencies.
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President Trump upended the nation’s wind industry on his first day in office, pausing new offshore leases and ordering a review of all existing offshore wind projects that critics say threaten to raise energy prices, harm endangered whale species and blight scenic coastal areas.
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When addressing supporters, Donald Trump likes to refer to himself as “your favorite president,” but there’s only one leader the American president-elect has dubbed “my favorite president” — Argentina’s Javier Milei.
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