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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders condemn the search of Ilhan Omar's home as an 'abuse of power' by the Trump administration.
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Morgan Fischer @morgfisch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Democrat congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was hit over the head and raped in Maricopa County while repairing a damaged campaign sign in August. "I need to let women know that it's okay to talk about it," she told me. Full story: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia — the oldest natural history museum in the U.S. — has closed its doors after nearly 200 years 6abc.com/post/philade...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
MS NOW and CNN journalists were turned away from the White House this morning following Trump's announcement that he was banning several media outlets.
arlier this morning MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars.
MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy.
We stand firmly behind our anchors, our reporters, and our newsroom.
We will continue to report on the President, the administration, and the issues that impact the American people.Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. CNN's mission to report on the U.S. government will continue regardless of any attempts to restrict physical access to the White House and other government buildings, or any other attempts to impede our journalism. We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.
We will not be deflected from our duty to hold the government and other public bodies to account, and we will continue to report on the actions and processes of this administration without fear or favor.
CNN stands fully behind our White House team.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
MS NOW reporter and WABJ member Akayla Gardner was denied entry into the White House grounds and asked to hand over her badge.
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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A president conditioning a $5,000 payment on his own party winning Congress is buying an election result out loud, on camera, and calling it a dividend to make it sound legitimate. Nobody gets to purchase your vote with your own tax dollars. #CorruptTrumpRegime
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And then there’s this response from the alignment science lead at Anthropic
Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked"
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Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges
The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports
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2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Navy is weighing renaming an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor Doris Miller, a Black war hero, and potentially switching it to honor Trump
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Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A former officer accused of planning to kill Black people at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody after a grand jury found there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime
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Ex-officer accused of plotting New Orleans attack is released after grand jury declines to indict
A grand jury in Louisiana has declined to indict a former law enforcement officer who was accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ICE plans to spend $20 million to give officers electric shock gloves
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ICE Plans To Spend $20 Million To Give Officers Electric Shock Gloves
The manufacturer warns the gloves should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting “verbal defiance or belligerence” or on high-risk populations.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10/08/2026
A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 08/08/2026
The Democratic Party needs to get comfortable with a certain kind of ruthlessness.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Around 4:30am, Senate Republicans confirmed Todd Blanche to be attorney general -- shrugging off his blatant corruption, his steadfast loyalty to Trump and his politicization of the DOJ in the months he’s been in an acting role. Vote was 50-49. www.huffpost.com/entry/todd-b...
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Senate Confirms Todd Blanche As Attorney General Despite All His Corruption
He’s overseen criminal cases against Trump’s political enemies and cut a sham “settlement” saving the president millions. Republicans confirmed him anyway.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Elvis Brooks was finally exonerated after spending 42 years in prison. But the Louisiana Attorney General maintains that he is still guilty and should not receive the $480,000 he's eligible for as compensation from the state.
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...
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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I asked a dozen Republican senators about the tax immunity deal Trump got from Todd Blanche. They said they weren't familiar with it or couldn't comment on something so complicated. None would defend it, though. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Republican Senators Can’t Defend Trump’s Tax Immunity Deal
Interviews with a dozen Republican senators revealed a shocking indifference to what’s going on.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The NAACP has released a statement while the Tarrant County Commissioners Court considers a proposal today that would cut the number of Election Day polling locations nearly in half "Let's call this what it is… voter suppression"
Tarrant County, Texas, could see around 50 percent fewer polling locations in November's election.

"Let's call this what it is… voter suppression," said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. "Cutting nearly half the places where people can cast a ballot doesn't save democracy money, it costs voters their voice. Tarrant County is home to a significant number of Black and Latino voters and is a majority people-of-color county. There is no question that this plan strips away polling access on a scale that will hit Black and Brown voters hardest. That is not a coincidence. It’s an intentional assault on our ability to make our voices heard and we will push back with every tool available.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Prosecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job
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LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In Thomasville, GA, in a historic Black area, there's a creek Black churches once used for baptism Today, fecal bacteria and other contaminants have made the water unsafe due to an aging wastewater system The town got a grant to improve public health. Funding was axed due to Trump’s DEI crackdown
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Public health improvements stall amid Trump’s DEI crackdown
The predominantly Black neighborhood in Thomasville, Georgia, faces blight and health challenges.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Clara Ester, a civil rights activist who was one of the last remaining witnesses to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, has died
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Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hal Williams, ‘227’ star and ‘Sanford and Son’ regular, has died at 91 variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Hal Williams, ‘227’ Star and ‘Sanford and Son’ Regular, Dies at 91
Hal Williams, who starred in '227' and was a series regular on 'Sanford and Son,' has died. He was 91.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
George E. Johnson, the pioneering Black hair care entrepreneur who created Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, has died
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George E. Johnson, pioneering Black hair care entrepreneur and Afro Sheen creator, has died
George E. Johnson, the pioneering Black hair care entrepreneur who created Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, has died. He was 99.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Trump earned more than half a billion dollars last year from his various cryptocurrency ventures, an industry he had once called a "scam"
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Trump Made $594 Million Last Year From His Crypto Businesses
Trump had called the industry a "scam" but changed his mind after it backed his 2024 election campaign.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Victor Willis, the lead singer of the 1970’s disco group Village People and co-writer of “Y.M.C.A” and “Macho Man,” has died at 74
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Victor Willis, Village People Founding Lead Singer and ‘YMCA’ Co-Writer, Dies at 74
Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of Village People and co-writer of 'YMCA,' 'Macho Man' and 'In the Navy,' died on June 30. He was 74.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Stephen Miller was reportedly the driving force behind the DOJ's recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care
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Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights
White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...
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The Spooky Educator @literarybeardo.blacksky.app · 21/06/2026
Every administration challenge to these endeavors is just this
Gray background. To the far left of the frame is a drawn male figure. He is white. White, has a mohawk and a goatee with no mustache. He is wearing a blue t-shirt. To the right is a caption that reads " hurting my feelings is the real racism."
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Rod the Historian @rodthehistorian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One of the most unimaginable stories that I’ve ever seen. I’m going to try to keep this one in the spotlight until we see real movement.
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Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 15/06/2026
I really wish people wouldn’t have acknowledged that Michelle Obama comment. It didn’t deserve the dignity of a response. We have to stop trotting out our bonafides in response to their inane rants. They crave our attention, it sustains them, so we should pay them dust.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate
Alabama gambled on the Court’s partisanship, and won.
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PenguinGuy 👊🐧🔥 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @penguinguynz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I would just like point out that Hillary tried to make the Supreme Court a campaign issue in 2016 but was called overdramatic and far too many people said that the court wasn’t that important. Well, here we are.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Peabo Bryson, the iconic singer-songwriter behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at 75 www.tmz.com/2026/06/02/p...
A photo of Peabo Bryson singing into a mic
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The money was always there for the good things.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Just a reminder that immigrants inside Delaney Hall are on their ninth day of a hunger and labor strike in protest of inhumane conditions and this was Governor Sherrill’s response last night:
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59
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Rob Base, ‘It Takes Two’ Rapper, Dies at 59
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock and best known for the hit 'It Takes Two,' has died. He was 59.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Corpus Christi, Texas, appears to be on track to become the first modern American city to run out of water
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Corpus Christi plans to declare a 'water emergency.' What does that mean?
City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September, but they aren’t sure exactly how.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Calvin Duncan, a man imprisoned for 30 years before he was exonerated, won an election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in
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Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man
A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmaker...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
House Republicans refuse to vote on a Senate-approved deal to fund DHS, extending the partial shutdown that has wreaked havoc on air travel
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House Republicans Reject Senate DHS Deal, Prolonging Shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats, who control none of government, for derailing efforts to fund DHS.
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