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DOGE Reportedly Enters U.S. Institute Of Peace

Judge declines to immediately reverse Trump moves at U.S. Institute of Peace

5:56pm March 18, 2025

Founded during the Cold War to project American soft power and foreign policy expertise, the federally funded nonprofit think tank is now in the White House's crosshairs.

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Vice President Vance has a new gig: fundraising for the Republican National Committee

5:37pm March 18, 2025

Vance will be the first sitting vice president to serve as party finance chairman, according to the RNC. The move places a top Trump ally within the party's campaign wing ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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Columbia University students react to White House crackdown on protesters

5:24pm March 18, 2025

by Adrian Florido

Columbia University students are upset that the school has not taken a more strident stance to protect its students as the Trump administration has used immigration enforcement against protestors.

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Terminated USAID Employees Collect Personal Items From Offices

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A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution

3:50pm March 18, 2025

The judge wrote: "Musk made the decisions to shutdown USAID's headquarters and website even though he lacked the authority to make that decision." What does that mean for the agency's future?

New Court Ringmaster To Oversee Trump Grand Juries In Washington

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4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights

3:12pm March 18, 2025

Judge Boasberg's role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge.

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Firing federal employees was swift. Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated

2:52pm March 18, 2025

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it illegally fired. Agencies report they are doing so but placing most of them on paid leave.

Salvadoran Government Receives 238 Alleged Members Of Criminal Organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and 'MS13'

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Tensions mount as judge demands more answers about deportation flights

2:00pm March 18, 2025

Trump administration lawyers defended the weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite a federal judge's order to turn the planes around.

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Playboi Carti, a rap superstar who's never acted like one

1:51pm March 18, 2025

MUSIC is the elusive rapper's first album in five years, but his presence has loomed heavy over hip-hop — and the fanbase whose ears he retuned for extremity.

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Kremlin says it will halt strikes on Ukraine energy sector after Trump and Putin talk

1:46pm March 18, 2025

President Trump has said he wants to broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. This was his second call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue.

Does the U.S. deserve the Statue of Liberty? Not anymore, one French politician says

1:26pm March 18, 2025

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic.