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US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a hearing with the House Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill on May 14 in Washington

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem transported to DC-area hospital after allergic reaction, DHS says

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, after an allergic reaction, the Department of Homeland Security said. “Secretary Noem had an allergic reaction today. She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. She is alert

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Trump’s pardons could have erased more than $1.3 billion in fines and restitution, Democrats say

By Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Democratic lawmakers released a report Tuesday alleging that President Donald Trump’s federal pardons and clemency grants could wipe away more than $1.3 billion in payments to victims and the federal government. Trump’s pardons have provoked ire of critics who accuse the president of

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National Guard troops wear gas masks during protests against federal immigration sweeps

Appeals court judges grapple with whether Trump unlawfully federalized members of California’s National Guard

By Devan Cole and Molly Reinmann, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday spent more than an hour grappling with whether President Donald Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard to beef up security in Los Angeles amid unrest over immigration enforcement. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit

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Rich in gold bars but poor in Trump pardons

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — For months, former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has praised President Donald Trump. The Democrat has explicitly echoed Trump’s criticism of the president’s own criminal prosecutions, which Trump likes to describe, without evidence, as the political weaponization of the justice system. Now Menendez is reporting to federal prison, beginning

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

DHS reverses course, allowing immigration raids to resume at farms, hotels, restaurants

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security on Monday reversed course on guidance limiting immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants, according to a source familiar with the discussions — the latest example of whiplash for an agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. During a morning

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Lieutenant Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears attend the Drivers Meeting prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30 in Martinsville

Virginia will elect its first female governor this fall. Neither candidate is talking much about it

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — This fall’s gubernatorial race in Virginia will make history no matter who wins: Either Democrat Abigail Spanberger or Republican Winsome Earle-Sears will become the state’s first elected female governor. For now, that seems to be an afterthought. Spanberger and Earle-Sears, who are each unopposed in Tuesday’s primaries ahead of

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