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President Donald Trump signed a nearly $70 billion immigration funding package into law Wednesday, providing billions of dollars in additional funding for federal immigration enforcement agencies through the end of his term and beyond while rejecting Democratic efforts to impose new restrictions on their operations. The legislation delivers major funding …

House Democrats, joined by a group of Republicans, successfully bypassed GOP leadership Tuesday to pass legislation aimed at speeding up negotiations for newly formed labor unions seeking their first collective bargaining agreements. The House approved the Faster Labor Contracts Act in a 230-193 vote, with 20 Republicans crossing party lines …

Rep. Nancy Mace’s bid to become South Carolina’s next governor came to an abrupt end Tuesday as the Republican congresswoman failed to advance to a runoff election, capping a turbulent campaign marked by controversy, clashes with President Donald Trump and questions about her political future. South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela …

Inflation accelerated in May, reaching its highest level in three years as higher gasoline prices continued to drive up costs for consumers and complicate the outlook for the economy. New data released Wednesday by the Labor Department showed consumer prices rose 4.2% from a year earlier, up from 3.8% in …

Oysterman Graham Platner overcame a series of scandals to secure the Democratic nomination to take on five-term incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November. The political newcomer clinched the win with 74.6%, after the Associated Press called the race with 11% of unofficial results counted about 90 minutes after polls …

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the crew of a U.S. Army helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz was rescued safely and suffered no serious injuries. According to United States Central Command, two crew members were recovered by American forces roughly two hours after the aircraft was …

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump‘s policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, ruling that the administration lacked the authority to create the charge without congressional approval. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin sided with a coalition of 20 states that challenged the policy, finding …

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Council member Nithya Raman will face off in a November runoff election after emerging as the top two finishers in the city’s mayoral primary, NBC News projects. The all-party primary featured several candidates, including former reality television personality Spencer Pratt, but no candidate …

Three more cases of New World screwworm were confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to five. One new case is in Andrews County, nearly 400 miles north of Zavala County, where the first case was reported last week. The …

A watchdog group has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House, arguing that the proposed fight card would improperly use federal property for a private commercial event. The lawsuit, filed Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two plaintiffs, …

President Donald Trump called for de-escalation Monday after Israel and Iran exchanged fresh rounds of missile strikes, raising fears that the conflict could spiral further despite ongoing diplomatic efforts. The latest escalation came after Israel launched overnight strikes on Iranian military targets and infrastructure, prompting Iran to fire multiple waves …

President Donald Trump defended his handling of the Iran conflict, the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and his administration’s controversial “anti-weaponization” fund during a wide-ranging interview with NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” But several of the president’s statements conflicted with intelligence assessments, government reports and publicly available evidence. …

Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced to California’s general election for governor Friday, securing one of two spots in the November contest to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra, a former state attorney general and U.S. health secretary, campaigned on his decades of public service experience, arguing he was the most qualified …

The U.S. Senate rejected the SAVE America Act this week, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose voting restrictions ahead of the November midterm elections. Senators voted 48-50 against advancing an amendment that would have incorporated Trump’s top legislative priority into an immigration-focused spending bill. The vote offered the …

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week removing longstanding civil service protections from roughly 8,000 federal workers, a move that gives agencies greater authority to dismiss workers without the traditional appeals process. The order affects senior career officials across the federal government, most of whom serve in high-level …