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ICE agents deployed to some U.S. airports as TSA lines stretch for hours

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began deploying to some U.S. airports on Monday as a partial government shutdown caused shortages of Transportation Security Administration officers who have resigned or called out of work. Immigration agents arrived Monday at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where they were seen patrolling the lines outside security checkpoints, CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry

Listen Live: Supreme Court hears arguments over late-arriving mail ballots

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing a major elections dispute involving whether federal law bars states from counting mail ballots that are postmarked by, but received after Election Day. The case before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, involves Mississippi’s deadline for late-arriving mail ballots and whether its law, as

Supreme Court hearing dispute today over late-arriving mail ballots

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Washington — The Supreme Court is considering Monday a major elections dispute involving whether federal law bars states from counting mail ballots that are postmarked by, but received after Election Day. The case before the high court involves Mississippi’s deadline for late-arriving mail ballots and whether its law, as well as similar measures from 13

Trump Postpones Potential Strikes on Iranian Power Plants, Citing Ongoing ‘Constructive’ Talks

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The New York Stock Exchange in New York City on April 4, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on March 23 that he ordered a five‑day pause on planned U.S. strikes against Iranian energy sites after what he called “productive” talks toward a full resolution of the Middle East conflict. In a

‘Plainly Wrong’: Berkeley Law Dean Accused of Violating Settlement Agreement Over ‘Anti-Zionist’ Student Group Bylaws

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‘Dean Chemerinsky’s email is wrong, and we will be addressing the issue with the university,’ Brandeis Center lawyer Paul Eckles says L: Erwin Chemerinsky (law.berkeley.edu) R: A demonstration at the University of California, Berkeley (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A Jewish legal advocacy group is accusing the University of California, Berkeley’s law school dean of violating the

Columbia’s Socialist Students Vow To ‘Liaise’ With ‘Death to America’ Group, Contradicting School’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy

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The Ivy League school has said it will blacklist student groups for affiliating with CUAD and claimed no recognized groups were doing so Columbia University protest (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), a recognized student group, says it is working “to plan actions and liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest [CUAD],”

Supreme Court to Decide if Federal Ballots Received After Election Day Are Counted

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The Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 will hear Mississippi’s appeal against a lower court ruling striking down its law counting ballots received after Election Day. The counting of ballots received after Election Day has become an increasingly contentious political issue in