The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday announced it was preparing to send election monitors to watch polls in California and New Jersey during their general elections next month. New Jersey voters will be voting on an array of issues and choosing their next governor, while California voters will decide whether the state legislature can redraw California's congressional map to counter Republican efforts ahead of the 2026 midterms...

The Trump administration is set to smash record for deporting illegal migrants in a year — beating the previous figure under Barack Obama. Since President Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20, more than 515,000 immigrants have been deported, a high-ranking official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital. More than 600,000 illegal immigrants are set to be deported by the end of Trump’s first year — far surpassing the previous record 435,000 in 2013 under President Obama...

The Trump administration is ramping up the pressure on the European Union to repeal or overhaul a regulation on corporations’ greenhouse gas pollution — in the latest example of the United States’ willingness to wield its economic might against an international climate initiative. It comes less than a week after the U.S. scored a surprising victory over a proposed United Nations climate fee on shipping, in what one Trump Cabinet member described Wednesday as an “all hands on deck” lobbying blitz...

ADVANCING MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRICING: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the second agreement with a major pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, to bring American drug prices in line with the lowest paid by other developed nations (known as the most-favored-nation, or MFN, price). The agreement will provide every State Medicaid program in the country access to MFN drug prices on AstraZeneca products, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in savings and continuing President Trump’s historic efforts to strengthen the program for the most vulnerable...

The FBI and federal prosecutors on Friday announced a "historic" indictment charging 33 alleged members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization accused of fueling Kensington’s open-air drug market for nearly a decade. Officials said 24 defendants were arrested in coordinated operations Friday, eight were already in custody, and one remains at large. Authorities executed 11 federal search warrants, and results are pending. At a Philadelphia news conference, FBI Director Kash Patel called the operation a model for reclaiming violent corridors from crews, praising years of collaboration between the FBI, Philadelphia Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

The Trump administration is looking to slash an office at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) whose critics say has been a major driver of gender ideology and abortion policies in the federal government. The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) saw roughly 30 employees issued reduction-in-force (RIF) notices Oct. 10, effectively sidelining most of the agency’s staff, individuals familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The cuts come as White House officials repeatedly warned that staffing reductions could occur if Democrats continue to refuse to reopen the government...

Highlights from Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 WEST BANK ANNEXATION: President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time magazine last week that Israel "would lose all of its support from the United States" if it annexed the already occupied West Bank. He spoke before Israel's parliament voted for an effective annexation of the Palestinian territory. VANCE INSULTED: As he left Israel for Washington, Vice President JD Vance called the Israeli Knesset’s vote on the West Bank annexation a “very stupid political stunt” and an “insult” to him. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the country and is meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

President Trump said Friday he will impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China starting next month, citing new Chinese export controls — marking a significant escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. The new 100% tariffs will add on to any existing import taxes on Chinese goods, the president wrote in a Truth Social post. Tariffs on Chinese imports currently stand at 30%. Mr. Trump said the U.S. will also impose export controls on "any and all critical software" starting next month...

The Trump administration has agreed to cancel student debt under programs it had partially blocked, reopening a path to student loan forgiveness for millions of borrowers. The outcome is the result of an agreement reached on Friday between the U.S. Department of Education and the American Federation of Teachers, a union. In the agreement, the Trump administration said it will again process student loan forgiveness for eligible borrowers in two income-driven repayment plans — the original Income-Contingent Repayment plan and the Pay as You Earn plan — as long as those programs remain in effect...

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