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Jeanine Pirro steps into spotlight with response to murders of Israeli embassy staffers

By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum. Pirro’s response to the young couples’ murder

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Millions could lose food assistance under GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ CBO says

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday. Others could see smaller monthly assistance. The analysis is the latest to show the impact of

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Supreme Court won’t reinstate top federal labor officials in a victory for Trump’s firing powers

By Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said President Donald Trump doesn’t have to rehire senior officials he fired from two independent federal labor agencies that enforce worker protections, while the officials continue fighting in court to reverse their terminations. The court, in its unsigned opinion,

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for foreign students attending US schools

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration on nationwide from terminating the legal status that allows foreign students to study at colleges and universities in the US. The preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Jeffrey White of the federal district court in San Francisco is the

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