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Kash Patel's appearance in the Senate comes at a delicate time for the director, who is a loyalist of President Trump but has no experience leading an organization like the FBI.
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The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. -
Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. "It is not my nature to go quietly into the night," she told allies on Thursday. -
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Khan has denied wrongdoing and insisted since his arrest in 2023 that all the charges against him are a plot by rivals to keep him from returning to office. -
An internal document from Immigration and Customs Enforcement concludes it would be "impossible" for it to enforce the Laken Riley Act without significantly more resources. -
Scott Turner pledged to make HUD programs more streamlined and efficient. He declined to say whether he would oppose major budget cuts to the agency if Trump proposes them again.
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