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US politics

Well, that's got to go through a process, and we'll see what happens,

Every day on this program, we try to address the talk of the nation, the most important, the most compelling stories, like landmark Supreme Court decisions, civil war in Syria, climate change, politics and tough times. On our last day, we think it's appropriate for you to set the agenda. Call, tell us: What's the talk of the nation? It might be a big international story you've been following for weeks, or a local news event that has your neighborhood abuzz.

the White House released the text of a sprawling executive order allegedly designed to ensure the integrity of U.S. elections. It demanded that states share their voter rolls with federal officials; mandated onerous proof-of-citizenship rules for people registering to vote (rules which didn't include drivers' licenses as valid forms of ID for this purpose); threatened local and state officials who didn't cooperate with this power grab with legal sanctions; and ostensibly outlawed the counting of any mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

Catch up quick: Trump issued an executive order Saturday directing the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to establish task forces on anti-competitive behavior in the food supply chain. The order specifically directs them to look at "whether control of food-related industries by foreign entities is increasing the cost of food products in the United States or creating a national or economic security threat to Americans." The task forces are expected to brief congressional leaders within six months.

From President Donald Trump's first full month returning to office in February through August, federal immigration judges in San Francisco and Concord denied 54% of the 4,019 asylum cases they decided, according to the latest data from University of Syracuse's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan research center that collects and analyzes immigration court data. During the previous seven months, when Joe Biden was president, the courts rejected 26% of 3,355 cases.

The government continues to reach into her life, and prevent her from taking advantage of her educational program, cutting off career opportunities for her,

We had to go in and clean up the mess for them, and this is part of the continued cleanup. A lot of money has been transferred from the individuals who committed this fraud, including those who donated to the governor, donated to representative Omar and to AG Ellison. They have been transferred to something called MBSs these are Money Bureau Services, and they are wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking system.

Carlson referenced accusations he and his media company, the Tucker Carlson Network, have accepted big bucks from Qatari investors, while interviewing Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. He then announced his new purchase. I have been criticized as being a tool of Qatar, and I just want to say, which you already know, which is I have never taken anything from your country and don't plan to, Carlson said. I am, however, tomorrow buying a place in Qatar.

(J. Scott Applewhite for AP) Hope Walz, the daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), lambasted President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying the president's cult members have been f*cking disgraceful to her and her family, ever since Trump recently called the governor seriously retarded. The president calling my dad what he did has unleashed a f*cking sh*tstorm, regarding, like, offensive language towards me, and my family, and specifically my brother, Hope Walz said in a searing TikTok video on Saturday.

Things are very different now, which might explain why major cuts to PBS to NPR, enacted this summer, haven't generated much news now that they're actually working their way through the system. But they're very top of mind for PBS CEO Paula Kerger, who instituted a 21% budget cut following the clawbacks. She's been spending a lot of time looking for donations to shore things up. She is also still holding out hope that Congress can be convinced to restore the funding.

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president's oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference. In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine's corrupt rich had fled their country leaving what they believed to be the peasant class to fight the war.

Something about living under those bright lights and napping in 20-minute increments appears to warp even the most ordinary cravings. Over the centuries, commanders-in-chief have often clung to comfort food with a kind of desperate loyalty - odd sandwiches whipped up in the dead of night, condiments used with such abandon they veer into performance art, or entire meals consumed with the single-minded fervor of a man attempting to outrun his own briefings.

In the US, voters can register to vote in elections as an "independent," as opposed to a Republican or Democrat. Of course, there's little practical reason to go independent, because the two parties have had a stranglehold on US politics since the era of Civil War reconstruction. Yet as Independent Center senior advisor Adam Brandon , AI could be just the tool to shake things up.

The big picture: Homeland Security officials started broadcasting a plan to target sanctuary jurisdictions from the start of President Trump's second term. This has put local leaders - because of the law, past litigation and public sentiment - directly at odds with Trump's mass deportation campaign. Driving the news: Homeland Security officials are getting a cold shoulder from local leaders as they decamp to New Orleans for "Operation Catahoula Crunch."

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All asylum procedures were suspended indefinitely "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible," Joseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), posted on X. Further restrictions have since been imposed on nationals from 19 countries. These include entry bans and the suspension of all immigration applications and naturalizations. The granting of permanent residence and work permits, known as green cards, has also been suspended for people of the nationalities in question.

What does that actually look like? I guess I'm just having a hard time picturing, and I think a lot of people will have a hard time picturing what that looks like for a police officer to intervene in with federal, you know, immigration enforcement and what that would entail, what it would look like, Daniels said on Saturday after reading O'Hara's comment.

Mr. Dickinson criticizes the East Bay Times for never publishing anything positive about the current president. I have no doubt the East Bay Times will publish such a story if and when such a situation occurs. The Times did report on the president's efforts in getting to a ceasefire and hostage release regarding the war in Israel and Gaza. Other than that, I honestly can't point to anything positive the president has done, especially given all his campaign promises of lowering prices and only deporting the "worst of the worst."

A US federal judge in Florida ordered the Justice Department to release the grand jury transcripts in its investigation into the sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The order on Friday comes after US President Donald Trump signed a bill last month requiring all government records regarding Epstein to be made public. Grand jury proceedings are usually kept confidential, and a previous appeal to reveal the transcripts had been turned down.