Chief Justice Roberts briefly allows White House ballroom construction

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a ruling that was set to halt construction on the White House ballroom later Friday, ruling that work can briefly continue as the Supreme Court mulls the Trump administration’s emergency plea to intervene.

It delays, for now, a lower court’s deadline to stop above-ground construction by the end of the day.

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GOP backlash grows to Trump’s beef price intervention

GOP lawmakers and cattle ranchers are immediately raising alarm bells over President Trump’s decision to temporarily lift certain tariffs on imported ground beef to mitigate the cost for American consumers.

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Whole Hog Politics: A chilly forecast for the Senate GOP from Alaska

[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 9 a.m. EDT as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.]Elon Musk may succeed in November at repealing Alaska’s nonpartisan primary system. Whether you think that’s a good thing or not probably depends on whether you’re a Republican who wants to stop worrying about a state that for decades was more reliably red than parts of the Deep South.

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Live updates: Trump lifts beef import tariffs, heads to South Carolina to rally for Graham

President Trump on Friday sought to ease price pressure on beef prices by temporarily lifting the tariffs on imported beef. The move drew swift and sharp rebukes from some lawmakers and ranchers.

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How US ally Oman got caught in Trump’s crosshairs

President Trump’s rising anger with Oman over a pending deal with Iran concerning the Strait of Hormuz is spilling over into the public spotlight.

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Gen Z turns against capitalism as DSA takes off

Only 9 percent of Americans younger than 30 have a “very positive” view of capitalism, according to a new CBS/YouGov poll.

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Appeals court affirms top federal prosecutor in Albany ‘not lawfully serving’

A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that John Sarcone was “not lawfully serving” as the top federal prosecutor in upstate New York when he subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office last year.

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ICE begins deporting Haitians who lost temporary protections

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday carried out its first deportation flight to Haiti since the Trump administration terminated deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians earlier this year.

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