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A tattered American flag flaps outside a home as furniture and household items damaged by Hurricane Helene flooding sit piled along the street awaiting pickup, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Biden leaves Trump with deteriorating deficit

The federal government has run a $711 billion deficit over the last three months of 2024, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday, underscoring the worsening budget picture that President Biden will turn over to President-elect Donald Trump.

January 14, 2025
One of the many official ballot boxes placed around Washington, D.C. for early voters to place their completed ballots to avoid lines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. File photo credit: Phil Pasquini via Shutterstock.

388 noncitizens voted legally in D.C.’s election

Some 388 noncitizens cast ballots in the District of Columbia's local elections in November, according to data released Tuesday by Judicial Watch that suggests the city's groundbreaking experiment in expanding its voter pool saw only tepid interest.

January 14, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

DHS renews deportation amnesty for nearly 1 million migrants

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas renewed temporary protected status -- an amnesty from deportation -- for hundreds of thousands of migrants on Friday, rushing to lock in protection before the next Trump administration takes office.

January 10, 2025
Sarah Baus, left, of Charleston, S.C., and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a "long-form educational content creator," livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justices weighing national security vs. free speech in TikTok case

TikTok's fate now rests in the hands of the Supreme Court, which grappled Friday with whether the company's ties to a foreign adversary are so deep that national security concerns outweigh the company's and its users' First Amendment free speech rights.

January 10, 2025