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Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew

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Carl Hulse
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.

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Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis in early January. Using the complex budget process known as reconciliation to fund the entire Homeland Security Department, as Republicans are suggesting, would be a significant departure from traditional congressional practice.

Gavin Newsom Suggests His Conservative Critics Are Gay in Online Insults Criticized as Homophobic

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Tim Balk
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is attracting criticism for social media posts taunting his opponents by suggesting they are gay.

‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying:’ Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC

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Nathan Taylor Pemberton
At a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era.

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The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has been gradually waning in energy for years, but empty convention halls and an anemic speakers list gave many young people in attendance a doomed feeling.

House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown

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Carl Hulse， Megan Mineiro and Robert Jimison
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security and passed a rival bill, dimming the chances of a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.

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Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.
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