• अमेरिकी प्रतिनिधि सभा ने गुरुवार को एक होमलैंड सिक्योरिटी विनियोग विधेयक पारित किया, जिससे दो महीने की एजेंसी शटडाउन समाप्त होने का मार्ग प्रशस्त हुआ, जिसने संघीय आव्रजन, सीमा और साइबर सुरक्षा संचालन के कुछ हिस्सों को ठप कर दिया था।
• राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प ने इसके तुरंत बाद इस उपाय पर हस्ताक्षर कर दिए, जिससे होमलैंड सिक्योरिटी विभाग के लिए पूर्ण वित्तपोषण बहाल हो गया और वित्तीय वर्ष के दौरान हवाई अड्डे की सुरक्षा, निर्वासन संचालन और सीमा प्रवर्तन में संभावित व्यवधानों को टाल दिया गया।
• शटडाउन संघर्ष ने सीमा प्रवर्तन स्तरों को लेकर ट्रम्प के सहयोगियों को उदारवादी रिपब्लिकन और डेमोक्रेट्स के खिलाफ खड़ा कर दिया, लेकिन अंतिम विधेयक ने ट्रम्प-युग की मुख्य सीमा पहलों को बरकरार रखा, जबकि कुछ कट्टर खर्च मांगों को नरम किया।
• Vote उसी दिन आया है जिस दिन US supreme court ने Voting Rights Act के एक प्रमुख प्रावधान को वापस ले लिया है
• Florida legislature ने एक नए congressional map को मंजूरी दी है जिसका उद्देश्य राज्य में Republicans के लाभ को अधिकतम करना है, जो उस राष्ट्रीय redistricting लड़ाई का हिस्सा है जिसे Donald Trump ने इस साल के midterms से पहले शुरू किया था।
• यह वोट गवर्नर Ron DeSantis द्वारा अपना प्रस्ताव पेश करने के ठीक दो दिन बाद और उसी दिन आया जब US supreme court ने Voting Rights Act के एक प्रमुख प्रावधान को वापस ले लिया।
The decision to extend a warrantless security law until 30 April came after 20 Republicans worked with House Democrats to defeat attempts to pass five-year and 18-month renewalsSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to our live coverage of US politics.The House of Representatives voted early on Friday to briefly extend an expiring and controversial law that grants the US government sweeping powers for warrantless surveillance.Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week.Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia won a New Jersey special election for the US House on Thursday. Mejia, who was endorsed by Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is far more critical on Israel and was the only candidate in the Democratic primary to call Israel’s actions during the war in Gaza a genocide.Todd Lyons, the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is stepping down after a turbulent year carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.Donald Trump nominated Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general during his first administration, to lead the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).Schwartz was under immediate pressure from critics of the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to oppose his anti-vaccine ideology. At a heated oversight hearing, House Democrats grilled Kennedy over his vaccine rollbacks.Speaking in Las Vegas, Trump told supporters “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly, we can do whatever we want.” He did not explain why, then, the US military has been unable to stop Iran from closing the strait of Hormuz.The US Department of Justice opened an investigation into Eric Swalwell following his resignation from Congress, according to a source familiar with the matter.Police in Illinois responded Wednesday evening to the home of Pope Leo’s brother, John Prevost, after a bomb threat was made, NBC Chicago reported. Continue reading...
• The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2025 on March 16, with the bill now awaiting President Trump's signature to become law.
• The legislation eliminates procedural legal defenses in Nazi-era art recovery claims, including acquisitive prescription, the act of state doctrine, and international comity, allowing foreign states to be subject to U.S. court jurisdiction for Nazi-looted art claims.
• Representative Laurel Lee stated the new version ensures claims "are evaluated on their merits—not dismissed because of technical legal barriers," expanding upon the 2016 predecessor legislation.
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