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• 금요일 발표된 새로운 POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab 설문조사에 따르면, Republicans와 Democrats 양당의 압도적인 다수가 U.S. House 선거구 획정선을 그리기 위한 독립 위원회 구성을 선호하고 있으며, 이는 partisan gerrymandering 종식에 반대하는 논거를 약화시키고 있습니다. • Trump Administration은 이러한 위원회를 채택하는 주에 연방 기금을 연계하여 독립 redistricting panels를 법제화하는 제안을 검토 중이며, 이는 2026년과 그 이후 battleground districts를 재편할 수 있는 전략입니다. • 인권 단체와 투표 옹호론자들은 독립 위원회가 현재 양당으로 편향되어 있는 지도의 당파적 조작을 줄여줄 것이라고 주장하며 설문 조사 결과를 환영했습니다.

• Pete Hegseth는 3주 전 Iran과의 휴전 협정이 ‘60일 시계가 일시 중지되거나 멈춘다는 것을 의미한다’고 주장했습니다. • Breaking News US 이메일을 구독하여 인박스로 뉴스레터 알림을 받으세요. • 안녕하세요, 오늘의 라이브 보도에 오신 것을 환영합니다.

• 트럼프 행정부는 제재 캠페인 확대의 일환으로 이란에 대한 포괄적 봉쇄를 시행하며 'Operation Economic Fury'를 발표했습니다. • 이번 이니셔티브는 이란에 대한 경제적 압박의 상당한 격상을 의미하며, 더욱 공격적인 조치를 향한 미국 외교 정책의 변화를 나타냅니다. • 이번 조치는 중동의 광범위한 지정학적 긴장 속에서 이루어졌으며, 미국과 이란 간의 수개월에 걸친 외교적 긴장 이후에 나온 것입니다.

• Trump Administration은 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.의 국가 childhood vaccine schedule 개편을 저지한 Massachusetts 연방 판사의 3월 16일 판결에 대해 수요일 저녁 항소를 제기했습니다. • Brian Murphy 판사는 Kennedy가 CDC의 vaccine advisory committee를 "불법적으로" 교체했다고 판결했으며, 해당 위원회가 내린 모든 결정을 보류시켰습니다. • 이번 항소는 권한에 대한 법적 이의 제기에도 불구하고 vaccine advisory process 재편을 추진하겠다는 행정부의 의지를 시사합니다.

지난주 내려진 명령은 부분적인 재분류일 뿐이어서 ‘이미 복잡한 절차를 더욱 혼란스럽게’ 만들고 있다고 전문가는 말합니다. 트럼프 행정부는 대마초 등급을 재조정하겠다는 약속을 이행하고 있으나 이는 부분적인 조치에 불과하며, 대마초 산업 종사자들 사이에서 수많은 의문이 제기되고 있습니다. 토드 블랜치(Todd Blanche) 법무장관 대행은 지난주 주 정부 의료용 대마초 면허 하에 판매되는 제품과 FDA 승인 대마초 제품을 스케줄 I(의학적 용도가 인정되지 않는 물질로 정의됨)에서 스케줄 III(코데인이 포함된 특정 용량의 타일레놀이나 케타민 등 합법적이지만 규제 대상인 물질 포함)로 변경하는 명령에 서명했습니다. 계속 읽기...

Syrian 관계자들은 Albanese 정부가 Australia인들의 본국 송환을 거부함에 따라 한 무리의 Australia인들이 ‘해결책을 기다리고 있다’고 말합니다. Trump 행정부는 Syria에 발이 묶인 자국민들을 본국으로 송환할 것을 촉구하며 각국과 “적극적으로 소통”하고 있다고 밝힌 반면, Australia 정부는 Islamic State 함락 이후 구금된 Australia 여성 및 아동들에 대해 강경한 태도를 유지하고 있습니다. 여성 4명과 그들의 자녀 및 손주 9명으로 구성된 일행이 Australia로 돌아가기 위해 Syria 북동부의 al-Roj camp를 지난 금요일 떠났으나, 목요일 오전 보도에 따르면 Albanese 정부의 지원 거부로 인해 이들은 Damascus에 고립된 상태입니다. Continue reading...

• US-Israel과 Iran 간의 전쟁 중에 Strait of Hormuz 봉쇄가 에너지 시장에 영향을 미치면서 가솔린 가격이 갤런당 $4를 돌파하고 항공 요금이 폭등했으며, 이는 Trump의 주요 정치적 이점을 약화시키고 있습니다. • 공화당원의 절반 이상과 무당층의 82%를 포함하여 등록 유권자의 4분의 3 이상이 현재 연료, 식료품, 주거 및 의료비에 영향을 미치는 생활비 위기의 책임을 Trump에게 돌리고 있습니다. • 정부 셧다운, 관세, 그리고 US-Israel의 Iran 합동 공격 이후 Trump의 집권 2기 지지율은 이전 대통령들보다 훨씬 빠르게 하락했으며, Federal Reserve 의장 Jerome Powell은 전쟁이 인플레이션을 부추기고 있다고 경고했습니다.

• 연방 판사가 애리조나 투표자 등록 데이터 접근을 요청한 법무부의 소송을 기각하며 주 정부의 손을 들어주었습니다. • 이번 사건은 부정확한 투표자 명단에 대한 주장이 포함되었으나, 법원은 트럼프 행정부의 요구를 진행하기에는 증거가 불충분하다고 판단했습니다. • 이번 판결은 주 정부의 투표자 데이터 개인정보를 보호하며, 2026년 중간선거를 앞두고 진행 중인 선거 무결성 논쟁에 영향을 미칠 수 있습니다.

Albanese defends plan forcing Meta, Google and TikTok to make deals with Australian news publishers through a levy The Trump administration has described Australia’s moves to make big tech companies pay for news online as “extortion” but Anthony Albanese defended the plan by saying it was about protecting and rewarding media outlets for the work they produce.Labor’s plan to encourage Meta, Google and TikTok to make deals with Australian news publishers, or face a 2.25% levy, is likely to be supported by the Coalition and Greens in parliament. But a bigger problem may be the ire of Donald Trump, who has strongly opposed extra regulation being imposed on US-based tech companies. A major tech industry lobby group on Wednesday urged the White House to consider retaliatory trade measures. Continue reading...

US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawfulSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration blocked two permitted US wind energy projects from development this week, with an agreement to pay millions of dollars in refunds to the companies behind them if those funds are reinvested in oil and gas.US Department of the Interior officials framed the canceled agreements as a way to “promote US energy security and affordability” by funneling funds “away from intermittent, higher-cost energy sources toward proven conventional solutions”, in an announcement issued Monday. Continue reading...

• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard intensified accusations that former President Barack Obama and top administration officials—including former FBI Director James Comey, DNI James Clapper, and CIA Director John Brennan—conspired to subvert Trump's 2016 election victory. • Gabbard claimed to have unveiled new evidence of a plot to undermine the democratic will of the American people through intelligence community actions. • The allegations signal continued politicization of intelligence agencies and ongoing disputes over 2016 election interference investigations.

• The Trump administration pledges a crackdown on Chinese companies exploiting American-made AI models, focusing on national security risks. • Officials singled out China for foreign tech firms' unauthorized use of US AI technologies, vowing stricter enforcement measures. • The initiative aims to protect US intellectual property and prevent adversarial nations from leveraging American innovations in AI development.

Justice department has already identified 384 foreign-born people whose US citizenship it wants to revokeThe Trump administration is reportedly pushing the justice department to pursue hundreds of denaturalization cases, in which Americans born outside of the US are stripped of their citizenship.The justice department has already identified 384 foreign-born US citizens, whose citizenship it wants to revoke and will begin the process in the coming weeks, according to the New York Times. Continue reading...

Marijuana had same classification as heroin, LSD and others before Trump signed an order to move it to schedule IIISign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration has moved to reclassify marijuana, more than four months after Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general to move it from schedule I to schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.The schedule I classification meant marijuana was alongside heroin, LSD, MDMA and synthetic opioids, whereas a schedule III classification put it in the same category as ketamine, anabolic steroids and testosterone. Continue reading...

• The Trump administration will require all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate Medicaid providers as part of a national escalation of anti-fraud efforts, announced by Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday. • This marks a significant expansion from previous anti-fraud initiatives that have largely focused on specific states rather than a nationwide mandate. • The move aims to strengthen program integrity and reduce fraudulent claims across the Medicaid system.

The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projectsA federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by the interior secretary, Doug Burgum.Denise J Casper, chief judge of the US district court for Massachusetts, ruled that a coalition of plaintiffs representing wind and solar developers were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the administration’s actions violate federal statute and will cause irreparable harm if the court did not intervene. Continue reading...

Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration began on Monday accepting applications from businesses seeking refunds for more than $166bn in tariffs, months after the supreme court ruled that the president had no legal authority to impose them.The administration launched on Monday the digital claims system, named Cape, which they said in court filings could handle about 63% of affected import filings, with the remainder to follow. Continue reading...

• President Trump has moved to fast-track psychedelic research as part of his administration's policy agenda, marking a significant shift in federal drug policy priorities. • Former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema has publicly applauded the initiative as a "bold step forward" in medical research on Fox & Friends Weekend. • The accelerated psychedelic research program represents an innovative approach to mental health treatment and scientific advancement under the Trump administration.

Rümeysa Öztürk, who faced deportation over pro-Palestinian op-ed, travels back to Turkey to begin careerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxRümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student who was targeted by the Trump administration last year in response to co-writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed, completed her doctorate in the US and traveled back to her native Turkey this week.Öztürk was detained last year by immigration agents in Massachusetts, with video of the Tufts University student’s arrest going viral. She was one of many international students targeted by the Trump administration for pro-Palestinian speech and activism during widespread protests, which were especially active on US college campuses, against Israel’s war in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 deadly attack on southern Israel. Continue reading...

• The Trump administration announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council and ended all support for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which the administration characterized as funding Hamas. • The decision represents a significant shift in US policy toward international human rights organizations and Palestinian humanitarian assistance programs. • The move reflects the Trump administration's hardline stance on Middle East policy and international organizations it views as hostile to US and Israeli interests.

• A Mexican migrant died in ICE custody on April 14, 2026, marking the 47th death during the Trump administration. • Incident occurred within the past 21 hours, prompting investigations into detention conditions. • Highlights ongoing debates over immigration enforcement and detainee welfare policies.

• Peace talks between the US, Israel, and Iran held in Islamabad have broken down, prompting the Trump administration to announce a US Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. • The breakdown in diplomatic negotiations marks an escalation in US-Iran tensions and threatens to further disrupt global energy supplies already stressed by Middle East instability. • The blockade decision signals a shift from diplomatic engagement to military enforcement, with potential consequences for international shipping and energy markets worldwide.

• The Trump administration fired six immigration judges on Friday, including Judge Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, for dismissing high-profile deportation cases against international students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. • Patel ruled in January that there were no grounds to deport Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk, targeted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio after her critical op-ed on Tufts University's Palestine stance; Froes ended proceedings against Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi in February. • The judges reported pressure from the administration to approve more deportations, as revealed in interviews with The New York Times.

US government reverses course on removing LGBTQ+ Pride flag from New York monument after efforts from advocatesThe Trump administration agreed Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall national monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February.The government revealed the decision as it seeks to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups who had sought to block the removal. A judge must still approve the agreement. Continue reading...

• The Trump administration is dismantling civil rights protections in housing that have been used to challenge discriminatory practices, marking a significant shift in federal enforcement of fair housing laws. • The policy reversal affects regulatory mechanisms historically used to combat housing discrimination and bias, with implications for fair lending and rental practices across the United States. • Civil rights advocates and housing advocates are expected to challenge the rollback, with potential legal battles anticipated over the constitutionality and necessity of the protections.

Triumphal arch would be 250ft tall, featuring a 60ft golden Lady Liberty, at the foot of Arlington Memorial BridgeThe Trump administration on Friday released new renderings of the triumphal arch the president wants to install in Memorial Circle at the foot of the Arlington Memorial Bridge.As part of Donald Trump’s legacy-building quest during his second term in office, the so-called “Arc de Trump” would stand 250ft tall, feature a 60ft golden Lady Liberty, and include a viewing deck. The phrase “One Nation Under God” would stretch across the top of the structure, according to the latest plans from Harrison Design. Continue reading...

Tania Warner and her seven-year-old daughter were detained in Texas facilities deemed ‘unsafe and degrading’When Tania Warner and her seven-year-old daughter, Ayla, were released after nearly three weeks of detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Canadian mother’s joy at regaining her freedom was tempered by the knowledge of the many families who remained incarcerated.“They were wonderful people. I just loved them and I cried so hard when I left, I just wanted to take them all with me,” she said. Continue reading...

• President Trump is reexamining the United States' relationship with NATO, as his irritation with American allies who refused to join the war against Iran reaches a climax. • Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on March 31 that 'after this conflict has concluded, we should reevaluate' America's role in the alliance, while NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker said on April 1 that 'everything's on the table.' • The reconsideration reflects Trump's frustration with NATO members' reluctance to support U.S. military operations in Iran, signaling potential fundamental shifts in transatlantic security arrangements.