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Law enforcement officers stand after deploying tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

Dairy cows huddle at sunset on a farm in Manitowoc County. Advocates and farmers say an ICE raid that took 24 migrants into custody Sept. 25 poses a threat to the state’s dairy farms and the immigrant workers that keep the industry afloat. (Photo by Andrew Kennard/Wisconsin Examiner)

Manitowoc ICE raid strikes at heart of Wisconsin dairy country

Graffiti No One Is Illegal

ICE arrests in Madison signal escalating enforcement in Wisconsin

FILE - A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, leads the top Republicans in Congress at a news conference on the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Hamas accepts some elements of Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, others require negotiation

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., return to their offices after meeting with reporters on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that

FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Abrego Garcia wins request for hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally 'vindictive'

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaints

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs sits courtside in the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks, March 12, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’

FILE - Activists carry signs during a protest against President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Latest: Trump gives Hamas a Sunday deadline to accept deal

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

The Latest: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to appear in court for sentencing

A hiring sign is displayed at a post office in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Lack of jobs data due to government shutdown muddies view of hiring and the US economy

Flames rise from the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Flames are visible for miles after a fire erupts at a Chevron refinery outside Los Angeles

An entrance to the Stargate artificial intelligence data center complex in Abilene, Texas on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)

OpenAI now worth $500 billion, possibly making it the world's most valuable startup

Financial information is displayed as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Federal shutdowns usually don't do much economic damage. There are reasons to worry about this one

FILE - Students cross the campus of Dartmouth College, March 5, 2024, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

FILE - A worker harvests cabbage March 5, 2025, in Holtville, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris

Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

Visitors walk back to the parking lot after discovering the visitor center, park store and restrooms are closed at Acadia National Park, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

National parks will remain 'generally' open during the shutdown, but Liberty Bell doors are closed

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