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The DHS Shutdown Is Over. Democrats Won Big.

Louisiana's governor has suspended the primary elections, RFK Jr. is threatening hospitals that serve Jell-O, and a 10-year-old boy recounts his harrowing experience in immigration court alone

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Congress ended a 76-day DHS shutdown by agreeing to fund everything except the part Republicans actually wanted funded. The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s Black majority congressional district, so the governor promptly suspended the upcoming primaries. RFK Jr. is threatening hospitals wi…

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