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Immigration 1 of 16

Refugee agency moves to interview 800 Afghans about household immigration status in a wellbeing initiative advocates fear will fuel deportations, with answers kept 15 years.

Agency cites law enforcement partners

Source: The Independent

July 24, 2026

Immigration 2 of 16

ICE officer linked to Maine's fatal shooting was ruled not credible by a judge last year, and records contradict his claimed police employment, the Washington Post reports.

Hired during rushed ICE expansion

Source: The Washington Post

July 24, 2026

Environment 3 of 16

Energy Department admits in court it canceled $7.5 billion in clean energy grants based solely on whether states voted Democratic, contradicting sworn testimony denying politics.

284 of 285 cancelations in states voting Harris

Source: The Independent

July 24, 2026

Economy 4 of 16

USDA will resume limited Mexican cattle imports through one Arizona port starting Aug. 24, ending a yearlong closure as 41 of 42 U.S. screwworm cases hit Texas.

Cattle herds at record low

Source: The Texas Tribune

July 24, 2026

Media 5 of 16

Trump returns to the rescheduled correspondents' dinner three months after the shooting, insults journalists for an hour, and dons a Trump 2028 cap.

Constitution bars a third term

Source: NPR

July 24, 2026

Health 6 of 16

Taylor Farms called the White House through a former Trump aide turned lobbyist to seek delay of the recall announcement in the cyclospora outbreak, WSJ reports.

Illnesses began two months earlier

Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]

July 24, 2026

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