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Protestor Pat Braun carries a sign April 23, 2025, in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the cancellation of student visas. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)

Visa crackdown on Chinese students coming, State Department’s Rubio says

By: Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says his agency and the Department of Homeland Security will work to “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students. Rubio’s announcement offered few details but said “under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for […]
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May 29, 2025

Elon Musk says giant tax bill backed by Trump ‘undermines’ his DOGE cuts

By: Jacob Fischler (North Dakota Monitor) Elon Musk says in an interview excerpt that he was “disappointed” in the U.S. House GOP’s massive legislative package of tax cuts, border funding and more of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy priorities, telling CBS News the bill would undermine the work of his U.S. DOGE Service to cut […]
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May 28, 2025

RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report stresses emphasis on children’s well-being

By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — The Make America Healthy Again commission, created earlier this year by President Donald Trump, released its first report Thursday, calling on the administration and lawmakers to improve the well-being of the country’s children. The 73-page report was published just after Trump and several Cabinet secretaries held an event highlighting their concerns with […]
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May 23, 2025
Lenora Kenner, center, of Bismarck, talks with attendees of an anti-CO2 pipeline protest at the Capitol in Bismarck on July 27, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Controversial pipeline provision removed as expected, group says

By: SD Searchlight A coalition of groups opposing a multi-state carbon dioxide pipeline celebrated the removal of controversial language from the budget reconciliation bill passed Thursday by the U.S. House. Last week, the groups raised alarms about a provision they said would have allowed federal regulators to approve natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines over prohibitions in state law. South Dakota passed a […]
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May 22, 2025

U.S. House Republicans push through massive tax and spending bill slashing Medicaid

By: Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Thursday approved the “big, beautiful bill” that Republican leaders spent months negotiating with centrists and far-right members of the party — two distinct factions that hold vastly different policy goals — over intense opposition from Democrats. The 215-214 vote ships the package to the Senate, […]
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May 22, 2025

CBO analysis shows U.S. House GOP budget measure tilted toward upper-income taxpayers

By: Ashley Murray WASHINGTON — As House Republicans continue to wrangle over the “one big beautiful bill,” a new analysis released late Tuesday projects the massive reconciliation package would decrease resources for low-income families over the next decade while increasing resources for top earners. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the lowest-earning households in […]
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May 21, 2025
U.S. House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., center, speaks to reporters on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol. From left are Republicans Keith Self of Texas, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Chip Roy of Texas. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

U.S. House speaker predicts vote soon on giant budget bill stalled by hard-right objections

By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to hold a vote on Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” overnight Wednesday or at the latest on Thursday morning, following a meeting at the White House with GOP lawmakers opposed to the reconciliation package. Johnson, speaking to reporters at the Capitol after the huddle with […]
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May 21, 2025

U.S. House Republicans aim to ban state-level AI laws for 10 years

By: Paige Gross A footnote in a budget bill U.S. House Republicans are trying to pass before Memorial Day is the first major signal for how Congress may address artificial intelligence legislation, as they seek to create a moratorium on any AI laws at the state level for 10 years. The measure, advanced Wednesday as […]
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May 18, 2025
The U.S. House Budget Committee votes on Friday, May 16, 2025 on a massive reconciliation package. The vote failed, 16-21. (Screenshot from House webcast)

U.S. House right wing tanks Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in Budget Committee

By: Ashley Murray and Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — Republicans suffered a major setback to their “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, when amid conservative objections the U.S. House Budget Committee failed to approve the measure, a crucial step in the process. In a 16-21 vote, Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Ralph Norman […]
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May 17, 2025
South Dakota state Rep. Karla Lems, R-Canton, speaks to hundreds of rally attendees at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre on Jan. 13, 2025, during an event highlighting opposition to a carbon dioxide pipeline. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)

Is Congress trampling on state laws protecting property rights against pipelines?

By: Jacob Fischler Lawmakers and advocates on the right and left are raising questions about a provision in legislation a powerful U.S. House committee approved Wednesday, with critics arguing it would allow federal regulators to approve natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines over prohibitions in state law. Two sections in the House Energy and Commerce […]
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May 16, 2025
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