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Senate in overnight session as Republicans debate limits on $1.8B Trump settlement

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Updated 12:20 AM CDT, June 5, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is working overnight to pass legislation that would fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies as Democrats and some Republicans have tried to add language to permanently block Trump from creating a $1.776 billion settlement fund.

Earlier in the day, Republicans turned back a Democratic effort to block the fund, which would compensate the president’s allies who say they have been politically persecuted. But there were potentially more amendments to come overnight as Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana has said he will try again to block the settlement.

The amendments were a test of party unity and a threat to the immigration spending bill, as some Republicans have repeatedly voted to block the fund. The first vote on the settlement was held open for around three hours as several GOP senators decided whether to support it.

“I feel optimistic that we’ll get there in the end,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Thursday evening, while acknowledging he was not sure how the votes would turn out.

Thune has been pushing GOP senators for weeks to keep the bill focused on the funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, which Democrats have blocked since early this year, and to avoid adding new provisions that could complicate its passage. ...

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GOP senators torch scandal-plagued Platner while Dems stay silent on candidacy

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As scrutiny of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner mounts ahead of Tuesday’s primary, Republican senators are openly denouncing his candidacy while many Democrats are declining to weigh in.

The reluctance by many Senate Democrats to publicly defend Platner comes as the Maine candidate faces mounting scrutiny days before Tuesday's primary, with new allegations and controversies emerging.

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Spencer Pratt, Steve Hilton lose ground to Democrats in latest California ballot batch drop

  • News source: FOX News
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Former reality star Spencer Pratt’s lead over Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral contest narrowed Thursday, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton slid behind Democrat Tom Steyer.

Following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, California’s key elections have taken on national significance, serving as critical testing grounds for the future of progressive leadership.
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NJ taxpayers on the hook for $12M more as Dem governor protects illegal aliens battling deportation

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New Jersey's Democratic governor announced Thursday night that the state will pour millions more taxpayer dollars into a legal slush fund protecting illegal aliens from deportation.

"We are increasing funding for the Detention Deportation Defense Initiative by $12 million – for a total of $20.2 million," Gov. Mikie Sherrill wrote on social media.

She also announced the new Rapid Legal Response Initiative to "expand statewide legal capacity for emergency immigration defense." The program provides free counsel to migrants in the state who are subject...
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Three jailed over heist of ancient golden helmet from Dutch museum

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The men are sentenced to 47 months each for stealing the 2,500-year-old Romanian Coțofenești helmet.
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Ex-wife of Dubai ruler's nephew in custody, prosecutors say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Zeynab Javadli had not been in contact with any of her friends since Tuesday.
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Hezbollah rejects renewed ceasefire agreed by Israel and Lebanon

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The United States announced the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday night following a fresh round of talks.
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Singer Fally Ipupa's pride at being given major DR Congo honour

  • News source: BBC News - World
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He follows the late great Papa Wemba in becoming a knight of the National Order of the Leopard.
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Hospitality jobs boom as US prepares for World Cup

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ukraine strikes cargo ships and admits Romania drone blast as Putin prepares for key speech

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ukraine says it struck five ships carrying illegal cargo in the Sea of Azov and in coastal waters of Russian-occupied territories.
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How Trump's White House ballroom plan has doubled in size and cost over a year

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC Verify examines how the biggest change to the White House in decades has transformed in the last year.
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Fury in France after child murder suspect's criminal record released

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A man suspected of murdering an 11-year-old girl had previously been identified as a potential child molester, records show.
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US journalist pleads guilty to working as China's agent

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, knowingly worked with people employed by the Chinese government for years.
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Homan says N.J. ICE facility may not be "5-star resort" but is "well run"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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White House border czar Tom Homan defended the conditions and services at a federal immigration detention facility in New Jersey that has been at the center of protests for over a week, calling allegations of substandard conditions there "not factual."

"I toured the whole facility. Is it a five-star resort? No. But is it a well-run detention facility? Yes," Homan told CBS News in his first broadcast interview since visiting Delaney Hall on Saturday.

Homan mentioned he had some of the food offered to detainees during the visit.

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Republicans face ticking midterm clock as Iran fallout keeps pressure on gas prices

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As the Trump administration weighs diplomacy and military pressure against Iran, a political clock is ticking at home.

Even if the Strait of Hormuz — the global oil choke point largely shuttered since the conflict with Iran due to Iranian attacks — reopened immediately, it could take months for oil flows to return due to logistical bottlenecks involving trapped tankers, swollen inventories and damaged oil infrastructure, according to Kpler oil analyst Matt Smith, pushing normalization of global energy markets closer to the Nov. 3 midterm elections...
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US journalist pleads guilty to working as China's agent

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, knowingly worked with people employed by the Chinese government for years.
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Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.
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Dem senator bankrolling Platner's campaign ripped for downplaying abuse allegations in bombshell report

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A sitting Democratic Senator, who is one of Graham Platner’s top donors, is now drawing backlash for shrugging off the most recent allegations of misconduct that have followed the controversial Maine Senate candidate.

Platner has received $10,000 in the form of two $5,000 donations from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's, D-R.I., leadership PAC, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital.

One donation from Whitehouse’s Ocean PAC came in March of this year. Another one was made last October. Notably, the most recent...
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The key strategy red states are using to lower housing costs revealed

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Texas, Florida and other booming red states aren't just winning the migration race because of lower taxes and warmer weather — they've also embraced an anti-regulation housing strategy that many high-cost states have resisted.

As Americans and businesses continue pouring into southern states, the influx is testing whether fast-growing regions can add enough homes and infrastructure to keep pace. And southern states are keeping up by decreasing regulations that put roadblocks up for faster construction of new builds.

Housing industry leaders say...
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Senate push to reauthorize nation’s spy powers stumbles over controversial Trump decision

  • News source: FOX News
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The Senate failed to move one step closer to extending the nation’s spy powers amid brewing consternation against President Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies.

Nearly every Senate Democrat, and six Senate Republicans banded together to block a procedural hurdle to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the wee hours of Friday morning. The stumble comes as the deadline to make a move on the spy powers next week rapidly approaches.

What would have likely been a bipartisan vote was marred by...
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Nearly 50 people die of thirst in Sahara desert after lorry breaks down

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Only two survived after trekking more than 50km (30 miles) across the desert to alert the authorities.
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US actor James Handy stabbed to death, with girlfriend's son arrested

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Handy, 81, is known for his roles in films including Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick.
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China cracks down on soft porn, violence and materialism in viral micro dramas

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Micro dramas have surged in popularity, but drawn criticism for often sensationalist content.
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Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is taking place weeks after Xi met the leaders of the US and Russia - two countries that loom large over North Korea's foreign policy.
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Trump scores victory despite growing GOP divide after Senate passes $70B ICE, Border Patrol funding package

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Senate Republicans managed to stitch together a unified front to advance President Donald Trump's roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package, but divisions over the president’s agenda were laid bare after a marathon day of votes.

Passage of the budget reconciliation package geared toward funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three and a half years closes a long, drawn out chapter in the Senate that began during the longest shutdown in history.

It’s a point that Senate Republicans tried to return...
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Massive Mexico-California border busts uncover eye-popping amount of drugs: 'Remain vigilant'

  • News source: FOX News
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In the span of a day, Customs and Border Protection stopped two separate vehicles and confiscated over $300,000 worth of narcotics.

The apprehensions continue to demonstrate the high volume of narcotics that smugglers are attempting to bring across the southern U.S. border, even as immigration numbers have plummeted in recent months.

On Sunday, May 17, agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry referred a 2013 Honda Civic for secondary inspection. After an imaging system detected anomalies in the car’s firewall, they discovered six packages of white...
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