
What is Title 42? How it changed things at the border, and why it's sparking debate
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The Biden administration's plans to lift Title 42 are raising concerns in border communities and stirring major debate in Washington. Here's a look at what's been happening, what could happen next and why it matters.
Politicians have been sparring over whether it's the right time to repeal the pandemic public health restrictions. And a federal judge's decision may have just thrown a wrench in the government's plans.
But what is actually happening? How is this different from the way things were handled in the past? And what could happen next?

The US military’s strikes in Iran over the weekend prompted a swift response from across the federal government to react to any fallout, but current and former officials say the administration’s DOGE-driven cuts to a host of agencies have made it harder to grapple with the conflict and prepare for potential retaliation.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes, underscoring a broad intelligence community effort is ongoing to determine the impact of the US strikes on three of the country’s nuclear sites on Saturday.

White House’s DOGE spending cuts request runs into criticism, questions from some Senate Republicans
The head of the White House budget office on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s push to enact sweeping cuts to federal funding, even as some Republican senators voiced concerns and raised questions about the breadth of them.