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- CBP reported seizing 39,030 pounds of illicit drugs nationwide in December 2025, including 865 pounds of fentanyl.
Updated 1/17/2026, 3:06:33 AM
- CBP reported 30,698 total nationwide encounters in December 2025, claimed as 92% below the Biden-administration peak and the lowest December on record.
Updated 1/17/2026, 3:04:54 AM
- CBP reported 91,603 total encounters nationwide in October–December 2025, the lowest start of a fiscal year on record and 25% lower than the previous low in FY2012.
Updated 1/17/2026, 3:03:02 AM
- U.S. Border Patrol recorded zero parole releases for the eighth consecutive month (December 2025).
Updated 1/17/2026, 3:00:55 AM
- The Administration has secured 16 deals with major pharmaceutical manufacturers to bring prices in line with those paid in other developed nations.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:15:04 AM
- The CMS Office of the Actuary estimates Medicaid spent $19 billion on rural hospitals in 2024.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:13:10 AM
- CMS announced funding awards to all 50 states under the program on December 29, 2025.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:10:55 AM
- President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts Act on July 4, 2025, creating the Rural Health Transformation Program and authorizing $50 billion over five years.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:09:47 AM
- At the 2025 United Nations General Assembly, the First Lady called on the international community to join her mission to empower children with technology and education.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:08:06 AM
- The First Lady's AI education effort reached thousands of schools nationwide in partnership with Zoom Communications.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:06:30 AM
- The Coast Guard cutter Alert seized more than $18 million in narcotics during its deployment.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:05:02 AM
- The joint statement does not commit either participant to spend funds for the partnership.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:03:56 AM
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and discussed U.S.-led efforts to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Venezuela, counternarcotics cooperation, and Middle East security.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:03:33 AM
- The initiative will deploy $15 billion toward baseload power to strengthen grid reliability, per the announcement.
Updated 1/17/2026, 2:00:45 AM
- A coalition of technology companies has committed to fund the new generation capacity described in the agreement.
Updated 1/17/2026, 1:58:55 AM
- The administration and NEDC say they secured an agreement with several states to advance more than $15 billion in new power-generation projects.
Updated 1/17/2026, 1:57:41 AM
- Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 requires certain federal housing and community development fund recipients to provide job training, employment, and contracting opportunities to low-income residents and businesses.
Updated 1/17/2026, 1:56:30 AM
- Governor Tim Walz has said that enforcing federal immigration laws is not the role of state and local law enforcement and that they should not do so.
Updated 1/16/2026, 11:05:39 PM
- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has publicly said local officials are not required to cooperate with federal law enforcement and warned of civil liability for enforcing immigration detainers.
Updated 1/16/2026, 11:04:08 PM
- The Treasury asserts the Houthis generate over $2 billion annually through illicit oil sales.
Updated 1/16/2026, 11:01:48 PM