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 (Lya_Cattel / Getty Images) The High Points: Chicago schools allow unlimited “excused” absences over fear of immigration enforcement. Parents don’t need proof, paperwork, or a time limit. Critics say CPS...

jprohaszka / Pixabay The High Points: CMP may soon sell surplus military pump-action shotguns through the NDAA. Shotguns could include historic models used from Vietnam to present day. Sales would support...

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews The High Points: Former NY AG Letitia James targeted the NRA and Trump before taking office. DOJ is investigating whether those prosecutions amounted to politically motivated abuse...

(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) The High Points: Sen. Mark Kelly allegedly leaked classified information while accusing Pete Hegseth of rule violations. Kelly commented before the declassified report was public,...

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The High Points: AT&T says it has eliminated DEI roles, training, and quotas to comply with new law. The company cites Trump executive orders and...

AP Photo/Eric Gay The High Points: A Texas man is jailed in Mexico after accidentally crossing the border with a licensed firearm. His family is pleading for U.S. officials to...

Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images The High Points: Congress explicitly authorized nationwide expedited removal and barred courts from reviewing such cases. Federal judges are now intervening despite clear statutory limits...

(Win McNamee – Pool – AFP / Getty Images) The High Points: The Supreme Court allowed Texas’ new congressional map to stand while litigation continues. The Court said challengers failed...

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana The High Points: GOA criticizes Pam Bondi and DOJ for continuing Biden’s lawsuit against Missouri’s SAPA. Courts struck SAPA mainly for attempting to nullify federal gun...

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) The High Points: Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to seed 25 million children’s Trump Accounts. The federal program gives every newborn 2025–2028 a...