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Nobody Likes John Bolton

This morning, Donald Trump claimed he knew nothing about the raid on the Maryland home of his former National Security Adviser John Bolton. “I’m not a fan of John Bolton,” Trump said, calling him a...

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'He’s clean': MAGA welcomes Maxwell testimony

President Trump’s close allies are welcoming convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell telling top Justice Department officials she never witnessed him “in any inappropriate setting” with young gi...

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Trump will appoint personnel chief Sergio Gor as ambassador to India

Sergio Gor, who has played a critical role in deciding who does and doesn’t get jobs in President Donald Trump’s administration, is likely headed overseas for a plum diplomatic post.Trump announced...

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Mayor Trump? President fixates on local crime, asphalt and lampposts

A week that began with President Donald Trump hosting eight world leaders ahead of potential peace talks to end the war in Ukraine ended with him touring a new White House gift shop, reviewing marb...

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Trump says he may send National Guard to Chicago, New York

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump said he is looking to send in the National Guard to Chicago or New York, seeking to extend the deployment of guardsmen elsewhere after amassing troops in Washington...

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Epstein files land on Capitol Hill

Congress has officially received the first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files.The Justice Department turned over a tranche of materials related to the case against the late, convicted sex offender Frid...

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Ghislaine Maxwell, who wants a pardon, says she never saw Trump ‘in any inappropriate setting’

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, who is seeking a pardon from Donald Trump, told top Justice Department officials during an interview last month that she never witnessed the president “...

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Hegseth terminates Defense Intelligence Agency head, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse

Related video: National Guard Armed In DC To Bolster Trump's Crime Crackdown Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth terminated the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), acc...

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Trump White House takes a $10B stake in Intel

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. government had reached a deal to take a 10 percent equity stake in the chipmaker Intel, worth approximately $10 billion.“I said, I think it would be g...

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Art of the Deal: How Trump is capturing the private sector

The U.S. government is going into business whether businesses like it or not.President Donald Trump wants to convert $11 billion in federal contracts and subsidies awarded to the struggling chipmak...

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Treasury Department’s No. 2 official is leaving

The Treasury Department’s second-in-command, Michael Faulkender, will leave his post less than five months after being confirmed by the Senate."I would like to thank Deputy Secretary Faulkender for...

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The fallout from the Alina Habba ruling has begun

Legal turmoil is accelerating in New Jersey’s federal court after a judge this week rejected President Donald Trump’s use of a loophole to keep Alina Habba in charge of the federal prosecutor’s off...

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When It Comes to Clean Water, Trump Is Betraying MAHA

The Make America Healthy Again movement is rightly concerned with the contamination of our drinking water. To clean it up, we need enhanced corporate regulation and massive public investment to ove...

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Carney backs down on tariffs to keep Trump talks alive

Canada is scrapping some retaliatory tariffs, a major concession aimed at cooling trade tensions with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.“We have the best deal of anyone...

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Canada looks to Germany to offset Trump tariff agenda

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Germany to build out defense and energy ties, a move designed to buffer Canada’s economy against the tariff threats posed by U.S. President Donald ...

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Poll suggests Trump’s ICE raids are backfiring in California

SACRAMENTO, California — Donald Trump’s immigration raids may be backfiring in California, even among Republicans and independents who otherwise support tougher border security, according to a new ...

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Brown trails Husted at start of Ohio Senate race, new poll shows

Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown lagged behind Republican Sen. Jon Husted in the first public poll since the Ohio Democrat launched his comeback bid, as Democrats face an uphill battle to recla...

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FBI searches ex-national security adviser John Bolton’s house in Maryland

Federal agents searched the Maryland home of John Bolton, former national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first administration, early Friday, according to two law enforcement offic...

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Russia says Putin-Zelensky meeting agenda 'not ready at all'

Russia is not ready to agree to a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to Moscow's top diplomat. "Putin is ready to meet w...

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Pluralistic: Radical juries (22 Aug 2025)

Today's links Radical juries: They sure hate Big Tech. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DIY TSA universal keys; Steve Jackson Games raid +20. Upcoming app...

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California voters still support high-speed rail, even if it never gets done

California voters aren’t confident the state’s high-speed rail project will ever be finished, but they’re not ready to give up on it either.Nearly two-thirds — 62 percent — of voters say that Calif...

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