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American bombers head toward the Pacific as Iran-Israel tension escalates

Several B-2 bombers took off from bases in the United States on Saturday headed for the Pacific, as President Donald Trump publicly weighs striking Iran.The movement in itself is not a sign that a ...

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LA mayor rails against ‘insulting’ Vance visit: A ‘photo-op’

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) called Vice President Vance’s remarks 100 percent lies after Vance traveled to Los Angeles on Friday to show support for the Marines deployed during the a...

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Kari Lake claws back $17M for ‘mission support’ amid deep cuts to US-funded media

The United States Agency for Global Media is reprogramming more than $17 million in various agency funds already subject to deep cuts for unspecified “mission support,” according to a memo from sen...

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Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession

A series of changes to long-running federal student loan programs tucked into the Republican tax plan has doctors panicked and struggling to find GOP allies. The Senate education committee’s portio...

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Trump wants one thing from the NATO summit. Europe is going to give it to him.

President Donald Trump wants one big thing from next week’s NATO leader’s summit — and European leaders are itching to give it to him. That doesn't guarantee the president will be satisfied.The 32-...

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Andrew Cuomo’s Anger is Legendary. And It’s Powering His Comeback.

NEW YORK — In 2021, as Assemblymember Ron Kim was drawing a bath for his children, his phone rang. It was Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and he was furious. Kim had criticized Cuomo’s handling of nursing home ...

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Senate GOP’s plan to push food aid costs onto states axed from megabill

Senate Republicans' plan to force states to share the cost of the country’s largest nutrition program to pay for their policy megabill has been halted by the chamber’s rules.The Senate parliamentar...

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Ro Khanna: Democrats lost 2024 because they became the ‘party of war,’ overlooked inflation

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) blamed the Democratic Party’s poor performance in the 2024 election on unpopular positions on foreign policy and ineffective messaging on inflation in an interview with P...

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Israel presses ahead with strikes as Trump’s 2-week deadline looms

Israeli officials insisted Friday that they will keep up their bombing campaign against Iran, even as President Donald Trump has given Tehran a two-week deadline to come to some sort of diplomatic ...

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RFK Jr. is making it more difficult to enroll in Obamacare

The Trump administration is tightening eligibility for Obamacare coverage in what it says is a bid to combat a “surge of improper enrollments” and to lower insurance costs broadly.Critics say the r...

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Trump Calls For Special Counsel To Investigate 2020 Election As Texas Launches Separate Inquiry Into 2024

Trump Calls For Special Counsel To Investigate 2020 Election As Texas Launches Separate Inquiry Into 2024 President Donald Trump on Friday called for a special prosecutor to investig...

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Trump: 'Hard' for Israel to stop strikes now

President Trump said Friday it would be difficult for Israel to stop strikes on Iran at this point, a week into the intense conflict between the two nations and two weeks out from the pre...

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A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.

A Florida state judge was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the president in a defamation case, Donald Trump gave him one.Ed Artau, now a nominee to be a district court ...

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Trump throws Gabbard under the bus — again

For the second time this week, President Donald Trump publicly undermined Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, disregarding her assessment of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.Speaking to rep...

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Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House

The White House recently nixed the Pentagon’s pick to head the country’s top spy agency and command its elite hacking force, according to three people familiar with the move.The decision not to mov...

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‘It was a bloodbath’: Cruz, Carlson feud offers preview of 2028

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and conservative media personality Tucker Carlson doubled down on their feud over U.S. involvement in the escalating war between Israel and Iran, with each releasing their o...

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Senate megabill will strengthen Obamacare, says red state hospital CEO

A provision in a key Senate committee’s version of the GOP megabill will backfire against Republicans by forcing red states to consider doing exactly what Republicans don’t want them to: expand Med...

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Where troops in Middle East are most vulnerable to Iran strikes

Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are within Iran’s striking distance should President Trump decide to wade into Israel’s conflict with Tehran and directly attack the country. More ...

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‘We can't wait forever’: GOP frustrated but unwilling to act on Trump’s TikTok extension

President Donald Trump’s latest move to keep TikTok alive is yet again frustrating congressional Republicans, many of whom object to China’s continued involvement in the popular app but just want t...

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Vance to visit Los Angeles on Friday amid tension over ICE raids

Vice President JD Vance is set to travel to Los Angeles on Friday amid tensions in the city over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.Vance will “tour a multi-agency Federal Joint Opera...

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Democrat: Trump 2-week Iran deadline 'not a bad thing'

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) tepidly praised President Trump on his handling of the ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran, after the president said he would wait two weeks to deci...

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