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‘My Life Became a Living Hell’: One Woman’s Career in Delta Force, the Army’s Most Elite Unit

Courtney Williams was 24 years old when she learned of an intriguing job opportunity at an unnamed “special mission unit” at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the headquarters of the top secret Joint Spe...

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Sherrod Brown to run for Senate

Sherrod Brown has decided to run for Senate in Ohio in 2026, according to two people familiar with his thinking, making a play for his old job just months after he was beaten by Republican Bernie M...

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National Guard troops expected to be deployed Tuesday in DC

National Guard troops began arriving in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Trump deployed some 800 members to the nation’s capital to combat what he called out-of-contro...

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Why Trump’s tariffs haven’t gotten Brazil to cave

President Donald Trump has used tariffs to pressure world leaders on a host of non-trade issues. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is one of the few who isn’t budging.The left-wing Sout...

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‘Trusting Trump’s instincts’: White House sets modest expectations ahead Putin summit

White House officials are tempering expectations ahead of Friday’s summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, casting it as a step toward a peaceful solution to the Ukraine war and ...

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Kari Lake’s Attempt to Deport Her Own Employees

After rushing to shut down the government-funded media outlets she was tapped to lead, Kari Lake has launched on a mission so strange that it is perhaps unprecedented: She is trying to force her ow...

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Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap

Vladimir Putin has had a tough few months. His military’s much-feared summer offensive has made incremental gains in Ukraine but not nearly the advances he had hoped. His economy has sputtered. Don...

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Barry Moore announces run for Senate in Alabama

Republican Rep. Barry Moore is running for Senate in Alabama next year, he announced Tuesday.“I learned growing up on a farm in Coffee County that what makes this country great isn’t Washington eli...

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Trump officials cast a wider net for Powell replacement at Fed

Trump administration officials are expanding their list of candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell next year as they search for someone who can garner the trust of both the presid...

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Trump and California: Court to decide legality of National Guard deployment to Los Angeles

A three-day bench trial will begin Monday over whether President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Los Angeles violated a general prohibition on using federal troops as civilian law en...

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National Guard to deploy in DC: What to know

President Trump on Monday announced plans to deploy some 800 members of the Washington, D.C., National Guard to the nation's capital as part of his administration's effort to crack down o...

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Trump taps Heritage economist to lead BLS

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will nominate Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni as the next commissioner of the embattled Bureau of Labor Statistics.“Our Economy is booming, a...

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CDC staff dreads going back to work after fatal shooting

Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now fear going to work after a gunman sprayed bullets at the agency’s Atlanta headquarters Friday evening, three agency staffers said.“Ev...

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What to know about Trump's DC National Guard deployment

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter{beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story What to know about Trump's DC National Guard deploymentPresident ...

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Trump extends China trade truce, setting stage for more ambitious talks

President Donald Trump on Monday extended a tariff truce with China for another 90 days, setting the stage for broader negotiations between the world’s two biggest economies. Senior administration ...

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Sierra Club board fires leader Ben Jealous

The Sierra Club’s board of directors Monday voted to oust the group’s executive director, Ben Jealous.The group’s board “has unanimously voted to terminate Mr. Jealous’ employment with the Sierra C...

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Likely Pennsylvania gov candidate slams Shapiro over rumored presidential ambitions

Pennsylvania Republican Stacy Garrity all but kicked off her campaign against Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro Monday with a scorching video labeling him a “career politician” who is thirsting for a Wh...

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Trial exposes internal tension over Trump’s use of National Guard in LA

As President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, on Monday, a court hearing on the other side of the country shed new light on the administration’s drive to use the military in ...

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Doggett pressures Casar to avoid a messy Democratic primary fight in Texas

Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett isn't backing down from what could be a thorny primary fight with Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar if Texas finalizes its redistricting effort to merg...

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Trump: Russia and Ukraine peace requires “land swapping”

President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine will engage in “land swapping” that will be “good” and “bad” for both countries, a key part of his push to end the years-long war.The president’s comm...

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House Republicans back up Trump on DC crime push

House Republicans moved quickly Monday to follow President Donald Trump’s lead as he took unprecedented action to target Washington’s locally elected government — further heightening the GOP’s scru...

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