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Lindsey Halligan faces ethics probe in Florida

The Florida Bar has launched an ethics probe into Lindsey Halligan, a former personal attorney for President Donald Trump whom he attempted to install as a powerful federal prosecutor in a bid to p...

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Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid among pressure from GOP

Scandal-plagued Rep. Tony Gonzales announced late Thursday night he will not seek re-election, ending a runoff between him and gun influencer Brandon Herrera.“After deep reflection and with the sup...

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Noem out, Trump picks Mullin as DHS secretary

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would name Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to be the next Homeland Security secretary, moving current DHS chief Kristi Noem to a special envoy role around...

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24 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs

A coalition of 24 Democratic state attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit Thursday asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to block implementation of President Donald Trump’s new glob...

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Kristi Noem’s ouster isn’t moving Democrats off their Homeland Security funding demands

Kristi Noem, the face of the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, has been ousted as secretary of Homeland Security — but it’s not changing the calculus for Democrats when it...

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'Bitterly ironic': Trump is wrecking his AI agenda with Anthropic spat, lobbyists and ex-officials say

The Trump administration’s push to punish the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is undercutting the United States’ plan to boost American technology and dominate its spread worldwide, accor...

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Is James Talarico’s Texas win a sign of a rising religious left?

When State Rep. James Talarico took the microphone to deliver his victory speech after winning Texas’ Democratic Senate primary this week, he noted that his Republ...

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'Good riddance': Dems cheer Noem’s ouster — and call for more departures

Democrats celebrated Kristi Noem’s firing as the Homeland Security secretary on Thursday, while calling for more heads to roll among President Donald Trump’s more controversial aides and advisers.“...

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Warren Davidson is a rare hard-line Republican questioning the Middle East war

As most congressional Republicans fall in line behind President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran, Rep. Warren Davidson is among the few choosing to speak out.The six-term Ohio lawmaker — a fo...

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Congress declines to halt Iran war

The House rebuffed an effort to halt war with Iran on Thursday, as Republicans teamed with a handful of Democrats to grant President Donald Trump free rein to conduct the vast military campaign.Hou...

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Markwayne Mullin faces a straightforward path to confirmation as DHS secretary

In replacing ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Donald Trump is opting for one of the more reliable strategies to guarantee a quick Senate confirmation — nominating a senator.Trump’s c...

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The president 'wants to help': White House to tackle likeness rights concerns with athletes, executives

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is working the ultimate referee.The former Auburn University football coach turned Alabama senator is quietly pressing President Donald Trump to wade into the increas...

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Florida Dems look to catch Texas’ midterm energy

MIAMI — Florida and Texas often duke it out for conservative supremacy. President Donald Trump won both states by nearly identical margins in 2024. Both have large Latino populations that have tren...

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Obama joins push for new congressional maps in Virginia

The Democratic effort to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts just gained a high-profile supporter: former President Barack Obama.Obama is backing a proposed Virginia constitutional amendment ...

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Can private lenders fill the student loan gap? College presidents say no.

The Republican strategy for reining in the ever-climbing cost of college rests on a simple concept: Tuition keeps increasing because it’s too easy for people to take on more and more federal studen...

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Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary in interview with POLITICO

President Donald Trump appears to be leaning toward endorsing Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP Senate primary, issuing a stark warning to state Attorney General Ken Paxton in an interview with POL...

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Trump says he’ll help pick Iran’s leader, predicts regime change in Cuba

President Donald Trump is on the warpath: In an interview Thursday, he dismissed concerns about the Iran war, told POLITICO the United States would help choose Iran's next leader, predicted the dow...

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Why one of the world's biggest animal rights group is praising Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eats steak for breakfast, and has been accused by family members of blending up mice and chickens to feed his hawks and cutting off a dead whale’s head to bring it home. But h...

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Blue-state governors bash Trump — and audition for 2028

Democratic governors with likely 2028 ambitions want you to know: President Donald Trump is screwing you over, but we have things under control.It’s the common theme across this year’s State of the...

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House GOP leaders ask Tony Gonzales to drop reelection bid

Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders asked Rep. Tony Gonzales to end his reelection bid, they said Thursday, after the Texas lawmaker admitted to an affair with a staffer who lat...

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Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem

Senior administration officials are privately urging President Donald Trump to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of...

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