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Fed's Powell opens door to rate cut amid Trump pressure

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted Friday that the Fed might cut interest rates soon but added a subtle bit of context: It’s not because President Donald Trump is pr...

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US says it killed top ISIS official in Syria

U.S. forces on Tuesday killed a senior ISIS official in Syria, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced in a statement Thursday. The “successful raid” in northern Syria targeted an...

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California moves forward with gerrymander to counter Texas

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Thursday to place a gerrymandered congressional map on the ballot in California, aiming to flip five GOP-held House seats and offset...

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‘There’s no hiding’: Powell faces daunting options in pivotal speech

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in a tense moment — and it’s not only because of the unyielding attacks he’s facing from President Donald Trump over his refusal to cut interest rates.Powell ...

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DOJ calls for Powell to fire Cook over fraud accusation

The Justice Department is pushing for the ouster of Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook from the central bank as it considers an investigation into allegations of mortgage fraud.U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed ...

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Vance leans into DC crime fight in Georgia

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday took the White House’s fiery crime crackdown on the road, casting another Black-led city in apocalyptic terms on a trip that was designed to tout tax cuts and ot...

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NYC mayoral hopefuls shrug off latest corruption allegations engulfing Adams team

NEW YORK — The leading contenders to replace New York City Mayor Eric Adams treated the latest corruption allegations roiling his inner circle as more of the same — and more reason to turn the page...

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Tit-for-tat gerrymandering wars won’t end soon – what happens in Texas and California doesn’t stay there

Congressional redistricting – the process of drawing electoral districts to account for population changes – was conceived by the Founding Fathers as a once-per-decade redrawing of district lines f...

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National Guardsman ticketed for running red light in DC crash

A National Guardsman was ticketed on Wednesday after running a red light and injuring a person in a crash with a civilian vehicle in Washington, D.C. The incident, which occurred a...

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Judge bars Florida from bringing more detainees to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

MIAMI — A federal court ruled Thursday that the state of Florida and the Trump administration can’t add to the population of the immigration detention facility in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator A...

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TikTok isn't enough to stop Gen Z from drifting to AOC. Trump must do 3 things next

The White House made headlines this week by finally joining TikTok. As someone who has been urging Republican leadership to modernize our outreach to young people for years, I believe this is a lon...

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Congress is set to receive the first batch of Epstein files. It's not likely to quell the drama.

The Justice Department is expected on Friday to start handing the first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files over to Congress. But it may be a while before lawmakers get the information they want — if ev...

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What a Young JD Vance Saw in Iraq

In August 2005, a 21-year-old Marine named James David Hamel arrived at Al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq. Hamel was a combat correspondent, and he had been deployed to Al-Asad as part of a public af...

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The fall trip to the pharmacy for a Covid shot may be strewn with obstacles

The millions of Americans who are used to getting their Covid-19 vaccines at a local pharmacy may face new hurdles this fall depending on where they live and whether federal health officials have d...

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What Trump Doesn’t Understand About ‘America First’

In the summer of 1930, the U.S. secretaries of war and the Navy developed War Plan Red, a 94-page document laying out detailed plans to strangle the naval and trade capabilities of the United Kingd...

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Alina Habba ‘unlawfully’ working as US attorney in New Jersey, judge rules

A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s use of a loophole to keep Alina Habba in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.In a 77-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said T...

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When the White House calls, do state lawmakers listen?

On the eve of the Texas House voting on a new congressional map, President Donald Trump ordered his “Republican friends” in the state legislature to get it to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk “ASAP.”They’re...

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Meet the Trump housing official leading probes into the president’s foes

Bill Pulte — a private equity executive and social media philanthropist — has quickly become an outspoken fixture in the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the central bank and use a little...

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Zelensky accuses Russia of 'deliberate' attack on American-owned factory

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Russia of launching a “deliberate” attack on an American-owned facility in his country, amid signs that the Kremlin is slow-walk...

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Supreme Court lets Trump admin cut off health grants it says advance DEI or ‘gender ideology extremism’

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cut off health research grants it contends advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or promote “gender ideology extremism.”By a 5-4 ...

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The potential next target of Trump’s bid to control DC: Local courts

President Donald Trump already gets to pick the top prosecutor in Washington. Last week, he tried to pick the police chief. Next, he could come for the courts.Trump has repeatedly inserted himself ...

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