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Jared Kushner’s Mysterious Role in the Trump Administration

In 2021, shortly after he left his role as a senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner let it be known that he had loved his job but disliked the scrutiny and disclosure that came with being a top ...

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'The Boys' faces boycott as star Tomer Capone’s past in Israeli army resurfaces

'The Boys' faces boycott as star Tomer Capone’s past in Israeli army resurfaces Submitted by Hannah. Smith on Wed,...

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GOP leaders delay FISA vote amid GOP rebellion

House GOP leaders postponed a Wednesday procedural vote on an extension of a key federal spy powers program as they scramble to land a deal with hard-liners around changes — acknowledging the truly...

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Inside Pakistan’s turnaround with Trump

Even though U.S.-Iran talks collapsed this weekend, one country emerged as a winner on the world stage: Pakistan.Pakistan, which led the shuttle diplomacy between the two countries in recent weeks ...

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The Senate Is ‘Prepared’ To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice — And Ted Cruz Might Be The Pick

Well, folks, it looks like the Senate is getting its confirmation ducks in a row — because if Justice Samuel Alito does finally decide to hang up his robes, Majority Leader John Thune wants you to ...

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Donald Trump messed with the wrong pope

Pope Leo XIV addresses journalists during a flight heading to Yaounde, Cameroon, on the third day of an 11-day journey to Africa, on April 15, 2026. | Guglielmo Mangiapane/AFP via Getty I...

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How 1 GOP billionaire is upending Georgia politics

HOMER, Georgia — The last few players of the day were finishing their rounds at the Chimney Oaks Golf Club when a steady wind picked up by the practice putting green. Pin flags bent to a near snap....

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Trump says war in Iran ‘can be over very soon’ amid uncertain peace negotiations

President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran may soon come to an end, even with the U.S. military now several days into a blockade at the Strait of Hormuz and oil prices continuing to roil the ...

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Trump threatens to fire Powell if he stays on Fed board

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his conflict with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying he will fire the central bank chief if he doesn’t step down from his job “on time.”Tru...

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‘They’re not getting what they voted for’: Jesus meme lays bare GOP frustrations with Trump

President Donald Trump’s weekend tirade against the pope — capped off by an AI-generated depiction of the president as Jesus — was, for some of his supporters, just too much.Their unusually severe ...

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Dem fundraising giant in the hot seat as GOP lawmakers demand answers over dodged subpoena

House Republicans are demanding ActBlue, a top Democratic campaign fundraising apparatus, turn over international communications, probing whether the organization knowingly misled lawmakers and dod...

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Federal agencies skirt Trump’s Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model

Federal agencies and government officials are quietly sidestepping President Donald Trump’s ban on working with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, as intrigue and anxiety around the company...

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GOP leaders struggle to keep $75B immigration plan narrow

Senate Republicans plan to forge ahead next week with the first formal steps to pass a party-line immigration enforcement bill totaling $65 billion to $75 billion.But as GOP leaders scramble to mee...

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Tax Day arrives with Republicans struggling to sell their cuts

Republicans hoped that last year’s tax cuts would offer giant political benefits, with taxpayers receiving super-sized refunds and then rewarding them at the ballot box.That doesn’t look like it’s ...

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Why House Republicans are protecting Cory Mills

The Capitol Hill ethics purge is poised to spare Rep. Cory Mills — at least for now.The pressure on Reps. Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell to resign Tuesday amid serious sexual assault accusations f...

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Kathy Hochul’s ICE guardrails have flipped the script for Democrats

ALBANY, New York — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to erect legal barriers around President Donald Trump’s deportation tactics is turning the nation’s immigration politics on its head.Her embra...

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Appeals court again blocks Boasberg contempt probe into Alien Enemies Act deportations

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s effort to investigate possible criminal contempt by Kristi Noem and other senior Trump administration officials in connection with deportation flights last year...

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Trump summons FISA holdouts to the White House

President Donald Trump is calling House Freedom Caucus members and other holdouts to the White House to twist arms over the reauthorization of a controversial government surveillance program, a sen...

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GOP backs Trump’s war powers as Iran conflict drags on

Senate Republicans are still backing President Donald Trump on the war against Iran, dismissing Democrats’ latest war powers push as political theater that has nothing to do with national security....

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Florida's planned special session on redistricting just got a bit murkier

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged Tuesday that next week’s special session on mid-decade redistricting may not kick off on its scheduled April 20 start date — but he contended t...

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Hegseth again skipping Ukraine meeting, will send top lieutenant instead

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will again skip the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting this week, making the U.S. one of the few countries that won’t send a top civilian defense official to the c...

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