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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado rang in her Nobel Peace Prize victory Friday by dedicating the award to the people of Venezuela fighting for freedom — and President Donald Trump, ...
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The Department of Labor is recalling employees who were furloughed in the government shutdown to prepare the release of the consumer price index for September, according to an administration offici...
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President Donald Trump lost out on the Nobel Peace Prize Friday. And Republicans from all corners of the party say he was robbed.The president has long pined after the prestigious award. Now, many ...
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday that President Trump is “working on ways” to pay U.S. service members without congressional action as the government shutdown stretches into its 1...
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President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday afternoon announced that it has begun firing federal workers, OMB Director Russ Vought wrote on X.“The RIFs have begun,” Vought posted, on day 10 o...
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First lady Melania Trump said she has established an “open channel of communication” with Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent months, hoping to reunite children separated from their families...
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Nearly half the roughly 2,450 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., amid President Trump's crackdown on crime are reportedly set to leave the city later this fall. Au...
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Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. When the American republic was founded, the Earth was no more than 75,0...
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Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is a dense, technical affair....
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All it took was a personal message to “Pam.”A Sept. 20 tirade from President Donald Trump on Truth Social set off an extraordinary rush that has turned a once-hypothetical fear into reality: a pres...
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NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams was just on a trip to Albania. A city ethics board wants to know more about how he got there.The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board is proposing tig...
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The government shutdown is creating financial heartburn for farmers across the country, stalling the delivery of farm loans, the release of critical market reports and the Trump administration’s pl...
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Israel's military announced early Friday that the ceasefire in Gaza is now in effect, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet approved the first phase of President Trump...
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One could describe President Donald Trump’s existing and planned National Guard deployments in a few different ways. The administration sees them as a necessary protection for federal law enforceme...
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NEW YORK — New York Democrats rallied swiftly to state Attorney General Letitia James’ side Thursday and blasted President Donald Trump for political vengeance after his Justice Department indicted...
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Tom Steyer just gave California 12 million reasons to believe he’s weighing a political comeback.The longtime megadonor and onetime presidential candidate sprang off the political sidelines and int...
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For Mike Johnson, not showing up is the entire battle.The speaker made clear Thursday — eight days into the government shutdown — he is committed to keeping the House out of session as long as it t...
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Pro-Paper-Ballot Firm Buys Dominion Voting Systems Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Dominion Voting Systems has been synonymous with controversy since the 2020 president...
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NEW YORK — Letitia James’ two-count federal indictment is a crescendo in her bitter legal battle with President Donald Trump.The Democratic New York attorney general for years made Trump a focal po...
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Democrat Abigail Spanberger passed on a chance to use one of the most high-profile moments of her run for Virginia governor to withdraw her endorsement for her party’s attorney general nominee for ...
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the White House are in conflict over a push to slash up to $30 billion in federal Biden-era clean energy grants, six people familiar with the situation told POLITI...