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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their depar...
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SACRAMENTO, California — Katie Porter’s campaign for California governor is rallying supporters to defend her after a pair of viral videos plunged her into a tailspin this week, fueling bipartisan ...
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A bipartisan Senate coalition voted to repeal a pair of decades-old laws that green lit U.S. military action in the Middle East.Senators, in an voice vote, adopted an amendment from Sen. Tim Kaine ...
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The Senate late Thursday approved its massive annual defense policy bill as the U.S. government remains shut down. The GOP-led chamber approved the National Defense Authorization A...
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Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas were stalling this week until U.S. emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner swept in to dictate key compromises, according to three people familiar with t...
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The Senate united to pass its $925 billion defense policy bill Thursday — a bipartisan breakthrough that came despite an ongoing government shutdown fight that could soon cause all active-duty troo...
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The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the USS Wyoming's blue crew on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Submarine Group 10 commander Rear Adm. Bob Wirth reportedly sai...
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Dan Rayfield is Oregon’s attorney general — and the latest state-level politician to be thrust into the national spotlight by a legal clash with the Trump administration. In this instance, it’s ov...
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MANCHESTER, England — The political tides in the United States and United Kingdom have often moved in tandem.Margaret Thatcher became prime minister when conservatives returned to power in 1979, a ...
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Jack Ciattarelli, the Donald Trump-endorsed Republican running for governor of New Jersey, is taking part in a MAGA rally on the Jersey Shore tonight — complete with Trump-world influencers. One pe...
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Thursday said President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize if the current peace plan between Israel and Hamas doesn't fall apart. “Do you think the p...
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The White House on Thursday denied claims from Colombia's President Gustavo Petro that the latest U.S. military strike in the Caribbean struck a boat carrying Colombian citizens. P...
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“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize,” the comedian Steven Wright once joked. This may be unironically true of President Donald Trump. But of course you are not meant to kill for this award. And becau...
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NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is gaining on front-runner Zohran Mamdani in a New York City mayoral field that no longer includes incumbent Eric Adams, a poll released Thursday found.A Quinnipiac Universi...
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Pressure is rising on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to call the House back in session for a vote on ensuring military pay during the shutdown.  President Trump said a standalo...
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President Trump on Thursday hosted Finnish President Alexander Stubb, where the two leaders announced an agreement for the U.S. to add 11 icebreaker ships to its fleet. Trump said ...
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt condemned the deployment of National Guard troops across state lines, a rare note of Republican criticism for the Trump administration’s aggressive use of military troops ...
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Following sustained pressure from President Donald Trump to prosecute his perceived political enemies, a federal grand jury in Virginia on Thursday indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James ...
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Dominion Voting Systems, the voting technology corporation at the center of false election fraud allegations in 2020, has been purchased by a new company called Liberty Vote, the company announced ...
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The Senate could pass its annual defense policy bill as soon as Thursday after the legislation was stalled for more than a month. Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker...
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A federal appeals court panel seemed poised Thursday to permit President Donald Trump to deploy Oregon National Guard troops in Portland, despite a recent ruling from a district judge who found Tru...