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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III will retire at the end of the year following seven years at the institution’s helm and a contentious period of clashes with the Trump administration over how American history should be…
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was aboard a Coast Guard jet Wednesday when one of the aircraft’s engines failed, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.The C-37A landed…
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to spend up to $2 million on robotic dogs as the agency continues expanding its use of technology during President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.According to a Department…
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Former first lady Michelle Obama said she does not miss having her daughters at home, repeatedly emphasizing that she prefers her life now that they are adults and independent.Obama made the comments Wednesday on her “IMO” podcast while…
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President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States had reached an agreement with Venezuela securing majority U.S. control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, touting the deal as a major boost to U.S. energy…
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A drag performer who goes by the stage name “Chlamydia Berns” is raising money to fight back against a Republican campaign ad featuring a photograph of him alongside Democratic congressional candidate Paige Cognetti. Cognetti, the…
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Several Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional nominees are traveling to Uruguay this week to join a left-wing international conference aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the Western…
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President Donald Trump’s top political advisers are urging Republican candidates to make an unexpected shift in their midterm messaging, to talk more about health care and less about voter integrity.The strategy could give Republicans a…
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Maine Democrats have another headache on their hands after newly surfaced police records revealed that Senate candidate Troy Jackson was involved in a violent altercation nearly 40 years ago — an incident that included him breaking down…
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Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has progressed beyond the bone metastases disclosed at his 2025 diagnosis and is causing him significant pain, his son Hunter Biden said in an interview Friday.“The cancer has spread,…
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Former Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Texas and the first Republican woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, has died at the age of 83.Granger represented Texas’ 12th Congressional…
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson has two children with his second cousin — longtime partner Lana Pelletier — according to genealogical records first reported by journalist Steve Robinson. Jackson, a former Maine Senate…
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The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran on Tuesday, passing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by an 86-12 vote just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Democratic Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty and Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes were caught on a hot mic discussing whether disruptive activists could be barred from future city council meetings after anti-ICE protesters repeatedly hijacked a…
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Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson has all but secured the Democratic nomination in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races after dominating the party’s delegate selection process over the weekend, prompting his two…
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President Donald Trump’s explosive allegations against China Thursday night are already reverberating far beyond domestic politics.  Speaking from the White House on Thursday, Trump accused China of “the largest compromise of election…
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Four House Democrats — Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), and Delia Ramírez (D-IL) — spent four days in Cuba meeting with communist President Miguel Díaz-Canel, government ministers, medical…
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President Donald Trump formally notified Congress that the United States has resumed military operations against Iran, restarting the War Powers Act clock after a months-long ceasefire collapsed.In a July 10 letter dated obtained by CBS…
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Israel has shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran has developed a new plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to multiple reports citing sources familiar with the matter.The warning, first reported…
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A California public school teacher who publicly suggested she married a man living in Gaza to help him obtain U.S. citizenship should “expect to be discovered and prosecuted” if the marriage was fraudulent, U.S. Citizenship and…
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