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National Public Radio - Politics (13 minutes ago)

The USS Ford came home to a hero's welcome. Sailors had been away from home for nearly a year, through two conflicts, a fire and problems with the sewage system.

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Politico - Europe (15 minutes ago)

Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said several days of talks with Brussels over the frozen funds had already taken place at expert level in recent days.

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Politico - Europe (15 minutes ago)

The expected order may set a precedent for states to compel structural changes to social media apps.

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New York Times - Politics (15 minutes ago)

President Trump continues to act like he's politically all-powerful, even in the face of indications that he is not.

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Politico - Europe (An hour ago)

NYT publisher calls out news outlets for 'capitulation' to Trump administrationThe Times has been embroiled in several major lawsuits against Donald Trump and the federal government since the president's return to the White House last year.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

One Nation would win dozens of seats if a federal election was held today, according to a major opinion poll.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

The health secretary has blocked $600 million for Gavi, which provides shots to poor countries, because of his concerns about a mercury-containing preservative.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

Gordon Repinski trifft den ewigen Wahlkreis-König Gregor Gysi zu einem intensiven, persönlichen Spaziergang im Treptower Park. Direkt vor dem sowjetischen Ehrenmal sprechen die beiden über Gysis tief verwurzelte, osteuropäische Familiengeschichte, seine DDR-Biografie und den schmalen Grat zwischen berechtigtem Antifaschismus und der brachialen...

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

U.S. President Donald Trump reversed the decision not to deploy troops to Poland, but the fallout has been severe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

The prime minister became visibly emotional on Saturday as he used a speech to Labor Party faithful to defend his government's controversial reform plans.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson get married in Florida

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Trump news at a glance: sidelined Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US director of national intelligence

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang received the maximum 10-day contempt sentence under Tennessee law Thursday after being removed from a bond hearing for Dalton Eatherly, a white livestreamer known as "Chud the Builder" charged with attempted murder, according to NBC News. Judge H. Reid Poland III ordered Lang removed after he attempted to speak...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Start-up founders say the federal government's CGT changes may see investment in new businesses go offshore. But Airtree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre is warning against a scare campaign. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Defence industry experts argue Australia should consider how to prevent a naval "capability gap" — or risk being left exposed.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

"Mission ready by 2030 is not a slogan, it is what we must do,” says top general.

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

Housing officials were told to exclude emotional support animals and tighten the definition of a service animal when granting accommodations for disabled tenants.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A series of explosions tore through a barge at a Staten Island shipyard Friday afternoon, killing one person and injuring 34 firefighters and emergency medical workers in a chaotic emergency that Mayor Zohran Mamdani called "complex" and "fast-developing."The initial blast struck the barge at 3:25 p.m. in Arlington, an industrial neighborhood along...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is getting love from an election denier, and the internet can't help but roll its eyes at the merry display. "If you needed proof that Tina Peters lacks remorse, read the post below," wrote Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who's running for governor. "Commuting her sentence was a historic mistake." The aforementioned...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to run away Friday when reporters asked about President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." DeSantis broke into a sprint up stairs to exit onto the street. The fund in question was created as a settlement for Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit, despite the constitutional irregularity of Trump...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has put up multiple excuses for not being able to attend his eldest son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas — and the explanation he settled on was that it is "not good timing" with all his responsibilities and with Memorial Day coming up.But according to an analysis by The Daily Beast, Trump has taken time to golf...

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

David Brock Smith wins GOP primary for US Senate in Oregon, will face Democratic incumbent Merkley

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is dragging the Republican Party down at a moment when it could cost them everything, the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote in an analysis published on Friday evening."Republicans don't want to say this publicly, but privately they do," wrote the board, an increasingly frequent critic of the...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

The end of The Late Show and the ouster of host Stephen Colbert could backfire on CBS, an insider warned. According to reporting by Status, a CBS network insider expects "various hard-to-measure costs baked into the 'Late Show's' absence, including its impact on other CBS programming."The last episode of The Late Show aired on Thursday. CBS blamed...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

An Iraqi terrorist with ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps allegedly pledged to kill Ivanka Trump in retaliation for her father's 2020 assassination of Iranian military chief Qasem Soleimani, and had a blueprint of her Florida home to prove he was serious, the New York Post reported Friday.Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a senior...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A judge has dismissed Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff's lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump, accusing him of employing "gamesmanship" and "forum-shopping" tactics.According to TMZ, "Wolff — the longtime Trump biographer behind books like 'Fire and Fury' — sued after Melania's lawyers threatened him with a $1 Billion defamation...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi published an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday criticizing Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) for xenophobic and anti-Muslim remarks targeting Virginia state Sen. Saddam Salim, an immigrant from Bangladesh who authored gun violence prevention legislation. Clyde's social media post called for denaturalizing and...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A legal expert relished how Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche got a high-profile case thrown out because of his own words.Glenn Kirschner spoke on Friday about the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case that was thrown out earlier in the day by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw because it was deemed a "vindictive" prosecution. "The judge made a special...

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

There is no shortage of targets if he decides to strike: Energy facilities left untouched, the deep underground nuclear storage site at Isfahan and missile sites that appear to have been dug out.

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Trump makes affordability pitch in battleground New York district

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

The Trump administration is ordering federal agencies to install the White House's new app on the government-issued phones of millions of employees in a move IT experts are calling "dangerous" and unprecedented, according to a report from Government Executive published Friday.The app, launched in March, promises users "unfiltered" access to the...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A Republican strategist says that Trump is hurting politically right now and warned a GOP lawmaker who appeared with the president."This is a really terrible week for this Trump administration," Rina Shah said during an appearance on CNN. She added that Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) "should not have trumped" the president at a campaign event on...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Mary Trump, the president's niece, ripped her cousin, Donald Trump Jr., while responding to news that Trump senior skipped his son's wedding."For those feeling sorry for Donny, Donny is a horrible human being," Mary said during an appearance on the Dean Obeidallah show. "He's a little Nazi. He's totally unaccomplished, and he's a racist and a...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Trump biographer Tim O'Brien made clear on MS NOW Friday that he doesn't remotely buy the Trump administration's excuse for the recent series of suspiciously timed stock trades coming from within the White House that profited off major government decisions before they happened."Tim, let's start there," said anchor Antonia Hylton, quoting a...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Tulsi Gabbard resigned as Director of National Intelligence on Friday after months of pressure from President Donald Trump, with her last day set for June 30. In her resignation letter, published by Fox News, Gabbard cited her husband Abraham's recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer, stating she could not ask him to face the battle alone...

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Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Trump praises vulnerable GOP Rep. Mike Lawler as 'fantastic' during a joint rally in New York

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Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Cruz says Blanche faced "full-on revolt" over DOJ fund at meeting with GOP senators

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

An estimated 40,000 residents in Orange County, California, were ordered to evacuate Friday after authorities lost control of a valve on a tank containing a highly toxic chemical at an aerospace manufacturing facility — raising fears of a catastrophic explosion.The tank at the GKN Aerospace site in Garden Grove holds methyl methacrylate, a...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) has fired Brandon Phillips, a top staffer on his Senate campaign, after an explosive post from his "War Room" campaign account attacking an opposing staffer's wife for being sexually assaulted.The staffing shakeup was reported by congressional reporter Juliegrace Brufke on Friday evening.The offending post came in response...

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

The Trump administration announced plans to expand a ban on entering the United States to legal permanent residents who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.

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CBS News - Politics (11 hours ago)

The GOP senator said the meeting included "screaming," adding that "fiery does not begin to cut it."

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Judge throws out author Michael Wolff's lawsuit against Melania Trump

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

A media analyst who closely tracks Fox News says the network just published the most damaging poll of Donald Trump's presidency.Writing in The New Republic, columnist Greg Sargent cited the reaction of Media Matters analyst Matt Gertz, who called this week's Fox News survey "certainly the most devastating Fox News poll of this presidency" and said...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spilled the tea on the red-hot meeting between Republican senators and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche earlier in the week. "There were fireworks at an epic level," Cruz said on a Friday episode of his podcast. "I got to say it's one of the roughest meetings that I've seen in my entire time in the Senate. There are a lot...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Sarah Kellen, Jeffrey Epstein's former personal assistant, who testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, identified three alleged accomplices during her closed-door interview: celebrity hairstylist Frederic Fekkai, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, and fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022). Kellen accused all...

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New York Times - Politics (11 hours ago)

The constellation of individuals and groups involved claims to have suffered partisan attacks by the federal government under Trump, yet would not be compensated.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

A Trump cabinet secretary is breaking from the White House on proposed budget cuts, according to reporting by the New York Times. "The White House is asking Congress to cut the number of lawyers enforcing civil rights in schools," the Times reported on Friday. "Education Secretary Linda McMahon has told Congress she wants money to hire...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Stephen Colbert didn't just sign off Thursday night — he went out swinging, with nearly 7 million people watching.The final episode of "The Late Show" drew an estimated 6.74 million viewers, making it the most-watched weeknight episode in the show's history, according to preliminary Nielsen data obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. That's more...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

MS NOW anchor Chris Hayes opened up on a podcast with Public Notice's Thor Benson this week about his concerns about artificial intelligence — and the way it could shape not just the labor market, but politics going forward.It's a topic that scares him, he confessed to Benson, because of the unnerving way it has been "shoved down our throats" —...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (12 hours ago)

With the rise of One Nation's popularity and younger voters increasingly turning to the Greens, the traditional two-party system in Australian politics has been dismantled, a former political strategist argues. 

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CBS News - Politics (12 hours ago)

When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week to meet with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the covert operators involved in the mission to capture Nicolás Maduro, multiple people familiar with the matter said.

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

The turbulent 15 months of Trump's unlikely US intelligence director

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's resignation could have been connected to the potential legal trouble she created for President Donald Trump, according to an analyst on Friday.Legal analyst Scott MacFarlane, Chief Washington Correspondent for MeidasTouch, told MS NOW anchor Katy Tur that Gabbard's presence at the January FBI raid...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

A protege of longtime Donald Trump ally and controversial GOP campaign strategist Roger Stone has been arrested on drug possession charges.Jacob Engels, 34, is a notorious figure with ties to the far-right Proud Boys group.The arrest was flagged by Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics, who posted to X on Friday, "Blogger, @RogerJStoneJr protege...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Thousands of people were demanding that Netflix donate proceeds from a recent comedy event to George Floyd's family after MAGA comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a "racist and cruel joke" about Floyd's murder, according to a report from The Daily Beast on Friday.Hinchcliffe was among several comedians performing at the streaming giant's "Roast of Kevin...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Political analyst David Pakman reacted Thursday to video footage of President Donald Trump freezing during a softball question from reporters, ahead of his Coast Guard Academy commencement address. Trump appeared confused when discussing the Afghanistan troop withdrawal, incorrectly attributing 13 service member deaths to former President Barack...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (12 hours ago)

Labor's capital gains tax changes have set off a firestorm of debate about the implications for small businesses, start-ups, share owners and plenty more. Here's who will really pay more. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Misconduct in front of grand juries is now routine for the Department of Justice under Trump, warned a legal expert."Did grand jury abuses happen? Yes, but very, very rarely," Michael Popok said about previous administrations during the latest episode of his podcast, Legal AF. "But now, when you hollow out the Department of Justice, when tens of...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's brag on Friday at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, left the internet questioning his comments.Trump was in Rockland County, New York — the first time a president has visited the town since Gerald Ford in 1976. He was there to deliver a midterm message on the economy and throw support behind Rep. Mike...

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

He has focused on internal politics, building a loyal base despite tactical disputes.

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips.

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National Public Radio - Politics (13 hours ago)

The Department of Homeland Security says ICE has no current contract or relationship with the company, but questions remain about ICE's use of commercial spyware.

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National Public Radio - Politics (13 hours ago)

President Trump's week included high highs, with major election wins in his test of Republican loyalty, and low lows as he attacked Congressional allies and faced legislative defeat.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Donald Trump was interrupted three times by protesters on Friday during a campaign-style rally in Rockland County, New York, held to boost one of the GOP's most vulnerable House incumbents heading into the 2026 midterms.The first protester was swiftly removed by police as Trump introduced Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) — caught on video but without...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has jumped into a brewing crisis in Maricopa County over how ballots are to be collected, kicked off by the county's MAGA-aligned recorder jumping to push a new restriction.The recorder, Justin Heap, put the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on notice not to install any of the 12 new ballot drop boxes they had...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

White House adviser Kurt Olsen attempted to ban Dominion Voting Systems machines used in more than half of U.S. states and their territories by asking the Commerce Department to declare their components national security risks, according to Reuters reporting. The plan would have effectively removed the machines before the midterms in November....

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

Republicans, seeing President Trump's personal agenda diverging from their political interests, vented their outrage about paying those who threatened their lives on Jan. 6, 2021.

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

A top state lawmaker who opposed drawing new districts for the fall election now says he supports a constitutional amendment that could pave the way to an all-Democrat map for the next cycle.

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said she wants to hire more civil rights lawyers, but the White House has proposed cutting that office in half.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Rep. Mike Collins' (R-GA) Senate campaign deleted a shocking attack posted Friday after invoking former NBC anchor Matt Lauer to mock an adviser to his runoff rival — a reference critics say weaponized one of the most painful chapters of the adviser's wife's life.Luke Thompson, a strategist for the PAC of Collins' runoff rival Derek Dooley,...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's move to push out a longtime Republican ally could backfire — because he now needs his help, according to reports on Friday.Burgess Everett, Semafor congressional bureau chief, pointed out that as Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation as director of national intelligence, it has left three openings for the Trump...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Four of President Donald Trump's cabinet members have left his administration over the last several months — and people noticed a similar pattern on Friday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was the latest to exit, citing her husband's battle with a rare bone cancer. The move comes after months of rumors that Trump wanted her...

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

The change is likely to affect hundreds of thousands of people. It could also lead to more family separations as spouses or relatives wait for application decisions, immigration lawyers said.

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The Washington Post - Politics (14 hours ago)

The Maryland man was charged with human smuggling after a high-profile legal fight in which courts ruled he had been illegally deported to El Salvador.

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The Washington Post - Politics (14 hours ago)

There's a lot to keep track of.

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who showed up to support a racist livestreamer charged with attempted murder got himself thrown in jail — earning the maximum contempt sentence allowed under Tennessee law.Jake Lang, a far-right provocateur and long-shot Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, was removed in handcuffs from a Thursday bond hearing...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was confronted by reporters about President Donald Trump's planned $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" — and his reaction was to sprint away from the questioners."Governor, what do you think of the Weaponization Fund, the DOJ fund? Could you comment on that?" asked the reporter, as DeSantis broke into a run up the...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

A senator dismissed a Department of Justice prosecutor who led a botched case against six protesters and is now being accused of misconduct, according to new reports. Sheri Mecklenburg is a 20-year veteran DOJ prosecutor, according to Talking Points Memo reporter Josh Marshall. She led the case against the "Broadview Six," a group of protesters who...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Anderson Cooper criticized CBS News head Bari Weiss during his "60 Minutes" exit interview published Sunday. According to media watchdog Status, Weiss was not given advance notice of Cooper's remarks. In the interview, Cooper stressed how "independence" and viewer trust are "crucial" to the program, emphasizing leadership "requires an appreciation...

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New York Times - Politics (14 hours ago)

The move deals an embarrassing blow to the Trump administration, which made the Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the face of its deportation campaign.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Kevin Rudd has been so right about many of the great matters of our time. His tragedy is that he alienated some of the very people he most needed to fulfil his ambitions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Instead of a battle with the Coalition over housing, Anthony Albanese is facing a mutiny by Millennial entrepreneurs weaponising social media.

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

NYT publisher calls out news outlets for 'capitulation' to Trump administration

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

On Thursday, President Donald Trump overruled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by ordering troops to Poland that the former Fox News personality had canceled, much to the surprise of high-ranking Pentagon officials.According to the Wall Street Journal, along with countermanding Hegseth's decision, the president gave him an earful about treating...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Nicole Saphier, Trump's surgeon general nominee, has sold supplement products online "since at least 2024," according to The Guardian – but after the outlet contacted the online storefront this week, it quietly pulled her products from its listings, which some critics have labeled as "snake oil.”A radiologist, podcast host and frequent Fox News...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers responded on Friday to reports that Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), who has been missing from Congress for more than 78 days, had broken his silence.Kean spoke publicly for the first time on Thursday, telling David Wildstein, editor of The New Jersey Globe, that he was "nearing a return to work and intends to discuss publicly the...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (15 hours ago)

As debate over the federal government's budget tax hit on wealth and assets continues to reverberate, one can't help but wonder how it's going down among the gen Zs and millennials it's designed to impress.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (15 hours ago)

In the wake of an outcry over its treatment of detained activists, Israel has focused on messaging as its actions undermine its support from the international community. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (15 hours ago)

Standoff in Turkey's main opposition party escalates

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dropped $5 million on the main House Republican super PAC just four weeks after lawmakers arranged to interview him about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — making him the first Trump cabinet official to make a seven-figure disclosed federal donation since being confirmed.The April 1 donation...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) told reporters on Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled a scheduled war powers resolution vote, saying that it was clear that Democrats had enough votes to compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war."They just pulled it, unconscionably. It is beyond time that we address...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

A Republican congressman who has been missing for months kept racking up campaign travel expenses despite claiming he can't work due to personal medical issues, according to a new report. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) has been absent since early March and has missed 88 House votes, but it hasn't stopped him from traveling, according to reporting by The...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Sarah Kellen, 46, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal assistant, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, saying she was repeatedly raped and abused by Epstein. She also provided lawmakers with names of three previously unknown alleged offenders. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) described her testimony as "by far the most...

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New York Times - Politics (15 hours ago)

Five members of Trump's cabinet have stepped down.

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Politico - Europe (15 hours ago)

"The policies and practices of the Israeli government, including a further entrenchment of Israeli control, are undermining stability and prospects for a two-state solution,” top European leaders warned.

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

The abrupt resignation announcement made by DNI head Tulsi Gabbard on Friday, going into Memorial Day weekend, will decrease a substantial amount of tension inside and outside the White House.That is according to MS NOW national security expert, Marc Polymeropoulos, who spoke with host Chris Jansing by phone moments after the news broke.According...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Tulsi Gabbard didn't leave the Trump administration on her own terms — at least according to one well-placed source.Despite an official story centered on her husband's cancer diagnosis, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Gabbard "had been forced out by the White House" — a stark contrast to the carefully crafted farewell...

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

Tulsi Gabbard is stepping down as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, according to a resignation letter she shared on X on Friday. In the letter, Gabbard said she was stepping aside from the role to support her husband as he battles bone cancer. She will step down from the role on June 30. […]

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

Despite stray Ukrainian drones crossing into NATO airspace, Kyiv's allies are standing firm.

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CBS News - Politics (16 hours ago)

"I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time," President Trump said.

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump admitted on Friday that he wouldn't be attending the wedding of his son, Donald Trump Jr., and offered his nearly 13 million followers on Truth Social an explanation as to why, one that involved his "love for the United States of America.”"While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Private text messages obtained by New York Magazine reveal Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) dismissing the Epstein files as a "nothing burger," mocking healthcare affordability concerns, and comparing an ICE-killed nurse to Kyle Rittenhouse. In January texts to staffers, Fetterman questioned how healthcare could be affordable, writing, "How should it...

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New York Times - Politics (16 hours ago)

Ms. Gabbard had a difficult tenure in the Trump administration and was seldom seen in the room when the president made important national-security moves.

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Critics were left dumbstruck on Friday after President Donald Trump characterized a taxpayer-funded settlement he reached as an act of selflessness, a remark that some noted had also severely undercut his own past remarks.On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump complained Friday morning that he "gave up a lot of money” after agreeing to...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Tulsi Gabbard is out as Director of National Intelligence — and while her resignation letter cites her husband's battle with a rare bone cancer, it comes after months of rumors that Trump wanted her gone.Gabbard notified Trump in an Oval Office meeting on Friday. Her last day is June 30."My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Sarah Kellen, the former personal assistant to Jeffrey Epstein who told Congress Thursday she was repeatedly raped and abused by the convicted sex trafficker, has named three of his alleged accomplices — and the identities have sent shockwaves through political and celebrity circles.According to Tara Palmeri's The Red Letter, Kellen identified...

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BBC - Politics (17 hours ago)

Palantir UK chief says blocking £50m Met deal will give "hostile states and criminals an advantage".

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

The populist leader returns for his fourth stint as prime minister.

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

Petr Pavel says while he and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš are at loggerheads over various issues, they "continue to have practical communications."

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Friends,I was born just after the end of World War II. The first half of the 20th century marked a particularly difficult, violent era.But the 21st century so far has been, well, one trauma after another.It started with 9/11, followed by the grim wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then the Wall Street crisis of 2008 and subsequent Great Recession. The...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's "latest questionable friend" — who even accompanied him to China last week — was introduced to him by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, according to the president's biographer.Author Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast that Melania's close aide, Marc Beckman, connected her to "disgraced filmmaker Brett Ratner," who...

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CBC - Politics (17 hours ago)

No Ebola cases in Canada and no new hantavirus cases, chief public health officer says

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

POLITICO has obtained a copy of the executive order on artificial intelligence oversight that the president had been expected to sign Thursday.

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

The Greek government earlier this week submitted an amendment to effectively block European prosecutors from probing lawmakers.

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CBS News - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Trump on Friday defended the Justice Department's $1.7 billion "anti-weaponization" fund and said he "gave up a lot of money" by allowing its creation.

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Yahoo News - Politics (17 hours ago)

An all-women Senate delegation is heading to the Arctic to reassure US allies

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Yahoo News - Politics (17 hours ago)

Trump defends 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' amid GOP blowup

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has finished purging his Republican enemies — and his top political aide says it's time to go to war with Democrats.James Blair, the man who helped orchestrate Trump's 2024 comeback and is now running his 2026 operation, told the Washington Examiner this week that the GOP's bloody primary season is effectively done."We've...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Donald Trump could not hide his bruised ego Friday during the White House swearing-in of his new Federal Reserve chairman — complaining out loud that the crowd's applause was meant for Kevin Warsh, not him."I thought that was for me. I was very unhappy," Trump said, drawing laughs from the assembled dignitaries. "I saw they're all...

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New York Times - Politics (17 hours ago)

Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, made the donation after agreeing to an interview with lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

Top Polish official says White House U-turn reflects a "misunderstanding within the Pentagon.”

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

A Republican was criticized for racist remarks in an opinion piece published by the GOP lawmaker's hometown paper and written by Virginia's Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi Friday.In her op-ed for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hashmi, who is a Georgia native, called out Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) for his "vile, xenophobic, and anti-Muslim attack on his X...

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New York Times - Politics (18 hours ago)

The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced this week.

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New York Times - Politics (18 hours ago)

Republicans drew the former D.N.C. chairwoman out of her district. Her decision to run in Florida's 20th Congressional District, however, has stoked tensions with Black Democrats.

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

A former CNN anchor has demanded that he be considered for compensation after President Donald Trump's Justice Department announced a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, according to The Daily Beast.In a Substack post on Thursday, Jim Acosta said he wants to apply for Trump's slush fund and suggested he had a "pretty good case.""Trump seized my...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Military experts and Pentagon officials are pushing back at proposals from within Donald Trump's administration that will cripple their ability to prepare for a possible war with China and other adversarial nations.According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration's five-year energy leasing plan would allow oil platforms in areas that...

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CBC - Politics (18 hours ago)

Canada will pump $816 million into maritime security over the next seven years to strengthen the coast guard's capabilities from the arctic to the southern coast lines, Defence Minister David McGuinty announced Friday.

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BBC - Politics (19 hours ago)

Reform have hit back at the criticisms suggesting they were "politically influenced".

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

French president calls on EU to imitate U.S. law that foresees tariffs in response to trade discrimination.

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

There have been 82 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with seven confirmed deaths.

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

The war in Iran is proof of the vital role Greenland could play in aiding the West, Landry said Friday, due to its ample oil deposits.

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

The move will affect its recently opened Brussels office.

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

A social media boast by Donald Trump about a booming stock market early Friday morning was greeted with both alarm and anger by some of his supporters over the faltering value of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ: DJT) stock.The Wall Street Journal reported, "Investors around the world are in good spirits this morning, setting the S&P 500...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) dismissed the Epstein files as a "nothing burger," mocked concerns about healthcare affordability, and compared a nurse killed by ICE to Kyle Rittenhouse — all in private texts to staffers, according to a bombshell New York Magazine investigation published Thursday.The texts, obtained by reporter Alex Shultz, paint a...

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

Invite comes despite U.S. resisting efforts to extend invitations to non-NATO leaders.

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

A Trump administration official tasked with proving debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories tried to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states — and failed spectacularly when he couldn't produce a shred of evidence to back it up.Reuters reported Thursday that White House adviser Kurt Olsen asked the Commerce Department to...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has a new item on his holiday wish list: the firing of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.In a wide-ranging interview with Politico Magazine published Friday, the retiring North Carolina Republican made clear he wants Hegseth gone before he leaves the Senate at the end of the year — and he didn't mince words about why."I'd...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to complain about the "absolute fortune” he allegedly forewent by dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded settlement designed to compensate those claiming to have been unfairly targeted by the Biden...

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Politico - Europe (20 hours ago)

The far-right leader also says her party still wants to leave the alliance's integrated command before 2032, despite the war in Ukraine.

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh is drawing crowds — and comparisons to the leader of the free world.The animal, currently housed in Paikpara, Narayanganj, earned the nickname Donald Trump thanks to a flowing golden mane that locals say bears a striking resemblance to Trump's signature hair. Videos of the buffalo have since spread widely...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

Retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued President Donald Trump a blunt reality check on Friday that he may face "the most miserable two years” of his life should Republicans perform poorly in the upcoming midterm elections — a warning that apparently didn't sit well with Trump.The president quickly took to social media to lash out at the North...

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BBC - Politics (20 hours ago)

Labour's candidate for Makerfield also said government immigration reforms must "get the balance right".

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

The Republican Party is well on track for a devastating midterm defeat in November and, "if history is any guide,” President Donald Trump is likely to "set his sights abroad” with a plan to "satiate his almost limitless appetite for power," an ex-Homeland Security official warned Friday."The odds are now that he loses the US House,” wrote...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (21 hours ago)

Former prime minister Tony Abbott will be nominated unopposed to become the next federal president of the Liberal Party.

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Politico - Europe (21 hours ago)

Wegovy tablets offer a convenient alternative to the injectable version of the drug.

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Politico - Europe (21 hours ago)

Attal, the current head of Emmanuel Macron's party, joins a crowded field of candidates.

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Despite having a razor-thin majority, House Republicans continue to be plagued by absent members — including one GOP representative who's missed 100 votes during a "mysterious” 77-day absence — and those absences now risk handing the president a "high-profile defeat" as soon as next month, Punchbowl News reported Friday.On Thursday, House GOP...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

If Donald Trump doesn't make radical changes to his inner circle soon, he will be trapped in a living hell during the last two years of his administration.That is the opinion of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), given in a surprisingly candid interview with Politico in which he revealed he has a better relationship with the president than it appears on the...

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BBC - Politics (21 hours ago)

Reform UK says Farage will appeal the County Court judgment because he had not been aware of the claim.

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BBC - Politics (21 hours ago)

Carla Denyer said she was taking "several weeks" off to recover from burnout

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

A "Morning Joe” segment that was supposed to be about Donald Trump appearing to demur from attending the wedding of Don Trump Jr, went briefly off the rails over the 79-year-old president's tendency to sit during his press availabilities in his second term.Co-host Mika Brzezinski was the first to bring up the "optics” of the sitting president...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, whose reporting has uncovered a number of previously unknown revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, said on Thursday she will be "fleeing the country” after claiming her home was targeted in "attacks" by those she believes are "unhappy about" her Epstein reporting.Valdes-Rodriguez's reporting has largely centered...

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National Public Radio - Politics (22 hours ago)

Congressional Republicans left for recess without passing Trump's top immigration enforcement package. And, forecasters are predicting fewer storms than average for the 2026 hurricane season.

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BBC - Politics (22 hours ago)

Cronus achieved internet fame after reports about his life in Westminster alongside his Tory MP owner emerged.

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

CBS News head Bari Weiss suffered an embarrassing public blow on Sunday when Anderson Cooper, one of the most recognized news anchors in the world, was allowed to deliver thinly veiled criticism of her leadership — catching her completely off guard.According to media watchdog Status, the already embattled Weiss was not given advance notice of...

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

A task force launched by U.S. intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard to "end weaponization" has fallen apart after "drama" triggered by a memo it circulated that spread false claims — made by a January 6 rioter — against a CIA employee and a former Capitol Police officer. The group's collapse was detailed in testimony submitted to a U.S. Senate...

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BBC - Politics (22 hours ago)

Councillor Jake Austin will represent the Lib Dems in the Makerfield by-election on 18 June.

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