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GREENBELT, MARYLAND — A federal judge said Friday the Trump administration has "pretty broadly” invoked the state secrets privilege to withhold information on its efforts — or, the judge indicated, a possible lack of effort — to return a wrongly deported Maryland man from a prison in El Salvador. President Donald Trump's administration...
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The recently re-elected Liberal government isn't planning to release a budget this year, opting instead for an economic statement later this fall. But experts warn that not providing a fiscal snapshot could erode economic confidence and delay the government's agenda.
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Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan that he isn't sure if you can judge Russian President Vladimir Putin's intentions in a face-to-face meeting. In the interview airing Sunday, Gates said he believes President Trump is "getting the sense" that Russian President Vladimir Putin "is tapping him...
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on Friday ramped up his scrutiny over Joe Biden's mental capabilities while in office, as he promised a new probe into the former president's use of the auto pen."Joe Biden wasn't capable of making decisions, he wasn't coherent,” Comer said. "We want to find out who was making the decisions in...
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lied to federal judges about the reasons they needed warrants to enter the homes of Columbia University students and arrest them, according to attorneys investigating the matter.Per The Guardian, "a recently unsealed search warrant application shows that ICE told a judge it needed a warrant because the...
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A former prosecutor said President Donald Trump's social media outburst shows the Supreme Court "wounded" him Friday.The high court blocked Trump from moving forward with deporting Venezuelan migrants under a rarely used 1700s-era law known as the Alien Enemies Act. The court extended its previous order temporarily blocking Trump's administration...
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Outrage erupted across social media Friday after Axios published newly obtained audio of former President Joe Biden appearing to struggle with memory lapses during a special counsel interview, which quickly triggered criticism of the outlet itself.The audio, obtained by Axios, captures Biden occasionally slurring his words and losing his train of...
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President Donald Trump made a bizarre claim during his interview with Fox News' Bret Baier released on Friday, regarding the value of the "deals" he has inked with Middle Eastern countries in his tour of the region."Think of it, this trip, I made 12 times the money that we're talking about," Trump told Baier. "I made that money in a few days. I've...
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Meghan McCain, former co-host of "The View" and daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, compared CNN anchor Jake Tapper to O.J. Simpson this week.The comment came during an episode of "Next Up with Mark Halperin" on Thursday, in which she was asked her view on Tapper's explosive new book, "Original Sin," which accused former President Joe Biden's...
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The White House is lashing out at a New York Times report that a top Trump appointee ordered a career analyst to "rethink” findings that undercut Donald Trump's use of wartime powers to deport Venezuelan migrants.A political appointee to Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, ordered senior analyst Michael Collins to redo a classified...
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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States sided against President Donald Trump's administration on Friday in a high-profile case.Slate legal writer Mark Joseph Stern reported Friday that the Supreme Court determined that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants it deported to El...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) launched a tirade against CNN's Jake Tapper in the latest episode of his "The Verdict" show. Tapper, along with Axios' Alex Thompson, are unveiling a new book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which details several new allegations about former President Joe Biden's...
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NRA appeals to U.S. Supreme Court on FL ban of purchases of long guns by under-21-year-olds by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix May 16, 2025 The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to Florida's ban on firearm purchases by adults under 21. It's the latest move by the gun-rights group in its...
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CNN's Jake Tapper delivered a fierce pushback Friday after Joe Biden's team attempted to downplay newly released audio of the former president appearing to struggle with memory lapses during a special counsel interview.The audio, obtained by Axios, captures Biden occasionally slurring his words and losing his train of thought during questioning by...
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House Republicans got a tongue-lashing from the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board on Friday, after the spectacular failure to advance President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security.The Budget Committee, a crucial step for the bill, failed to recommend it, with a handful of GOP...
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With his feet just barely under the desk, newly installed Environment Minister Murray Watt will take to Western Australia to restart talks on contentious conservation reforms and a decision this month on whether to extend Woodside's Karratha gas facility beyond 2030.
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Moody's Ratings Service downgraded the United States' credit rating on Friday, citing rising government debt and increased interest payments, according to media reports.The ratings agency lowered the U.S. from Aaa to Aa1 – the first time Moody's has issued such a downgrade in modern history. The rare and sobering distinction was quickly noticed...
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After President Donald Trump suffered a major loss at the Supreme Court, he took to his Truth Social platform to blast the justices over the decision. But he wasn't satisfied with a single post.Later on Friday, the president followed up with a far lengthier post venting his grievances."The Supreme Court has just ruled that the worst murderers, drug...
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The internet let out a collective gasp as President Donald Trump referred to the word "nuclear" as the "N word" during a light moment with Fox News anchor Bret Baier.Baier and Trump's interview aired Friday night, in which Trump talked about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. "It was tit for tat. And it was getting deeper and more — I mean,...
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The Republican civil war over President Donald Trump's sprawling budget bill so no signs of slowing down Friday as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) unloaded on Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and other GOP colleagues.At the center of the drama is the bill's treatment of the state and local tax deduction, also known as SALT. Lawler, like others in the New...
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It's been six months since President Trump first announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, which has dramatically shrunk parts of the federal government. And with so many individual stories about federal workers losing their jobs around the country, the big picture can sometimes look blurry.A team of NPR...
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Democrats hit out at Derrick Van Orden after the Wisconsin Republican representative called for the Trump administration to implement cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs."So when are we going to cut the VA?” Van Orden asked at a U.S. House hearing on Thursday."Derrick Van Orden isn't even trying to hide it – he wants to cut the VA,”...
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A showdown is brewing between the Department of Government Efficiency task force, and the Government Accountability Office, NOTUS reported on Friday.Thus far, DOGE, the pet project of tech billionaire Elon Musk to downsize the federal government, has kept to targeting executive branch agencies. But the accountability office, which serves the same...
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President Donald Trump and the House GOP suffered an embarrassing defeat Friday as multiple Republicans joined with Democrats to block what Trump calls the "big, beautiful bill" combining tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security from even clearing the House Budget Committee — sending everyone back to the drawing board and leaving some...
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President Donald Trump reacted to his latest loss at the Supreme Court with a furious post on his Truth Social platform on Friday evening."THE SUPREME COURT WON'T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!" Trump posted.The decision, which saw some conservative justices turn against Trump, temporarily blocks the president from using the Alien...
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Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett once again found herself the subject of a full-on MAGA meltdown on Friday as diehard supporters of President Donald Trump targeted her for siding with the Supreme Court's liberal justices.The ruling that triggered the MAGAverse came Friday and blocks the administration's mass deportations of accused Venezuelan...
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Walmart, the world's largest retailer, says Trump's tariffs are "too high” and it will have to raise prices because of them."Given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week … the higher tariffs will result in higher prices,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said yesterday.Walmart is the largest retailer in the...
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After Democratic Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar earlier this week opted not to move forward with an effort to force the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump, another lawmaker on Thursday filed a single article of impeachment against Trump, calling him a threat to democracy.In a Thursday statement, Rep. Al...
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The Supreme Court dealt President Donald Trump a big blow on Friday by blocking the administration's mass deportations of accused gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.The Trump administration has been using this act by declaring certain groups of migrants terrorists, which under the DOJ's interpretation of the AEA allows them to be...
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In a legal blow to President Donald Trump's sprawling immigration crackdown, the Supreme Court on Friday blocked the administration from moving forward with mass deportations of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.The decision reversing a lower court order quickly spread throughout social media, with legal experts...
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Multiple Republican "fiscal hawks" on Friday voted with Democrats on the U.S. House Budget Committee to block the GOP's budget reconciliation package—and while high-level negotiations are expected to continue, members were reportedly told they could go home."They couldn't agree on how many people to take healthcare away from in order to give...
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The Trump administration is being accused of "deliberately stonewalling" in a case involving a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported without being afforded due process, according to The New York Times.Judge Paula Xinis said, "top government officials in depositions have demonstrated, 'just a willful refusal to answer the question”' as to when...
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In an effort to save President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," House Republicans have put a new "heightened state-and-local-tax deduction" (SALT) on the table that they hope will push Republican holdouts over the finish line.On Friday, GOP lawmakers Chip Roy (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Josh Brecheen (R-OK) and Lloyd...
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Another strike for Donald Trump Friday as a federal judge blocked the administration from cutting nearly $11 billion in grants "for a wide range of public health programs," related to infectious diseases, mental health, substance abuse, and other concerns, according to The Boston Globe.Last month, attorneys general in 24 states and the District of...
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday he is dismayed that the new Liberal government has decided to forgo a federal budget for now, saying Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Canadians a plan during the election campaign and he should deliver one sooner rather than later.
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President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to lift lower court orders preventing him from continuing his mass firings of the civil service, reported The Associated Press on Friday.These firings have been on hold in part due to a ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco last week.The report noted that the lawsuit in question was brought by...
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Republican pollster Frank Luntz tried to turn down the temperature on Friday in a heated online feud being waged by former Barack Obama campaign strategist and press official Johanna Maska.Maska took particular umbrage over Luntz's appearance on a podcast with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), and said she "wanted to slap" him over it in a video posted to...
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the suspension of his gubernatorial campaign in an email to supporters on Friday. Yost said he has enjoyed traveling around the state engaging with Ohioans in his bid to succeed term-limited Governor Mike DeWine, but "it is also apparent that a steep climb to the nomination for governor has become a...
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The inability of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to deliver Donald Trump's "big beautiful" budget bill out of the GOP-dominated House Budget Committee has supporters of the president spitting mad.Republicans were sent home for the week by the leadership after the bill cobbled together by the Republican leadership failed on a 16-21 vote.Worse...
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CNN anchor Boris Sanchez tried to keep the reins on a Friday interview with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) as the two repeatedly talked over one another regarding the House spending bill and her concerns over Medicaid fraud. "If you're not eligible, you should not be receiving benefits. It's as simple as that," Malliotakis said. "That makes you a...
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People keep asking: How can Trump do this?It's not just a legal question about how Congress and the courts can allow his outright corruption, open use of the Justice Department to target perceived enemies, explicit threats to universities and law firms if they don't cede their independence to the regime, direct attacks on media that criticize him,...
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The sale of bump-stocks, a device which enables regular firearms to fire like machine guns, will be permitted by the Trump administration, NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian reported Friday."The Trump Administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable regular firearms to fire like machine guns, a move...
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Sean "Diddy” Combs is approaching Donald Trump looking for a presidential pardon, according to a Rolling Stone report. The move was confirmed by multiple sources."He's willing to do anything to get out of jail,” a source who has known Combs for a decade told the outlet. "He's always been this way. He's always going to do what he has to do to...
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President Donald Trump didn't hide his disgust when asked Friday why he was allowing white South African farmers into the United States but "closed off that door" to many other refugees.A U.S.-funded charter flight brought close to 60 Afrikaner families to the the U.S. state of Idaho earlier this week under a humanitarian program designed for...
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre closed his constituency and Parliament Hill offices following his election defeat in Carleton, but is expected to stay in Stornoway — Canada's residence for the leader of the Official Opposition — despite losing that title.
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The Supreme Court is "captured by far-right conspiracy theories,” according to law professor Leah Litman. She sat down with Salon, breaking down what she thinks is breaking the high court. "The Supreme Court has been running on these fast and loose characterizations of the facts for a while,” Litman said. "We all can have a good laugh at the...
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Elon Musk's artificial intelligence program, known as Grok, placed the blame Friday on an "unauthorized modification" to its system prompt that caused it to spew information about a "white South African genocide" no matter what it was asked.In light of Musk's support for white Afrikaners who were granted asylum in the United States by President...
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President Donald Trump called on his favorite pollster to measure whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had a shot at winning a U.S. Senate race against incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) – and to convince her to stay out.The president's political team enlisted GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio to survey a potential matchup between the MAGA firebrand...
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is purging the weak links in her New York district now that her bid to become UN ambassador has fallen apart, according to reporting in the Times Union. President Donald Trump chose up-and-comer Stefanik to become ambassador to the United Nations after his...
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The White House heralded $2 trillion in investments secured by President Donald Trump this week during his Middle East trip, but a new analysis found that at least a half dozen of those contracts were announced before he took office in January.The administration released daily lists of the agreements reached by "the dealmaker in chief" during his...
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President Donald Trump went into a childish sulk over a gift handed to him as he left the United Arab Emirates Friday.In video posted to X by Trump's special assistant Margo Martin, the president finished his first foreign diplomatic trip by accepting the present.He immediately mocked it — to his host's face.EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom of US...
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James Comey set off a firestorm of criticism from president Donald Trump's allies after posting a photo featuring the numbers "8647," but others called out their hypocrisy on social media.The former FBI director shared a photo of an anti-Trump protest he spotted on a beach – "86" means to throw out or nix something, and "47" refers to Trump as...
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Republican House members were sent home for the weekend after an attempt to hammer out a compromise budget bill crashed and burned on Friday after five House Budget Committee Republican hardliners joined with Democrats to kill it with a 16-21 vote.According to a report from NBC News, Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-WI, stated after the failed vote, "It's...
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A new profile on Project 2025 mastermind Russell Vought reveals he was a 'nerdy” boy frequently targeted by bullies.The article in The Atlantic digs deep into the formation of Vought's ideas. Now Trump's Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Vought was the co-author of Project 2025.The document is considered to be blueprint for Trump's...
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While I am typing this, members of the Democratic National Committee aren't spending every second fighting the greatest threat to America in its history. They are wasting everybody's time attacking themselves.Instead of spending the gobs of money they have raised from countless hundreds of thousands of scared, hardworking Americans to form and...
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