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President Trump will host Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, Punchbowl News reports. The lunch is intended to be a “thank you” to GOP…
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“The White House is confronting academia’s most forceful pushback to its quest to remake American higher education, as top universities reject its proposal to reward schools that embrace President Trump’s…
“President Donald Trump and his top officials have repeatedly promised to tap the billions of dollars collected from their historic tariff hikes for key priorities like troop pay, nutrition assistance…
“Two days after his release from federal prison, George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman from New York, appeared on TV to thank President Trump for commuting his 87-month sentence…
Federal officials found what they have described as a “suspicious stand” near an area of Palm Beach International Airport used by Air Force One when President Trump travels to Florida,…
The Israeli military launched a wave of strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing about 44 people, according to local hospitals, after Israel accused Hamas of violating a nine-day-old…
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Reuters: “People who take part in Saturday’s mass ‘No Kings’ protest against President Donald Trump’s administration may be targeted for federal government surveillance with a range of technology that could…
President Trump used an AI generated video clip to respond to the millions of Americans who showed up for the “No Kings” events.
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“Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Donald Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in eastern Ukraine, as…
“Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007,” the Miami…
“The IRS recently filed notices of a federal tax lien against Republican Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia — the latest example of ongoing financial troubles that have trailed the…
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