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Three women who were romantically involved with Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner described relationships marked by heavy drinking, infidelity and behavior they found intimidating, the New York Times reported Wednesday. One woman, conservative activist Lyndsey Fifield, told the Times that Platner was physically rough with her during their relationship in the mid-2010s, including twisting…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that found the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people. The justices granted the state’s emergency appeal to use a map adopted three years ago that has a majority-Black population in just…
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a scaled-back executive order addressing AI-driven cybersecurity threats, replacing a stricter draft he abruptly rejected just hours before a planned signing ceremony last month, according to two White House officials granted anonymity to discuss the matter. The signed order asks some AI companies to voluntarily submit powerful new models…
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A D.C. Circuit panel ruled Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ban on transgender service members was unconstitutional, blocking the government from discharging active-duty troops. The 2-1 majority found the policy arbitrary and driven by animus toward transgender people, violating equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment.
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President Donald Trump has refiled his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal’s publisher and two of its reporters over a July 2025 report on a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name. The refile comes roughly a month after a federal judge dismissed the original suit, ruling Trump failed to…
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WASHINGTON (BDN) — Senate Republicans are unlikely to pass their roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement bill this week. Disputes over White House security money and a $1.8 billion settlement fund for Trump allies have stalled the effort. Republicans were already expected to drop $1 billion in security funding for the White House complex and President…
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President Donald Trump moved Monday to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns, filing a dismissal in federal court in Florida. The move came after ABC News reported last week that Trump was prepared to drop the suit as part of a deal that would…
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The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously rejected Virginia Democrats’ bid to revive a voter-approved congressional map they had hoped to use in this year’s midterm elections. The brief decision leaves in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that found legal flaws in the process leading to the referendum.
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The Pentagon announced Wednesday that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration immediately, with Undersecretary Hung Cao stepping in as the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues.
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve as acting attorney general, Trump says
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Crockett steps in as Allred steps out.
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An admiral overseeing the September 2 “double-tap” strike in the Caribbean told lawmakers this week that the suspected drug boat targeted by U.S. forces was on its way to meet a larger vessel bound for Suriname, not the United States, according to two sources briefed on the meeting. Adm. Frank Bradley said intelligence indicated the…
