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The House voted 226-195 Wednesday to approve a major Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions package, with 18 Republicans and one independent defying Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump to pass it. The bill includes $8 billion in authorized arms sales, 500% tariffs on Russian goods, a ban on Russian crude oil imports, and steep…
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President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general as soon as Wednesday night, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump mentioned the decision at a private White House dinner Wednesday, the sources said.
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President Trump announced Thursday he is appointing William J. Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence. Pulte will retain his current housing finance roles during the period he serves as acting DNI.
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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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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into writer E Jean Carroll, who successfully sued President Donald Trump twice for sexual assault and defamation, CBS News reported. The probe centers on whether Carroll committed perjury in a 2022 deposition when she said she received no outside funding for her civil lawsuit.
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President Trump announced Friday afternoon that a peace agreement with Iran has been ‘largely negotiated,’ involving the United States, Iran, and a coalition of Middle Eastern and South Asian nations. Trump said the Strait of Hormuz will be opened as part of the deal.
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President Trump announced Thursday that he would not attend his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson, citing unspecified government obligations. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, saying ‘circumstances pertaining to Government’ required him to stay at the White House.
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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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Sen. Bill Cassidy was knocked out of Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary Saturday, finishing third behind Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming, according to AP. The result ends Cassidy’s bid for a third term and delivers on Trump’s months-long effort to punish one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict…
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Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their fragile ceasefire by 45 days following two days of negotiations in Washington, the U.S. State Department announced. The deal lands the same day Lebanese health officials reported Israeli air strikes killed 22 people, including eight children, across southern Lebanon.
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night after gunshots were heard inside the Washington Hilton, according to Mail Online. CNN reported Trump is safe and no injuries were immediately apparent.
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President Trump told Fox News on Saturday that U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will no longer travel to Pakistan for talks with Iran, saying the American side holds all the leverage in the conflict. Trump said the Iranians can pick up the phone anytime they want.
