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Kash Patel confirmed to lead the FBI, an agency he has vowed to purge of Trump's "deep state" foes

Patel, a Trump loyalist, was confirmed despite fears he intends to purge the bureau he has been chosen to lead

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Mitch McConnell announces retirement after 2026, ending four decades in the Senate

The former Senate Majority Leader helped shape the modern GOP, even if he doesn't quite recognize it anymore

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"Intentional cruelty": Trump administration accused of "disappearing" immigrants at Guantánamo

The Trump administration is refusing to say who it is sending to Guantánamo Bay or why

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Are Democrats screwing this up? Lawmakers and activists quarrel over how to fight Trump

Are Democrats screwing this up? Lawmakers and activists quarrel over how to fight Trump

Outside groups, frustrated at ineffective opposition, have urged supporters to give Democrats an earful

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RFK Jr. is now America's top health official after winning Senate confirmation to lead HHS

RFK Jr. is now America's top health official after winning Senate confirmation to lead HHS

Kennedy, who built a career as an anti-vaccine activist, now leads the Department of Health and Human Services

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America's next spy chief: Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

America's next spy chief: Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

Gabbard, a former Democratic lawmaker who embraced MAGA, has defended dictators and promoted conspiracy theories

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Pope Francis rebukes Trump and Vance, saying immigrants deserve "dignified treatment"

Pope Francis rebukes Trump and Vance, saying immigrants deserve

Pope Francis described attacks on immigrants from right-wing politicians as ungodly behavior that would "end badly"

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Judge temporarily limits DOGE access to Treasury Department payment system

Judge temporarily limits DOGE access to Treasury Department payment system

A group of unions filed a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk's operation of illegally forcing access to payment systems

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Musk's DOGE operation sued over effort to "intimidate and threaten" Department of Labor employees

Musk's DOGE operation sued over effort to

The lawsuit alleges that Musk threatened employees with termination if they didn't comply with unlawful orders

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"An invitation to foreign actors": Bondi tells DOJ to quit worrying about foreign lobbying campaigns

The new attorney general said she would focus DOJ's efforts on transnational drug cartels instead

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"Like a bad, sick joke": Trump's plan for a Gaza purge amounts to "ethnic cleansing," critics say

Trump suggested that after removing Gaza's 2 million Palestinians, U.S. soldiers could then occupy the territory

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GOP thwarts effort by House Democrats to subpoena Elon Musk

GOP thwarts effort by House Democrats to subpoena Elon Musk

The subpoena, proposed by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, was defeated by a 20-19 vote

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"An absolute disaster": Musk's assault on USAID blamed for spread of HIV among newborns

The White House said it was allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but DOGE's actions suggest otherwise

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Trump vows to save white South Africans while Musk calls for welcoming them as refugees

Trump vows to save white South Africans while Musk calls for welcoming them as refugees

Trump and Musk have spread false claims that South Africa's government is oppressing white people

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A pro-Israel group says it gave the Trump administration a list of students to deport

A pro-Israel group says it gave the Trump administration a list of students to deport

Betar, a self-described Zionist group, wants to help Trump curtail pro-Palestine speech

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Democratic governors urge Schumer to fight back harder against Trump

Democratic governors urge Schumer to fight back harder against Trump

A half-dozen Democratic governors urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step up the fight against Trump

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The year of the snake: How my mother came to embrace her zodiac sign

The year of the snake: How my mother came to embrace her zodiac sign

Cunning? Resourceful? The snake from Chinese mythology has guided my mother in ways that benefited my autism

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RFK Jr. claims he had "nothing to do" with Samoan measles outbreak, but record suggests otherwise

RFK Jr. claims he had

RFK Jr.'s testimony to senators clashed with past articles and letters he wrote concerning Samoan vaccine policy

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New White House lawyer described himself as a "raging misogynist," praised Nazi theorist

Andrew Kloster, chief lawyer in the government's HR office, has a history of making sexist and racist comments

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Trump administration rescinds OMB memo that imposed illegal freeze on federal spending

A memo ordering federal agencies to suspend most federal grants was already temporarily blocked by a judge

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"Blatant attempt to rip away health insurance": Medicaid system suspended nationwide, senator says

The shutdown comes as Trump's budget office ordered a suspension of most federal spending

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Trump, challenging federal law, tries to fire labor board leaders who backed worker rights

Trump fired the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel and one of its Democratic members

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"Five-alarm fire": Trump OMB tries to freeze federal spending in unconstitutional power grab

A two-page OMB memo falsely claims that the president can refuse to spend money on programs authorized by Congress

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"Uncertainy, fear and panic": Trump abruptly cancels NIH meetings, upending scientific research

Federal science agencies were directed to cancel all scheduled meetings, effectively suspending NIH research grants

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Trump suggests he may strip FEMA and let states "take care of their own problems"

Despite recent disasters in Asheville and Los Angeles, Trump suggested that FEMA was part of the problem

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Police union that endorsed Trump condemns Jan. 6 pardons

The pro-Trump Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs issued a joint statement

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"He cannot rewrite the Constitution": 22 states sue Trump over birthright citizenship order

Trump issued an executive order that seeks to eliminate the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship

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13 Democratic senators tell the GOP they are ready to collaborate on "fair immigration enforcement"

The senators said they would cooperate with the GOP to address "pressing border security and immigration needs”

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Trump picks "Stop the Steal" activist Ed Martin to oversee Jan. 6 cases

Ed Martin, who was present at the Capitol on Jan. 6, was named by Trump as interim U.S. attorney for DC

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Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law alleges that his ex-wife lived in fear of him

Senators received an affidavit from Hegseth's ex-sister-in-law suggesting that he physically threatened his wife

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"It was a Nazi salute": Historian dismisses claim that Musk's raised arm was mere "awkward gesture"

"Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too," wrote NYU's Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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Exploiting disaster: Renters accuse Los Angeles landlords of "abusive and illegal" price hikes

Landlords are reportedly flouting laws that prohibit them from jacking up prices during an emergency

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Trump fails to place hand on Bible when being sworn into office

While it is customary to swear by some holy text, it is not constitutionally required

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Biden issues clemency to family, Democratic politicians and Leonard Peltier

Activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents in a shootout, had his life sentence commuted

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Elon Musk's DOGE immediately sued for allegedly violating federal transparency rules

Musk is working on building an advisory office with broad powers over shredding government down to size

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Florida AG pledges to "fight for President Trump" after DeSantis picks her to fill Senate vacancy

Ashley Moody will replace Marco Rubio in the Senate until a special election is held in 2026

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Giuliani a no-show at court hearing over his $148 million defamation judgment

The trial would have determined if Giuliani had to give up a Florida condominium and three World Series rings

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With large Democratic support, Senate expands bill that could deport immigrants without due process

A change passed Wednesday mandates the federal detention of any undocumented migrant accused of assaulting a cop

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Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal reached, US, Israeli and Hamas officials say

After numerous false starts and more than 45,000 dead, a deal has been reached by both Israel and Hamas

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"Shocking criminal scheme": Raskin says Jack Smith's report shows Trump is an authoritarian threat

Smith's report on 2020 election subversion is a damning indictment of Donald Trump and his party, the lawmaker said

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South Korea's right-wing president arrested over attempt to impose military rule

About a thousand police officers helped detain South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol early Wednesday

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Michelle Obama will not attend Trump inauguration

The former first lady also did not attend the funeral of Jimmy Carter, where her husband and Trump sat together

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FBI did not interview woman who accused Pete Hegseth of sexual assault, senator says

“There are significant gaps and inadequacies in the report," said one senator briefed on its contents

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Key Senate Democrats come out in favor of "Laken Riley" bill that could enable mass deportations

The Laken Riley Act would require federal officials to detain undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes

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Wildfires rage across Los Angeles, forcing more than 130,000 evacuations

Five people are now reported dead as the fire spreads to the Hollywood Hills

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Why Justin Trudeau resigned and what that means for Canada and the coming trade war

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation this week, setting off a scramble to replace him both as the country's head of...

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Emergency declared as "apocalyptic" fire engulfs wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood

A brush fire, goaded by a wind storm, has swallowed up much of Palisades Park, an affluent community in northwest Los Angeles, and forced the...

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Amazon paid $40 million for the rights to a Melania Trump documentary directed by an alleged abuser

Amazon reportedly spent $40 million to secure the rights to produce and stream a documentary about Melania Trump, outbidding both Disney and...

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Mark Zuckerberg tells Fox News that Meta will "get rid of fact checkers" in latest appeal to Trump

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is nixing Facebook's fact checkers and replacing them with community notes, a feature used by Elon Musk's X...

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Mike Johnson falls short in first round of speaker voting despite Trump's endorsement

Update: After leaving the floor with Mike Johnson, Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Keith Self, R-Texas changed their votes to support the incumbent...

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