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Fox Host Turned Pentagon Chief Struggles in New Role

Pete Hegseth's transition from cable news anchor to the nation's top defense official has been marked by missteps that raise serious questions about his fitness for the position.The former Fox News...

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Vance walks away from Iran talks empty-handed, warns of ceasefire collapse

Vice President JD Vance said Saturday that the U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement after more than 21 hours of intense negotiations in Islamabad, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in seri...

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Manhattan DA opens investigation into Swalwell sexual assault claim

The Manhattan district attorney's office is now investigating a sexual assault allegation against California Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell, who is running for governor.The probe was announce...

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Trump's Iran Gamble: How Threats and Bloodshed Led to a Fragile Ceasefire

The administration's pivot on Iran has left observers struggling to track the logic. President Trump threatened to obliterate Iran's civilization, then announced a ceasefire hours later, suggesting...

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Melania's Gambit Backfires: How a Denial Made Things Worse

The first lady's attempt to shut down speculation about her connection to Jeffrey Epstein has achieved the opposite result, turning a lingering question into urgent renewed scrutiny.In a surprise p...

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Swalwell's gubernatorial campaign implodes as final Democratic backers flee

Rep. Eric Swalwell's bid for California governor collapsed Saturday when the last of his congressional endorsements vanished, capping a stunning 24-hour political meltdown triggered by allegations ...

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Moon mission triumph collides with brutal budget cuts at NASA

NASA celebrated a historic milestone Friday as the Artemis II crew returned safely from the moon, marking humanity's first crewed lunar journey in over five decades. Administrator Jared Isaacman ha...

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Mystery solved: Dead animals on Washington beach were foxes used for legal fishing bait

A Washington sheriff's office has resolved questions that unsettled residents after nearly two dozen dead canines washed onto a local beach.The Skagit County Sheriff's Office confirmed Friday that ...

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Desert Art Festival's Explosive Growth Tests Its Rebellious Soul

A decade into its existence, the Bombay Beach Biennale faces an unexpected crisis: success is threatening to destroy the scrappy, unconventional spirit that made it matter.The festival started as a...

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Georgia midwife faces criminal charges for doing her job

A lawsuit challenging Georgia's restrictions on midwifery highlights an uncomfortable contradiction: the state criminalizes the very practitioners that many women, particularly Black women, turn to...

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Gunfire erupts at Grand Central: Three stabbed, suspect critical after NYPD response

A violent confrontation on a Manhattan subway platform left three people wounded and sent the suspect into critical condition after police discharged their weapons at Grand Central station.The stab...

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State Department yanks green cards of three Iranians with regime ties, feds move in

Federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals over the weekend after the State Department stripped their legal residency status, citing connections to senior figures within Tehran's government.Th...

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Swalwell faces expulsion vote as Democrats prepare revenge move against Gonzales

House Republicans are set to force a vote next week on expelling Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) following sexual assault and misconduct allegations that have unraveled his political standing in just...

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Louisiana GOP moves to shut down office won by exonerated prisoner

Calvin Duncan spent 28 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. After his exoneration, he ran for a local judicial position and won decisively. Now Republican leadership in Louisiana is mov...

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Trump Vows Wave of Pardons for Inner Circle Before Term Ends

President Trump has told associates he plans to issue sweeping pardons for his closest advisers as his second term winds down, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal.In casual conversa...

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Pope breaks with Trump over Iran war and immigration in sharpest Vatican clash in decades

Pope Leo XIV and President Trump have collided head-on over military action in Iran and immigration policy, triggering one of the most visible rifts between the Vatican and the White House in recen...

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Democrats See Opening to Remake Foreign Policy as Trump Escalates Iran Threats

Donald Trump's inflammatory threat to destroy Iran has reignited a fundamental debate within the Democratic Party about America's role on the world stage, with progressives now pushing their collea...

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U.S. and Iran break decades of silence with talks in Pakistan

Delegations from Washington and Tehran sat down together Saturday in Islamabad for direct negotiations, marking the highest-level diplomatic contact between the two nations since the 1979 revolutio...

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Navy breaks through: First U.S. warships cross Hormuz since Iran conflict erupted

A flotilla of U.S. Navy vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday without prior coordination with Iran, marking the first passage by American warships through the critical chokepoint since...

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LA Stadium Workers Threaten World Cup Walkout Over ICE Presence

Thousands of hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium are preparing to strike during this summer's World Cup matches unless FIFA addresses their demands on labor conditions and immigration enforcement.U...

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Fading Memories: Fight to Save Times Square's Last Real Dive Bar

David Gladman held his phone flashlight up to the laminated tabletops at Jimmy's Corner, examining the photographs trapped beneath yellowing plastic. Some images dated to the 1970s, capturing decad...

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Trump's Iran crisis pushes him toward dangerous legal territory

The president's escalating rhetoric over his military campaign in Iran has crossed into territory that breaches international law, according to observers tracking his public statements and threats....

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When the Bully Gets the Nuclear Button

Bullying relies on a basic calculus: find someone who threatens you, knock them down, and feel powerful in the process. It works in middle school. The question becomes far more complicated when the...

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Trump dumps the playbook: why unmasked war rhetoric is more dangerous than military doublespeak

For decades, American military leaders wrapped brutal realities in sanitized language. "Collateral damage" obscured civilian deaths. "Surgical strikes" made destruction sound precise and curative. ...

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New AI tool raises alarm over digital system vulnerabilities

A cyberattack on a London pathology services company in June 2024 exposed how fragile critical infrastructure has become. The breach forced the cancellation of more than 10,000 hospital appointment...

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Iran's Nuclear Gambit Hardens as Former US Envoys Warn of Shifting Power Dynamics

Former American negotiators of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord say recent military confrontations have fundamentally altered Tehran's strategic position, giving it new reasons to resist international ...

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Trump appointee holds up CDC study showing vaccine protection

A CDC research report documenting significant protective benefits from Covid vaccines has stalled under review by the agency's acting director, sparking alarm among public health officials about po...

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Court Orders US Must Let Deported Men See Lawyers

Four men deported to Eswatini by the United States have won a court fight to access legal representation after spending nine months locked up without in-person counsel.The men, originally from Camb...

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Starmer Tells Trump: NATO Exit Would Hurt America

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed back against Donald Trump's threats to withdraw from NATO, arguing that remaining in the alliance serves American interests.Speaking from the Gulf region,...

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Epstein Survivors Blast Melania Trump for Putting Onus on Victims

A coalition of Epstein survivors has sharply rebuked the first lady for her recent call to congressional action, accusing her of dodging accountability and placing additional pressure on people who...

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Seven Dead in Fireworks Warehouse Blast; Murder Charges Filed

Authorities have filed murder charges against multiple defendants in connection with a catastrophic explosion at a California fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and left two others injure...

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Swalwell's California Governor Bid Crumbles as Staff Flees Over Sex Assault Claims

Eric Swalwell's Democratic campaign for California governor collapsed under the weight of sexual misconduct allegations Friday, as staffers abandoned ship and political allies rushed to distance th...

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Wyoming Hunter Escapes Jail for Wolf's Death, Public Fury Continues

A Wyoming judge has sentenced a man to 18 months probation for killing a gray wolf in a case that sparked widespread condemnation over the animal's treatment.Cody Roberts, 44, struck the wolf with ...

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Former NYPD Sergeant Gets Prison Time After Cooler Toss Kills Fleeing Suspect

A retired New York police sergeant will spend three to nine years in prison after a split-second decision during a 2023 incident left a man dead.Erik Duran, 38, threw a cooler filled with ice and b...

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Warehouse arson suspect drew parallel to Mangione in messages to coworkers

A California warehouse worker accused of torching a massive facility worth hundreds of thousands of dollars invoked Luigi Mangione's name in communications with colleagues after the fire, authoriti...

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Eric Adams Gets Albanian Passport Via Presidential Decree

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has secured citizenship and a passport from Albania through a special presidential decree, according to reports emerging Friday from the Balkan nation.The Alba...

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Trump's Grip on GOP Primaries Proves Iron Even Without His Name on Ballot

Donald Trump is nowhere near a ballot this election cycle, yet Republican congressional candidates are behaving as though he's the only thing voters care about. His endorsement has become the centr...

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Harris Signals Fresh 2028 White House Bid

Kamala Harris is actively weighing another presidential run, she revealed Friday at a civil rights conference in New York, keeping alive the possibility of a comeback after her 2024 loss.Speaking t...

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Every Democrat Is Now a 'Fighter': Party's New Universal Brand

The word "fighter" has become the Democratic Party's lingua franca in 2024. From progressive upstarts to establishment moderates, nearly every candidate running in party primaries is adopting the l...

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Vance heads to Pakistan for nuclear showdown with Iran as Trump watches from sidelines

Vice President JD Vance boarded a flight Friday bound for Islamabad to lead the most consequential diplomatic mission of his political career: negotiating an end to the nuclear standoff with Iran a...

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California coffee chain reverses course on Pride flag removal after customer revolt

Philz Coffee, a San Francisco-based chain with outlets throughout California, is scrambling to contain damage after announcing plans to strip Pride flags from its stores, drawing swift backlash fro...

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Melania breaks silence on Epstein as Trump faces mounting pressure

Melania Trump took an unexpected turn at the White House on Thursday, publicly denying any connection to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The first lady's statement reasserted that she "never...

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Epstein Survivors Reject First Lady's Call for Public Hearings

More than a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have pushed back sharply against Melania Trump's recent statement urging Congress to hold public hearings featuring victims of the deceased fi...

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Death Row Inmate Freed After Nearly 50 Years: Court Overturns Sentence for Man Never Executed

A Texas appeals court has vacated the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disabilities who spent nearly five decades on death row without legal representat...

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Canadian Mom Describes Horror of ICE Detention with Young Daughter

A Canadian mother who spent nearly three weeks in ICE custody alongside her seven-year-old daughter is speaking out about the conditions families endure in U.S. immigration detention facilities. Ta...

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Trump holds NATO hostage without leaving the door

President Trump cannot unilaterally pull America out of NATO. A 2023 law requiring congressional approval blocks that exit. But experts warn he has already weaponized his power to cripple the allia...

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Pakistan braces for US-Iran talks as Trump blasts Tehran over oil corridor

Pakistan deployed military forces in Islamabad on Thursday as the country prepared to host direct negotiations between American and Iranian officials, even as the fragile ceasefire between the two ...

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Silicon Valley's Grand AI Plans Hit Washington Reality

Artificial intelligence executives are pitching sweeping policy overhauls to shape how their technology gets regulated, but they may be vastly overestimating Washington's appetite for fundamental c...

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