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Booker Voices Worry Over Platner's Past in Maine Senate Fight

Senator Cory Booker has expressed concerns about revelations involving Maine's Senate race, as questions mount around a candidate's personal conduct and how his campaign handled the matter. The foc...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump Faces Stubborn Standoffs Across Three Global Hot Spots

President Trump's confident early promises to swiftly resolve major international crises have collided with the messy realities of diplomacy and regional conflict, leaving his interventions in Ukra...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Trump's Quick Fix Diplomacy Hits a Wall on Three Fronts

President Trump entered office with bold promises to swiftly resolve some of the world's most intractable conflicts, but his early forays into Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran have collided with the grindin...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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U.S. kills 3 in fourth Pacific drug boat strike this week

The U.S. military conducted another airstrike targeting a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, resulting in three deaths, according to military officials.The operation mark...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Trump's Primary Dominance Masks a November Problem for Republicans

Donald Trump's commanding performance in GOP primary contests has cemented his control over the Republican base, but party strategists face a harder math problem heading into the general election. ...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump Unleashes Military Power Across Global Theater

President Trump has authorized a series of military operations spanning multiple continents since returning to the White House, escalating U.S. involvement in conflict zones worldwide. The administ...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Beshear sees opening for Democrats in Texas Senate race after Paxton's primary triumph

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared the Texas Senate race suddenly competitive for Democrats on Sunday, pivoting to capitalize on Republican Ken Paxton's contentious primary victory over incumbent ...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Platner's wife fires back at 'shameful' coverage of sexting scandal

Amy Gertner, the wife of Maine's presumptive Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, released a video Saturday night denouncing media coverage of her disclosure that he had exchanged sexually exp...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Pence breaks with Trump on core GOP values, warns party has 'lost its way'

Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a sharp critique of Donald Trump's second administration on Sunday, arguing that the current White House has abandoned the conservative principles that ha...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Pence Blasts GOP for Paxton Pick, Turns Fire on Democrats

Former Vice President Mike Pence launched a sharp critique of his own party's direction, saying Republicans have "lost our way" by nominating Ken Paxton for a major position, even as he delivered e...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Pence Blasts Trump DOJ Fund as 'Deeply Offensive'

Mike Pence is drawing a sharp line between himself and the Trump administration over a Justice Department initiative designed to compensate those prosecuted during the first Trump term, calling the...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Beshear breaks silence on Biden debate nightmare as First Lady reveals backstory

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has acknowledged widespread alarm within Democratic circles over President Joe Biden's debate performance in 2024, following recent public comments from Jill Biden about ...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Legal Brain Drain Hits Trump Administration Hard

The Trump administration is hemorrhaging federal lawyers at a rapid clip, with more than 10,000 departures creating staffing gaps across government agencies and enriching the opposition elsewhere. ...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump signals Iran deal breakthrough as GOP voices skepticism

The Trump administration is signaling that a potential peace agreement with Iran may be imminent, a development that has triggered immediate pushback from Republicans who remain wary of the terms a...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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State Department hollowed out as diplomats flee en masse

Kelly Adams-Smith spent nearly three decades in the U.S. Foreign Service alongside her husband, moving up through the ranks across Europe. In 2024, she was nominated as ambassador to Moldova, a car...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Joby's Manhattan Air Taxi Demo Stokes Hype, But You're Years Away From Flying

Joby Aviation brought its electric air taxi to Manhattan this week, drawing crowds and headlines for a company racing to transform urban transportation. The demonstration offered a glimpse of the f...

Sarah Mitchell May 31, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Trump Pivots to Rally as Celebrity Performers Flee America 250 Bash

Former President Donald Trump will headline a campaign rally at the Great America State Fair, stepping into a spotlight vacated by high-profile entertainers who declined to participate in the natio...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Trump Drops 10 Billion Dollar IRS Suit in Surprise Settlement

Donald Trump has agreed to withdraw a 10 billion dollar lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, marking an abrupt end to a legal battle that had shadowed his presidency and financial dealings...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump Ups Pressure on Iran with Stricter Demands in Nuclear Talks

The Trump administration has hardened its negotiating stance toward Iran, delivering a revised framework that imposes tougher conditions on Tehran as a potential catalyst to accelerate ongoing peac...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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CIA Officer Arrested With Gold Had Trump-Era Pentagon Ties

A CIA operative arrested in connection with a gold smuggling scheme once intersected professionally with Stephen A. Feinberg, the powerful Pentagon official who served during Donald Trump's first a...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Alaska ballot gets delightfully awkward: Two Dan Sullivans fight for same Senate seat

Voters in Alaska face an unusually tangled primary ballot this election cycle. Two men named Dan Sullivan are competing for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Senat...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Maine Democrat's Campaign Rocked by Wife's Allegation Over Explicit Messages

Graham Platner's bid for the Maine Senate seat hit turbulence before it gained real momentum when his wife brought a serious allegation directly to campaign leadership. She reported that the Democr...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump Jumps Into State Fair After Musicians Flee

Donald Trump will headline the opening ceremony of the Great American State Fair in Washington on June 24, a last-minute booking that came after several major recording artists withdrew from perfor...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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U.S. Military's Drug War at Sea Leaves 200 Dead, Cocaine Still Flowing

A U.S. military operation targeting suspected drug smugglers has claimed roughly 200 lives over the past year, yet cocaine continues to move through the region largely unimpeded, according to criti...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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U.S. and Cuba Hold Rare Military Talks at Guantanamo

U.S. and Cuban military officials conducted a high-level meeting outside Guantanamo Bay, marking a significant diplomatic moment as tensions between Washington and Havana have intensified under the...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Silicon Valley's AI Giants Wage Shadow War Over Midterms

Two rival artificial intelligence super PACs are flooding the midterm election cycle with millions in spending, each backed by competing tech powerhouses and willing to upend candidate campaigns wi...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Hegseth Puts Price Tag on US Backing for Asia

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out a new calculus for American military support in the Indo-Pacific region, telling Asian defense leaders that stepping up their own defense spending could posi...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Three ex-Biden officials run for governor without mentioning him

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, ex-Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, and ex-White House engagement director Keisha Lance Bottoms are walking a careful line as they seek top offices in their s...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Trump Plans Presidential Library On His Terms, Keeping Tight Control of Records

Donald Trump intends to personally oversee his presidential library, a move that would give him unprecedented control over which documents and records from his administration become public.The appr...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump moves to block immigrants from jobs, aid, housing

The Trump administration is pursuing a coordinated effort to restrict access to employment, healthcare, and housing for noncitizens, including those with legal status, according to reports on the e...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Federal Judge Orders Trump Name Removed From Kennedy Center

A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to remove President Trump's name from the building, a decision that immediately drew the ire of the Trump camp and raised questions about how the nati...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Pinched Americans Reveal How They're Scraping By on Shrinking Budgets

Across the country, ordinary households are adjusting their lives around a harsh economic reality: the essentials keep getting more expensive. Gas, utilities, groceries, housing and child care bill...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Trump's Silent Doubt About Vance 2028

The question of who leads the Republican Party after Donald Trump remains unsettled, and that uncertainty is quietly straining ties between the president and his second-in-command. Vice President J...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump's Latest Health Check Gives Green Light From White House Physician

President Trump's physician has declared him in "excellent health" following his most recent physical examination, according to results released by the White House. The checkup included standard ca...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Beijing's biotech boom rattles U.S. drug establishment

China's growing pharmaceutical prowess is drawing serious concern from American researchers and industry insiders, with the country's rapid advancement in clinical trials and biotechnology now comm...

Sarah Mitchell May 30, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump Gets Clean Bill of Health, Physician Says

President Donald Trump underwent his third scheduled medical checkup in 13 months this week, with the White House physician declaring him in "excellent health" and "fully fit to carry out all dutie...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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First Decline in Nearly 10 Years: Homelessness Drops in 2024

Homelessness fell in 2024, marking the first meaningful decrease in the nation's unsheltered population in nearly a decade, according to a federal report released this week by the Department of Hou...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Rookie prosecutor abandons seashells case against Comey

Matthew Petracca, a newly hired federal prosecutor, has stepped away from the controversial case accusing former FBI Director James Comey of threatening President Donald Trump's life through an Ins...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Trump's DHS Rethinks Massive Detention Warehouse Bet

The Trump administration is reconsidering a sprawling detention infrastructure investment, with officials now eyeing the sale of warehouses that were supposed to become immigration holding centers ...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump Team Eyes $250 Bill With His Portrait, Despite Legal Roadblock

The Trump administration is exploring the idea of placing the president's image on a new $250 bill, even as federal law explicitly bars living individuals from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury ...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Carroll Legal Path Gets Murkier as Fraud Probe Widens

E. Jean Carroll's twin courtroom victories against Donald Trump may not translate into criminal charges against her, according to legal experts weighing the complexities of potential fraud allegati...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump readies decision on Iran's nuclear future

Donald Trump is preparing to make a final determination on the future of U.S. policy toward Iran's nuclear program, signaling a potential shift in how his incoming administration will handle one of...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Two rival camps battle for control of America's 250th birthday bash

As the nation gears up for summer celebrations marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, a peculiar split has emerged: two separate organizations are now competing to host the countr...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Louisiana Erases Black House District in Bold GOP Redistricting Move

Louisiana's Republican-controlled legislature has redrawn the state's congressional map to eliminate one majority-Black district, a move that caps weeks of heated debate over voting rights and part...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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DHS Backtracks on Green Card Rule: Most Immigrants Can Stay Put

The Department of Homeland Security clarified its position on a contentious immigration policy this week, signaling that most foreign nationals seeking permanent residency will not face forced depa...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Federal Judge Orders Trump's Name Stripped from Kennedy Center, Blocks Closure

A federal judge has halted the Trump administration's plan to shutter the Kennedy Center for two years of repairs and ordered the removal of the president's name from the building and its website, ...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Chinese Missile May Have Downed U.S. Fighter Over Iran

Intelligence officials believe a Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile brought down an American F-15E Strike Eagle over southwestern Iran last month, marking the first time in decades that enemy f...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump's Billion-Dollar IRS Lawsuit Gets Second Life in Court

A federal judge has revived Donald Trump's legal challenge against the Internal Revenue Service, overturning the former president's decision to voluntarily dismiss the case just days earlier.The la...

Sarah Mitchell May 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read