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Planning board approves Trump's White House ballroom plans
Trump said in February that the construction project is "on budget" and set to be completed "ahead of schedule." The president has already leveled a wing of the White House to build the ballroom.
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Bondi announces one-month transition out of AG role
Bondi's tenure as AG was contentious. Her popularity tanked early in 2025 after she organized a botched PR stunt over the Epstein files in which she distributed largely public information to influencers.
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Bondi removed as attorney general
Speculation about Attorney General Pam Bondi has persisted for months, in large part over what has been considered her mishandling of the Epstein files and her failure to prosecute President Trump's political enemies
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'Sue me': Attorney general mutes critics, media on personal X account as SCOTUS evaluates
Peter Neronha defends "sarcasm" against serial public records requester, mocks "tin foil hat" of COVID contrarian doctor. SCOTUS wary of Biden argument about public officials' personal social media.
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'Time to be concerned': FBI Director Wray warns of mounting terror threats to U.S.
Myriad terrorist groups have called for violence amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, prompting fears of terrorist activity within the United States, especially in light of the unprecedented surge in illegal border crossings.
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Tuberville clears pivotal hurdle to advance confirmation of Marine Corps' second-in-command
Mahoney was originally tapped for the post in July, though his nomination languished in the upper chamber due largely to Tuberville's blanket hold on military nominations.
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Bundling emergency spending into single bill can add ‘a ton’ to national debt, watchdog warns
"There is a very real risk that they'll start with legitimate emergency spending and then they'll add more illegitimate things that have nothing to do with emergencies...and add it all to the deficit," says budget expert Marc Goldwein, addressing the White House and Democratic Senate's desire to keep Israel and Ukraine funding in one single package.
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Schumer says emergency Israel and Ukraine funding shouldn't be 'offset'
House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the emergency Israel funding to be offset with cuts to the IRS funding in the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act
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Biden mandates A.I. advance 'equity and civil rights'
The order also seeks to "address algorithmic discrimination" in part by increasing “coordination between the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and Federal civil rights offices.”
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Supreme Court considers whether public officials can block online critics
The two cases come from split decisions in different lower courts.
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Ceasefire protesters repeatedly interrupt Blinken's Senate testimony
The repeated interruptions appear to have ended after all the demonstrators erupted in chants and stood up en masse.
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FBI Director Wray says Hamas poses greatest terror threat to US since ISIS
"We assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since ISIS launched its so-called caliphate several years ago," Wray said.