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Judge orders 30-day notice before gov't can demolish Kennedy Center
The center suffered a partial ceiling collapse earlier this year and Trump has warned that the entire building could face demolition without his aid.
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Trump announces progress on building army base in Poland
Poland currently has a relatively conservative president and the country is regarded as a stalwart U.S. ally.
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White House withdraws Trump's nominee for ICE director, after Sen Rand Paul stalls confirmation bid
ICE has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2017.
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Trump breaks Big Four meat processor grip, restores ranchers’ freedom to process
After discontent from the cattle industry and many Republican allies, the latest move to help both ranchers and consumers is a shock to the entrenched ag system.
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Judge declines to block Trump's new birthright citizenship order
The Biden-appointed judge was nonetheless skeptical of the order's constitutionality.
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Missouri deputy AG rescued after 6 days missing in Wyoming
He was reportedly evacuated via helicopter, though his physical condition was unclear as of press time.
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Federal judge approves Bank of America's $72 million settlement with alleged Epstein victims
The women sued the bank collectively under the pseudonym Jane Doe in order to remain anonymous and the bank agreed to settle the case in March, though it maintained that it did not facilitate Epstein's sex trafficking crimes.
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Former worker at Arkansas county clerk's office gets suspended sentence for altering voter records
Circuit Judge Karen Whatley gave Deborah Smith a two-year suspension on Tuesday as part of a plea agreement with the state attorney general's office. The charge initially carried a maximum penalty of six years in prison.
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You Vote: With Trump changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, what do you think?
The order directs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to work with the Board on Geographic Names to reflect the new name. It explains that the U.S. claims most of the lake's volume, and its deepest parts lie within the U.S.
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Man arrested at Trump golf course in California had first lady's schedule, Secret Service details
Los Angeles County Judge John Lonergan Jr., suspended the criminal case against Taele on Wednesday and sent him to mental health court in Hollywood based on statements he made in a pretrial evaluation indicating he wasn’t mentally fit to stand trial.
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Former federal worker pleads guilty to attempting to transmit classified intel to foreign government
29-year-old Nathan Vilas Laatsch of Alexandria, Virginia, started working for the Defense Intelligence Agency as an IT specialist in 2019 and pleaded guilty Wednesday to transmitting classified information to a friendly foreign government.
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Lutnick floats workaround to get Trump's name on Kennedy Center
After returning to the White House, Trump sacked the board of the Kennedy Center and replaced it with his appointees.
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Rep Edwards sends 22-page plea to House Ethics panel to avoid censure over gifts to female staffers
The conduct included writing poems for a staffer and crying during a slideshow at her going away office party and paying for a singer to go to a staffer’s birthday party to sing Ed Sheeran’s Hills of Aberfeldy, saying it was “from a special someone.”