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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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DOJ subpoenas New York AG Letitia James in probe into whether she violated Trump's civil rights
In 2022, James' office filed a lawsuit against Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization, alleging they inflated the value of its properties, resulting in vendors being misled.
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Trump orders Pentagon to fight drug cartels: Report
The move marks a dramatic escalation of the war on drugs as the administration has also placed a $50 million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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MTG says AIPAC should register as a foreign lobbyist after pushback for Gaza genocide comments
Greene said that AIPAC started sending out fundraising attack emails about her after she said that the genocide, starvation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza was horrific, like the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Immigration officials to use Texas military base to detain illegal migrants
The new facility in Texas is being constructed under a Department of Defense contract worth up to $1.2 billion, and is expected to open for its first 1,000 detainees on Aug. 17.
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US to send $93 million in food assistance to a dozen African countries to fight malnutrition
The meals will be delivered to children in Haiti, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Madagascar, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Kenya and Chad.
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Trump increases federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D.C. over city crime
The move comes after Trump threatened to end D.C. home rule if the city did not step up when it comes to prosecuting minors who commit serious crimes.
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Trump announces Azerbaijan, Armenian leaders will meet at White House for peace summit
The two countries have been engaged in conflict since the 1980s, but tensions most recently flared in 2023 when Azerbaijan invaded and took over the Armenian enclave Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Comer reveals House Oversight will hold hearing on federalizing Washington, D.C. after recess
Both chambers of Congress are currently out for their annual August recess, where lawmakers and senators return to their home districts in order to meet with constituents and take a month-long break from Capitol Hill.
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Nearly one-third of detainees released from Gitmo may have returned to terrorism, ODNI data shows
Guantánamo Bay's island detention center in Cuba has seen hundreds of detainees pass through its gate since 9/11. New data suggests roughly one-third of those held may be returning to terrorism after they were freed.
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Pam Bondi announces $50 million reward for information leading to arrest of Venezeula's Maduro
The reward is double the amount that the two departments previously offered, which was an increase from the $15 million offered in 2020.