Government
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Trump digs South Korea over refusal to help with Iran war
Trump recently ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to scale down planned military exercises with South Korea.
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Trump vows to sue Clinton-associated think tank for report Guard deployment didn't lower DC crime
Neera Tanden, CAP president and CEO, called the threats a "transparent attempt to silence" the Center for American Progress, which is refusing to comply with the demand they retract the report.
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Justice Department creates National Fraud Detection Center to combat fraud in government programs
The National Fraud Detection Center is a multi-agency team that is intended to investigate the most serious people defrauding federal government programs.
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Market tumult from fractious messaging forces Trump narrative shift on tariffs
The initial “Liberation Day” tariffs saw Trump impose sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs across most of America’s key trading partners and the creation of a baseline 10% tariff for other nations. The markets reacted with high volatility.
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Hawley pushes Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Senate after whistleblower allegations
The letter comes after Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global public policy at Facebook, alleged that Meta executives repeatedly “betray[ed] American values” during her tenure with the company.
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Plane carrying lawmakers involved in small collision at Washington airport
GOP New York Rep. Nick LaLota, New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng, and New Jersey Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer were among the lawmakers on the flight.
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RFK Jr. announces research effort into 'autism epidemic' with goal to find answers by September
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that about one in 36 children have an autism spectrum disorder.
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Florida AG files charges against suspect in second Trump assassination
Ryan Routh is being charged with first-degree attempted murder.
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Democratic candidates in California governor race nudge Kamala Harris to declare candidacy or not
Former Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would announce if she will run for California's governor's seat before August.
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House passes SAVE Act, requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration
While non-citizens are prohibited from voting in federal, state, and most local elections, municipalities in California, Maryland and Vermont, and Washington, D.C., allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
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Judges frown on Vermont banning Christian school from athletics for girls' forfeit against male
"It's a speech test. Why don't we just call it that?" one of two Trump nominees says in 2nd Circuit oral argument, noting lax response to forfeits on secular grounds including COVID mask exemption.
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House approves budget resolution in narrow 216-214 vote
The budget resolution is critical to advancing President Trump’s legislative agenda on the southern border, tax cuts and energy policy.
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Speaker Johnson says chamber will vote Thursday vote on Senate-passed budget resolution after delay
The vote is expected to take place Thursday morning.