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Bessent has 'very discreet plan' to reduce the $40 trillion national debt, Vance says
A 2024 analysis by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated that Trump's policies during his first term added $8.4 trillion to the national debt over a 10-year period. That's compared with the $4.3 trillion Biden approved in his first three years and five months in office.
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Man arrested for alleged home invasion, attempted sexual attack in Obama's wealthy DC neighborhood
Police were called to another house in the wealthy neighborhood, which is the former home of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher. The property manager said an unwelcome person was on the property.
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12-year-old boy charged with fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy in D.C.
Officers responded to a report of a man down, but when they arrived on scene, they found a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound.
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Defund boomerang: New Missouri law gives Kansas City police 25% of city's budget
Republicans who pushed the law argued Kansas City was part of the national "defund the police" movement.
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Economy, inflation, abortion rights among issues driving Illinois voters to the polls
Tuesday is Illinois’ primary. The general midterm election is Nov. 8.
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Two Louisiana abortion providers close as state's law banning most abortions takes effect
A third provider canceled all scheduled abortions following guidance from the Louisiana Department of Health.
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Twitter dismisses Clarence Thomas threat but censors peer-reviewed study on COVID vax and fertility
Yahoo allegedly throttling ex-NYU professor's conservative email newsletter, while oft-censored Babylon Bee says it got dumped by inbox management provider.
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California electric vehicle fire shows downside of environmentalists' push for green energy
Firefighters submerged the vehicle’s battery component in a water-filled pit but still needed 4,500 gallons to permanently extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported.
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Pennsylvania considers welfare reform to keep food stamps from going to dead recipients
Legislation is awaiting approval in the state House before it can go to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.
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Bidenomics: More than half of all U.S. consumers live paycheck to paycheck
With inflation rates sitting at a 40-year high, taxpayers continue to struggle financially as the economy begins to slow.
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Air Force avoids court-martial, pursues separation board over officer's religious objection to vax
"It'd be a significant embarrassment and a huge blow to the Air Force to have a judge rule" that the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is "not a lawful order," said attorney Davis Younts.
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Rudy Giuliani assaulted inside supermarket while campaigning for son
The store employee reportedly told Giuliani “You’re a f–king scumbag'" and "one of the people that’s gonna kill women.”
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Homeland Security warns pro-choice extremists to target churches, pregnancy centers for weeks
Officials, including judges, and government facilities "probably are most at risk for violence” after Roe reversal, memo warns.