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House Democrats call for ’urgent review‘ of deadly Texas flooding

Three House Democrats have expressed concern about the government's preparedness for future flood disasters and extreme weather events, and are asking...

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Federal disaster declaration expands to more Texas counties

Federal disaster assistance will now be available for eight additional Texas counties impacted by deadly flash floods, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said...

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Carney cites ‘vital progress’ in stopping fentanyl after new Trump tariff threat

A day after President Trump announced a new 35 percent tariff on Canadian goods beginning next month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada had made...

11.07.2025 2

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Union demands EPA reinstate workers, charging illegal retaliation

A union for employees at the Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the agency reinstate workers that were placed on leave for signing a letter...

11.07.2025 2

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Senate Democrat questions Noem on reported Texas flooding response delay

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) called a reported Department of Homeland Security policy that Secretary Kristi Noem personally approve significant purchases...

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5 takeaways from Trump's tariff tussle with Brazil 

President Trump is seeking to intervene in a political fight roiling Brazil, demanding the country drop its prosecution of former President Jair...

11.07.2025 10

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1,000 US counties without full-time local journalist: Report

The number of local journalists per capita in the United States has declined by about 75 percent on average since 2002, according to a report by the...

11.07.2025 10

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Trump praises Patel and Bongino as they receive ire over Epstein memo

President Trump praised FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino for going “back to the basics” in a Truth Social post, as the two...

08.07.2025 5

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IRS says churches can endorse political candidates to congregations

Churches and other houses of worship registered as tax-exempt nonprofits can endorse political candidates to their congregations, the IRS said on...

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Biden’s former doctor requests postponement of his testimony to the House Oversight Committee

Kevin O’Connor, who served as President Biden’s physician during his term, asked the House Oversight Committee Saturday to postpone scheduled...

08.07.2025 10

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Russell Vought on Trump’s megabill: 'There’s like, no downside'

Trump budget chief Russell Vought proclaimed that there were no “downsides” to the “big, beautiful bill” in a Fox Business appearance Monday,...

08.07.2025 10

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Fox News host rails against DOJ memo on Epstein

Fox News host Will Cain is the latest media figure on the right to be disappointed by a Trump administration memo debunking several widely circulated...

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Paris closes Seine to swimmers 1 day after ending ban

Just one day after opening the Seine River to swimming for the first time in more than a century, French officials shut down the river due to concerns...

08.07.2025 10

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Trump confirms he will travel to Texas on Friday after fatal flooding

President Trump told reporters Monday that he planned to visit Texas on Friday after deadly flash floods swept through central Texas over the weekend....

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MAGA influencers fume over DOJ’s Epstein memo

Right-wing influencers who have long promoted conspiracy theories about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are turning their ire on the Trump...

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Lawler mocks potential Maloney comeback campaign

After a report that former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is considering challenging Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in the midterms, the Hudson Valley...

08.07.2025 10

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Klobuchar ‘very disappointed’ in Murkowski over ‘big, beautiful bill’ support

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is criticizing Sen. Lisa Murkowski for the Alaska Republican’s decisive vote to advance the GOP’s “big, beautiful...

07.07.2025 1

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How your incombe taxes will change after Trump signs the ‘big, beautiful bill’ into law

With the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” headed to President Trump’s desk for signature Friday, wealthy Americans are poised to receive...

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Which Republicans voted against Trump's megabill?

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) were the only two Republicans to buck their party as the House pushed the “big, beautiful...

03.07.2025 3

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Rand Paul rails against 'big, beautiful bill' negotiations after all-night vote-a-rama

As the “big, beautiful bill” was slogging toward a final Senate vote, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took the Senate floor to rail against the legislation...

01.07.2025 2

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Warren on Senate passing GOP megabill: 'I’m angry. You should be too'

Senate Democrats are starting to pick up the pieces after Republicans muscled President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” through the upper chamber...

01.07.2025 2

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Trump refiles lawsuit against Iowa pollster in state court

Attorneys for President Trump refiled a lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer in state court Monday after moving to...

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Senate Republican : 'I would retire, too, if I voted against' GOP megabill

Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) took aim at Sen. Thom Tillis on Monday after the North Carolina Republican announced he would not run for reelection in the...

30.06.2025 3

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Live updates: Thune looks to nail down holdouts on Trump megabill

The Senate is more than six hours into a vote-a-rama on the massive GOP policy legislation dubbed the "big, beautiful bill" after a marathon weekend...

30.06.2025 3

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Arizona voters to decide on terror organization designation for cartels

Arizona voters will decide next November whether to designate drug cartels operating across the southern border as terrorist organizations after the...

30.06.2025 3

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Trump drops lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer

Lawyers for President Trump have dropped a lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register, according to a Monday court...

30.06.2025 3

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Mamdani: ‘So many of our victories’ were in Trump neighborhoods

Zohran Mamdani, the apparent winner of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, is touting his campaign’s gains with voters who supported...

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Philly-area House Dem says he won’t seek reelection

Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), who represents parts of west and north Philadelphia, announced Monday that he would not seek reelection. He joins a trickle...

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Bobby Vylan draws widespread condemnation over 'death to the IDF' chant

British rap duo Bob Vylan drew widespread condemnation over the weekend from politicians, organizers of the Glastonbury music festival, the BBC and...

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Young Democrats see Hogg’s power growing outside DNC

Many young Democrats see David Hogg’s exit from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as potentially accelerating his push to wage progressive...

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Sliwa blames Adams for Mamdani’s likely primary win, says ‘I’m not going anywhere’

Republican New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa continued his salvo against Mayor Eric Adams (D) and doubled down on his choice to stay in the...

29.06.2025 10

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Trump threatens to back Tillis primary challengers after ‘no’ vote on big, beautiful bill

President Trump went after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in a Saturday night Truth Social post, threatening that he would back a primary challenger...

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Rubio condemns Iran's threats against IAEA chief

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has condemned calls in Iran for the arrest and execution of Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic...

29.06.2025 10

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G7 agrees to exclude US from corporate minimum tax

The Group of Seven (G7) said Saturday that it will allow American companies to be excluded from a global minimum tax imposed by other countries,...

29.06.2025 10

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New Jersey AG ‘confident’ in battle against Trump birthright citizenship order

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, one of the plaintiffs in a 22-state lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order curbing birthright...

29.06.2025 9

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GOP senator attempts to assuage Medicaid fears over Trump bill: 'Nobody … wants to hurt people'

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) attempted to play down fears that the “big, beautiful bill” would hurt Medicaid recipients on a Saturday night CNN...

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Louisiana hospitals press Johnson over megabill Medicaid cut proposals

As the “big, beautiful bill” teeters towards passage in the Senate, every major health system in Louisiana sent a letter Saturday to the state’s...

29.06.2025 10

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Protesters in Florida demonstrate against proposed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Hundreds of people lined a Florida Everglades highway Saturday to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center dubbed “Alligator...

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Israel says it killed Hamas founder in strike

The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday that it had killed Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, one of the founders of Hamas’s military wing, in Gaza City....

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Trump threatens to back Tillis primary challengers after ‘no’ vote on big, beautiful bill

President Trump went after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in a Saturday night Truth Social post, threatening that he would back a primary challenger...

29.06.2025 20

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Mary Trump slams ‘extraordinarily dangerous’ attacks on Mamdani

Mary Trump, the president’s niece, slammed right-wing attacks on Zohran Mamdani, the winner of New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, calling...

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Sunday shows preview: Senate Dems dig in heels to delay Trump megabill vote as GOP whips holdouts

The "big, beautiful bill” is grinding slowly towards a Senate vote after a tumultuous week where Republicans have squabbled over amendments and...

29.06.2025 3

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New Jersey AG ‘confident’ in battle against Trump birthright citizenship order

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, one of the plaintiffs in a 22-state lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order curbing birthright...

29.06.2025 20

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Miriam Waldvogel

GOP senator attempts to assuage Medicaid fears over Trump bill: 'Nobody … wants to hurt people'

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) attempted to play down fears that the “big, beautiful bill” would hurt Medicaid recipients on a Saturday night CNN...

29.06.2025 30

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John Bolton writes off US strikes in Iran as Trump ‘campaigning‘ for Nobel Peace Prize

Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton sharply criticized President Trump’s Iran strategy and expressed broad skepticism about the...

28.06.2025 2

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Nikki Haley hails Trump for US strikes but warns ‘Iran is not done’

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley offered her first praise for President Trump in several months in a Monday op-ed in Israel...

28.06.2025 2

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McConnell: Trump has ‘some pretty rabid isolationists over at' DOD

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took a swipe at President Trump’s national security team in a rare interview as part of a recent pattern of public...

28.06.2025 10

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Stephen A. Smith: Republicans’ voices resonating, GOP ‘sitting pretty’

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith offered his diagnosis of the Democratic Party’s woes in a Friday interview with NewsNation's Chris Cuomo,...

27.06.2025 2

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Murphy: Trump administration knew Gabbard ‘wasn’t going to toe the line’ at Iran briefing

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday suggested Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was disinvited from a Capitol Hill briefing on the...

27.06.2025 20

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Iranian 'sleeper cells': What to know about US warnings

The Trump administration has warned of Iranian “sleeper cells” operating in America as the United States braces for Tehran’s response to strikes...

26.06.2025 10

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