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UFC Freedom 250 full steam ahead: Obama judge declines to stop Sunday fight

Updated 14 hours ago

A federal court declined to halt the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn this weekend, denying a lawsuit from two Virginia residents filed...

Federal judge wants Todd Blanche to swear in writing anti-weaponization fund won’t be revived

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A federal judge maintained a block on the Department of Justice's $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund Friday, despite the DOJ claiming they have abandoned the planned...

SpaceX soars 25% in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Updated 15 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s richest man just became its first trillionaire. Shares in Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX soared 25% after opening for...

US is escorting 20 tankers a night through Strait of Hormuz, Burgum says, easing oil strain

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The U.S. Navy is escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz despite the threat from Iran, guiding more than 20 crude oil carriers on some...

Trump fumes over ‘fake’ peace deal terms leaked by Iran

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Rubio and Newsom set to meet at US-Paraguay World Cup game

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Republicans race to confirm Trump DNI pick Jay Clayton to break spy program gridlock

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Judge blocks transfer of transgender inmates back to men’s prisons, setting the stage for broader judicial clash

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Trump says peace deal with Iran could be signed by weekend

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Trump names Clayton as intelligence chief amid FISA gridlock

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Melania Trump touts savings accounts for foster kids in latest affordability push

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Iran war inflation drives European Central Bank to become first to raise interest rates

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Trump doubts voters have ‘stomach’ for US taking over Iran oil fields

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House votes down FISA patch, risking first-ever lapse in key spy power

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New analysis moves three Senate races in favor of Democrats as possible path to majority

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The predictions for the Senate races in North Carolina, Ohio, and Alaska shifted further left on Tuesday, according to a forecast update from the University...

DOJ targets disparate impact hiring practices at odds with ‘color-blind Constitution’

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The Department of Justice declared this week that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's "disparate impact" policies are unconstitutional, tossing aside a rule, long criticized by...

Gates: Epstein tried to use extramarital affairs as ‘leverage’

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Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates testified about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a closed-door House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday, claiming that Epstein tried to use extramarital affairs to pressure...

US military says it's striking 'multiple targets' in Iran in latest escalation of tensions

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military says it’s begun another round of strikes against Iran. U.S. Central Command said in a social...

US primed for summer of unpredictable gas prices as Iran war rages on: ‘Living this uncertainty’

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Trump says US has moved 100 million barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz

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USPS proposes changes to mail-in ballots in states that don’t hand over voter rolls

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ActBlue CEO pleads the Fifth during congressional questioning about foreign donations

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James Comer seeks Todd Blanche testimony for Epstein investigation

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Trump says the US will be attacking Iran ‘very hard’

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Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions, put detainees at risk, report says

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U.S. launches new strikes on Iran after helicopter downed

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The Latest: US military launches strikes against Iran in response to downing of American helicopter

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Trump will get another pick on influential federal appeals court

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First lady celebrates AI challenge finalists: ‘We are just at the beginning’

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First lady Melania Trump awarded finalists of the first Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge on Tuesday at the White House, celebrating educators and students who used...

Trump vows US response after confirming Iran shot down Apache helicopter

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran shot down an American Apache attack helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz Monday night, and that the United...

Israel calls foreign sanctions over West Bank settler violence ‘disgraceful’

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Israel on Tuesday called sanctions imposed by several countries over violence by settlers in the West Bank “disgraceful” and accused foreign governments of attempting to...

Trump DOJ intensifies scrutiny of California as ballot counting continues

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The Justice Department under the Trump administration is ramping up scrutiny of California's election system amid dramatic shifts in the outcomes of several closely watched...