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TRUMP, KNICKS, IRAN, GAME
What just happened? Inside the New York Knicks' historic comeback The New York Knicks pulled off a record comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday, overcoming a 29-point deficit to win by a single point.
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KARMELO, ANTHONY, METCALF, AUSTIN
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MCKINNEY, Texas — A no-nonsense Texas judge ran Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial like a “well-oiled machine” to ensure it was efficient, fair and wouldn’t get overturned, experts said — all while racial tensions
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CUP, WORLD, 2026, SOMALI
The World Cup is starting. Here's what to know and how to watch
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We've talked about the astronomical ticket prices. The fragile geopolitics that almost made Iran withdraw. And the summer heat posing a risk
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PLATNER, PRIMARY, GRAHAM, MAINE
Senate Republicans are warning that scandal-plagued oysterman Graham Platner could still defeat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, if the party fails to take the race seriously.
Republicans are defending several seats in expectedly close races, including Nebraska,
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EPSTEIN, BILL, GATES, CONGRESS
Bill Gates speaks with Reuters during an interview in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2025.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to be interviewed Wednesday by a House committee about his controversial friendship with the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The
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BILL, TRUMP, SIGNS, FUNDING
It’s over. The fight for Department of Homeland Security funding, that is.
The Democrats denied the agency funding in February, resulting in a partial government shutdown that lasted over two months, leaving thousands of employees without paychecks for long
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TRUMP, PULTE, SPY, BILL
For years, centrist Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia dismissed claims that a key National Security Agency surveillance program could be abused to spy on Americans.
Then President Donald Trump tapped Bill Pulte — an unqualified housing official accused
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TRUMP, STRAIT, OIL, HORMUZ
An article in The Wall Street Journal recently confirmed what many of us have long suspected: Donald Trump is changing how the federal regulatory state works.
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Whereas decisions over matters like business mergers were once left up to regulatory
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NEVADA, GOP, TOP, LOMBARDO
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus won the Democratic primary in Nevada's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating challengers Gabriel Cornejo, Joy Hoover and Luis Paniagua to secure her party's nomination for an eighth term in Congress.
Titus, who has represented
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HILTON, RACE, STEVE, GOVERNOR
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Democrat Xavier Becerra holds a major advantage over Republican Steve Hilton as the race for California governor heads toward the November election, a new poll shows.
The
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MARLOW, SALAD, FIGHTING, WHITE
Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed California’s slow vote-counting election system.
Discussing NBC’s Kristen Welker, Marlow said, “That just how they count the votes in California. Like, we must have a system
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INFLATION, TRUMP, SLOWED, BREITBART
Consumer prices rose sharply in May, with rising energy prices pushing the nation’s leading inflation gauge to the highest annual rate in three years.
The consumer price index rose 0.5 percent in May compared with April, the Department of Labor said Wednesday.
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HOUSE, WHITE, UFC, LAWSUIT
Trump administration officials fired back at critics of the planned White House UFC fight, arguing they can simply avoid the event rather than use an 11th-hour lawsuit to block thousands of spectators from gathering on the South Lawn.
"It would be easy enough
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FOREIGN, ACTBLUE, DONATIONS, CEO
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WASHINGTON — The CEO of the largest Democratic fundraising platform pleaded the Fifth Amendment Wednesday rather than testify before Congress about allegations that her firm illegally funneled foreign donations
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SHOOTING, POLICE, 12, FESTIVAL
Authorities on Wednesday identified a suspect in the shooting that injured 12 people near Toledo's Old West End Festival and said they are searching for a suspected second gunman.
The Toledo Police Department said a manhunt is underway for Ka Nye Taylor,
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REVEALS, III, CREW, ARTEMIS
Nasa has revealed the four men who will crew the next Artemis mission as part of its drive to put human beings back on the Moon by 2028.
Mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio will join pilot Luca Parmitano, of the Italian Space Agency, and commander
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PALISADES, FIRE, SHOW, TRIAL
Trial starts for man accused of starting what became the Palisades Fire Attorneys gave opening statements in the trial of the man accused of sparking the Palisades Fire. The January 2025 fire was among the most destructive in California history.
National Trial
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BELFAST, STABBING, ARRESTED, CANNONS
A Sudanese asylum seeker accused of blinding a Belfast man in one eye during a stabbing attack appeared in court Wednesday as anti-immigrant unrest spread across Northern Ireland.
Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered to be held in jail after appearing by video in
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LAGUNA, SWEPT, WAVE, SEARCH
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A desperate search was underway Wednesday after a young girl was swept away off the Orange County coast when powerful surf dragged her, her sibling and their mother into the ocean near Laguna Beach.
The frightening
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44, NAVY, YEARS, SENTENCED
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Jeremiah Copeland was sentenced to 44 years behind bars for strangling a fellow service member, 21-year-old Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, in his Virginia barracks room last year.
Copeland was sentenced on Wednesday
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TEXAS, TECH, BRENDAN, SORSBY
Out of seemingly nowhere, the Texas Tech Red Raiders have become the center of the college football world. Thanks to the wild back-and-forth swings in the case of star quarterback Brendan Sorsby.
Sorsby, who admitted to placing a number of bets on games involving
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AGENCY, HOMELESS, LA, EXPLOSIVE
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The White House has issued a scathing message to Los Angeles as it pulled the plug on funding for the city’s largest homeless agency.
The newly created Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President JD
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APPLE, ENCRYPTION, BACKDOOR, DRAW
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UK surveillance laws drew scrutiny from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio June 5 amid warnings they could expose communications of officials and American citizens, according to reports.
The
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