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TRUMP, MUSK, DOGE, COURT
A group of Democrat lawmakers is questioning the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to allow Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to contribute to modernizing the nation's aviation system, The Hill reported.
On Monday, a group of Democrat
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TRUMP, JORDAN, GAZA, KING
Eight years ago, Hollywood proudly donned the mantle of anti-Trump resistance.
This time around, the industry’s reaction can best be summed up by the tale of two Trump films.
Just two weeks before President Trump’s inauguration, Amazon Prime Video made a
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TRUMP, TARIFFS, MUSK, DOGE
Who was the biggest winner on Super Bowl Sunday? Donald Trump. Yes, the Philadelphia Eagles rolled over the Kansas City Chiefs with ease, with their formidable defense smothering KC quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
But it was the president who arguably carried
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FOGEL, MARC, AMERICAN, RUSSIA
Mike Waltz, Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, said in a statement that Mr. Witkoff, at the president’s direction, had brought Mr. Fogel out of Russia on his plane as part of an exchange. But he did not provide any details about whether the United States
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HAMAS, NETANYAHU, HOSTAGES, CEASEFIRE
On Monday, speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump put the terrorist group Hamas on notice, claiming that if all the hostages they held were not released by noon on Saturday, then "...after that, I would say, all hell is going to break out.” It's important
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TRUMP, SENATE, GOP, BORDER
Collins endorsed HHS nominee RFK Jr., who said he would "reexamine" the cuts
Sen. Susan Collins questions former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of National Intelligence, during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings
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BOWL, SUPER, EAGLES, LIX
Travis Kelce may have received many condolences from friends and family who were equally upset over Sunday’s Chiefs Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, but his former girlfriend is not one of them.
The Kansas City Chiefs lost their chance to threepeat
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NEW, FEMA, YORK, MIGRANT
A staggering 800,000 non-citizens could reportedly be voting soon in New York City elections, as a court is considering legislation this week that would allow them to register to vote ahead of the city’s elections.
A top New York court is set to hear arguments
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TRUMP, OFFICE, ORDER, MUSK
Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?
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A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing
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ADAMS, ERIC, NYC, TRUMP
What a glorious time to be an ethically challenged politician. President Donald Trump began yesterday by pardoning Illinois’s eminently corrupt former Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, who’d tried to auction off a U.S. Senate seat. Last night, Trump extended his
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MUSK, DOGE, HOUSE, GOVERNMENT
Musk denies 'hostile takeover' of government in White House debut
17 minutes ago Max Matza BBC News
Watch: Musk defends government cuts as he takes questions in Oval Office
Elon Musk denied leading a "hostile takeover" of the US government and defended his
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TRUMP, COURT, RESEARCH, JUDGE
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday said it's appealing a Maryland federal judge's ruling blocking the president's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for people whose parents are not legally in the country.
In a brief filing,
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BANNON, PLEADS, GUILTY, TIME
Steve Bannon, former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 11, 2025 in New York City.
Steve Bannon, a former top White House aide to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York
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TRUMP, APPLIANCES, BIDEN, ORDERS
President Donald Trump ordered the immediate reversal of the Biden administration's green energy regulations for household appliances Tuesday, as well as a return to the "common sense standards" on the environment enacted during his first White House term.
Under
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TARIFFS, STEEL, TRUMP, ALUMINUM
Canada vows swift retaliation to 'unjustified' Trump tariffs
28 minutes ago James FitzGerald BBC News
Watch: 'I'm getting angry and anti-American' - Canadians on tariff threat
Canada will give a "clear and calibrated" response to the latest trade barriers
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UKRAINE, TRUMP, RUSSIA, BESSENT
Vice President JD Vance will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday after years of railing against the U.S.’ continued funding of Ukraine in the war against Russia.
The vice president will meet with Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Munich Security
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GREENLAND, TRUMP, RED, DANES
John Bolton on expanding into Greenland
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There seems to be little that President Trump and one of his first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, agree on publicly these days — but one issue may be whether
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TRUMP, HOUSE, WHITE, GULF
House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., sent House Democrats a letter Monday announcing the formation of a rapid response team and litigation group to "push back against the far-right extremism" since President Donald Trump took office.
In the
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ATHLETES, TRANS, TRUMP, STRIP
The United States Department of Education is calling on the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) to strip the records and awards "misappropriated" by transgender athletes competing in girls and women’s sports less than a
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TRUMP, CONSTITUTIONAL, ORDERS, LEGAL
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
A number of these
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TRUMP, BRIBERY, LAW, ABUSE
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win business in their countries.
The order is aimed at restoring
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BRAGG, FORT, HEGSETH, LIBERTY
Fort Bragg 2.0: Army base reverts to its old name, but with a new namesake
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The U.S. Army base formerly known as Fort Bragg will once again bear its old name — but this time but in honor of
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PATEL, FBI, FIRINGS, ACCUSE
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday accused Kash Patel, the nominee to head the FBI, of committing perjury during his confirmation hearings before Congress by allegedly lying under oath when he testified that he was not aware of plans to punish
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