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DIDDY, COMBS, SEAN, VERDICT
Sean “Diddy” Combs accepts the BET Lifetime Achievement Award on stage during the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Leon Bennett/Getty Images for BET
Jurors in the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs
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TRUMP, BILL, HOUSE, BIG
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus have circulated a memo sharply criticizing the Senate-passed megabill, Politico reported Wednesday.
GOP debate concerning President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill returned to the House after the Senate
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TRUMP, PARAMOUNT, SETTLEMENT, 16
Ms. Redstone told the board she was recusing herself from its discussions of how to handle the Trump suit, given that her financial stake in the pending Skydance deal is so much greater than the stakes of other shareholders, whose interests the directors are
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TRUMP, JUDGE, ASYLUM, BORDER
A federal judge said Wednesday that an order by Donald Trump suspending asylum access at the southern border was unlawful, throwing into doubt one of the key pillars of the president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border. But he put the ruling
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IRAN, NUCLEAR, PROGRAM, PENTAGON
"It really puts us at a kind of fork-in-the-road moment," one expert said.
After US and Israeli strikes, some nuclear experts say Iran could be more dangerous
A group of Iranians wave flags following Iran's attack on U.S. military base in Qatar, amid the
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TRUMP, BILL, SENATE, MCCONNELL
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R- KY) loyalists have targeted pro-Trump leading Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris for criticizing the retiring Kentucky senator.
Morris is running as a pro-Trump candidate to end the “reign of Mitch McConnell” and his “puppets,”
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KOHBERGER, BRYAN, IDAHO, PLEA
Man admits murders of four Idaho students in deal to avoid death penalty
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Watch: Moment suspect in Idaho student murders pleads guilty
A 30-year-old man has admitted to murdering four roommates
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UKRAINE, TRUMP, WHITE, WEAPONS
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte publicly pleaded with the Trump administration Wednesday to reverse its move to halt key weapons shipments to war-torn Ukraine.
“The US always has to make sure that their own interests are covered,” Rutte, a former Dutch prime
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COURT, ABORTION, BAN, WISCONSIN
Wisconsin's 1849 law is not an abortion ban, the state Supreme Court rules
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MILWAUKEE – Supporters of reproductive rights are celebrating a win in Wisconsin. After years of litigation over an 1849 law that
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TRUMP, VIETNAM, TRADE, DEAL
They say you can't win 'em all, but President Donald Trump certainly seems to be racking up a significant number of wins of late.
While we await a final vote in the House on the One Big Beautiful Bill, and while the White House reportedly has been meeting
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MAMDANI, NYC, ZOHRAN, ESTATE
New York City—where takeout is a food group and ovens are for storing clothes—may soon get into the grocery business. If he wins the general election this November, Zohran Mamdani, the new Democratic nominee for mayor, has said he will build a network of municipally
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TRUMP, MUSK, ELON, CEASEFIRE
Has it really been less than a month since Elon Musk flew off the handle, trashed his benefactor, the president, pledged to kill the administration's top legislative priority, and, on top of all that, have the president impeached? It seems like years ago, but
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POWELL, FED, JEROME, INVESTIGATION
Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte is calling on Congress to launch an immediate investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after he was accused of lying to the Senate Banking Committee last week.
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CUOMO, MAYORAL, RACE, NYC
Rev. Al Sharpton says Andrew Cuomo should "look at what is best for the city" and drop out of the New York City mayoral race.
Cuomo should leave New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani to "have a one-on-one race," Sharpton said
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DALAI, LAMA, SUCCESSION, ANNOUNCES
The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's top spiritual leader, said the "institution" of the Dalai Lama, which involves reincarnation, will continue.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, posted on the institution's website Wednesday that he had received communications
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COLUMBIA, PRESIDENT, TEXTS, TRUSTEE
Columbia University's acting President Claire Shipman, before her promotion, last year sent messages suggesting that a Jewish member of the school's board of trustees should be removed and that the Ivy League school needed to get an "Arab on our board," according
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HOCHUL, AIDE, GOP, HOUSE
House Republicans are investigating New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for "abuse of federal taxpayer funds," reports the New York Post.
Hochul, according to the lawmakers, allegedly withheld Medicaid funding to plug a billion-dollar hole in the state's budget.
"This
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TRUMP, ADMIN, ICE, AGENTS
The Trump administration reportedly has directed more federal agents from various departments to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in arresting illegal immigrants.
ICE activity has surged under President Donald Trump, whose administration has set
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POLL, HARRIS, RACE, GOVERNOR
Former Vice President Kamala hasn’t decided whether she will run for California governor next year, but a new poll released Wednesday shows that she would be a favorite of voters if she does.
Though many voters were undecided, Harris was the choice of 41%
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ICE, HOUSE, JAYAPAL, WHITE
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson called out Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) for her "deranged" rhetoric attacking ICE agents, and when she attempted to hit back, Jackson roasted her a second time.
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During a live segment on CNN,
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Anti-ICE protesters took over and blocked the 6th Street Bridge in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday as the Trump administration steps up deportation efforts.
The protests first erupted around noon, with video showing at least 150 to 200 people blocking traffic
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FBI, ANTI, TREN, MEMBERS
HOUSTON, Texas — A joint task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement officials led to the arrest of 16 members of the Venezuelan “Anti-Tren” gang, a spinoff faction of the Tren de Aragua foreign terrorist organization. Officials called it the “largest
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LEADER, 13, MS, MURDERS
The leader of an MS-13 gang clique in the New York City suburbs is facing sentencing in a federal racketeering case involving eight murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls on Long Island
FILE - In this Thursday, March 2, 2017 photo, accused
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CIA, TRUMP, OBAMA, REVIEW
A new CIA assessment was released on Wednesday that shows how far the Obama administration went to stand up the Russian collusion hoax. John Ratcliffe announced that "all the world will finally see the truth" before name-dropping James Clapper, John Brennan,
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