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In January, President Trump and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the 2019–2020 leak of his tax returns by a former IRS contractor (who is currently in prison), alleging the agencies failed to prevent the disclosure. Because the president now controls both
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President Trump flew home from China on Friday after his first trip to China during his current term—a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. Speaking aboard Air Force One, President Trump described a series of Chinese trade commitments— including promises to
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Nearly 150 passengers began evacuating a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship today after the cruise ship arrived off Tenerife, Spain, ending nearly a month of confinement at sea. The first group came ashore in head-to-toe personal protective equipment and facemasks, kept strictly secluded from the public as small boats ferried them to
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s congressional district map in a 6-3 decision, ruling that the state’s creation of a second majority-Black district constituted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The Louisiana v. Callais decision effectively narrows Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits
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Report from the AP: A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists’ dinner attended by President Donald Trump and multiple senior U.S. leaders on Saturday night, rushing toward the ballroom before Secret Service agents swarmed him and took him into custody. The president
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After peace talks last weekend in Pakistan collapsed after 21 hours of face-to-face negotiations, President Trump responded by announcing a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump posted on Truth Social that the Navy would "begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to
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Over the last 40 days, the U.S./Israeli airstrikes on Iran have killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other top officials and devastated much of Iran's military. In response, Iran has bombed Israel and states around the Gulf and closed the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping.
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A partial government shutdown has left TSA's roughly 50,000 screeners without pay for over 40 days, leading to many simply not showing up. Democrats have stonewalled funding for DHS, demanding immigration enforcement reforms for ICE. The effects? Even after the spring break rush at airports across the
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Nearly three weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. finds itself in a conflict that, at least on paper, looks like military success. Reportedly, Iran's air force has been rendered nearly useless, and its anti-aircraft systems have been largely destroyed, leaving the skies open to the U.
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Fourteen days into the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, at least 20 countries are now militarily involved in some capacity. Iran has struck targets in at least 10 countries. France has deployed about a dozen naval vessels, including its aircraft carrier strike group, to various locations in the Mediterranean;
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Last Saturday, the United States and Israel jointly launched Operation Epic Fury — a campaign explicitly aimed at toppling Iran's government — and preceded by the largest U.S. military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The administration had warned Iran that failed nuclear talks
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The United States and Israel launched what the Pentagon dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” in the early hours of Saturday morning, striking targets across Iran with the stated aim of destroying the country's military capabilities, dismantling its nuclear program, and fostering regime change. President Trump announced the operation in