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Israel launches airstrike in southern Gaza after earlier attack by militants wounded 5 soldiers
Israel said it launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza late Wednesday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers. The strike was the latest test for a fragile ceasefire that has mostly held up since early October, despite claims of violations by both Israel and […]
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Jeffrey Epstein island photos and videos released as top banks share files with House Oversight Committee
Photo released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats shows the property of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island home on Little St. James. Source: House Oversight Committee Democrats House Democrats on Wednesday revealed new photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and revealed that two major banks have handed over records […]
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Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in bribery and conspiracy case
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, is seen after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called a “weaponized” justice system. […]
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Bad jobs report caused by shutdown, deportations — not tariffs, Lutnick says
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Wednesday denied that the Trump administration’s tariff policies were to blame after a new report showed a surprise drop in private payrolls in November. Instead, Lutnick argued on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the government shutdown temporarily slowed small-business activity. He added that the federal efforts to enact mass […]
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Trump takes aim at Biden pardons with new autopen directive
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden had signed using an autopen. The autopen is a device used […]
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Truth Social operator Trump Media settles legal dispute with co-founders
Trump Media said on Tuesday that it had reached an “amicable settlement” of a legal dispute with the co-founders of the social media company, which operates the Truth Social app. Trump Media did not provide details of that settlement with United Atlantic Ventures, the partnership of Trump Media’s co-founders, Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss. Litinksy […]
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Sabrina Carpenter blasts Trump admin for ‘evil’ ICE video that uses her song ‘Juno’
Sabrina Carpenter performs during her “Short n’ Sweet” tour at Madison Square Garden on October 26, 2025 in New York, New York. Kevin Mazur | Getty Images Pop star Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for using her hit 2024 song “Juno” as the soundtrack for a TikTok video showing Immigration and Customs […]
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USDA Sec. threatens funding cuts to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins conducts a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., in the U.S. Capitol on the government shutdown on Friday, October 31, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday threatened to cut off federal funding to Democratic-leaning states […]
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Watch: Trump holds Cabinet meeting as Hegseth boat strike scrutiny mounts
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, as his administration grapples with a slew of major political issues that have come to the fore since […]
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Costco sues for Trump tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules on if they’re illegal
A shopper exits a Costco store in Centerville, Ohio, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Costco is suing the Trump administration in an effort to get a full refund of new tariffs paid by the warehouse retail giant this year and to block those tariffs from continuing to […]
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