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Tariff bill in U.S. states hits $200 billion as affordability and Trump head into midterms showdown
New analysis of U.S. Census data shows that states across the U.S. where key midterm elections will take place this year paid over $134 billion in tariffs in the period since President Donald Trump began implementing widespread trade duties in March 2025 through last November. In all, the U.S. Census data compiled by Trade Partnership […]
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Shadowy video, first known arrest mark big breaks in Nancy Guthrie abduction
TUCSON, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 10: In an aerial view, law enforcement and news broadcasters are stationed outside of Nancy Guthrie’s residence on February 10, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. Searches continues for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of […]
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DC grand jury declines to indict Sens. Kelly, Slotkin for seditious conpiracy: MS Now
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks after departing federal court on Feb. 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., declined a request by prosecutors to indict two U.S. senators, Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, on charges of seditious conspiracy, MS Now reported Tuesday night. The attempted […]
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Senate Leader Thune throws cold water on filibuster change in push for voter-ID bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday dashed a push from President Donald Trump and his allies to amend the Senate filibuster rule to speed passing controversial voter-identification legislation. The SAVE America Act, which was introduced in January, would require voters to prove their citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and would […]
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Former Trump campaign lawyer sparked FBI probe of Fulton County ballots: Affidavit
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing at the edge of a truck loading bay after the FBI executed a search warrant for the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in relation to the 2020 election, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter, in Union City, […]
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GOP anxiety over Trump tariffs tests House Speaker Johnson in upcoming vote
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks with reporters as the House votes to end the partial government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 3, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters House Republican leaders are in danger of an embarrassing loss on a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon because fellow GOP lawmakers are balking […]
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Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation
Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday admitted he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier. “I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation” in 2012, Lutnick said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations […]
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Jeffrey Epstein has sparked a political crisis threatening the UK government. Here’s what’s happening
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) talks with then-ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carl Court | Getty Images News | Getty Images The release of further Epstein files last week triggered a series of events that left U.K. […]
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EPA set to revoke ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins all climate regulation
The sun sets behind burning gas flares at the Dora (Daura) Oil Refinery Complex in Baghdad on December 22, 2024. Ahmad Al-rubaye | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency moved to finalize the revocation of a critical scientific finding that undergirds the U.S. government’s climate regulations and ability to regulate greenhouse gases, the […]
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GOP Sen. Johnson slams Dems’ ‘obnoxious’ judicial warrant demand as another shutdown looms
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) speaks with reporters after a vote in the U.S. Capitol June 3, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., on Tuesday slammed Democrats for conditioning Homeland Security Department funding on a requirement that federal immigration agents must obtain judicial warrants to carry out key enforcement activities. Johnson, in […]
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