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Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war
President Donald Trump’s political action committee this week sent a fundraising email promising donors “private national security briefings” by the president himself and featuring a photo from the dignified transfer for U.S. service members killed in Kuwait. “For the first time ever, I’m opening up spots on the National Security Briefing Membership,” reads the email, […]
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FCC chair slams broadcasters after Trump disputes reports on Iran-damaged U.S. tankers
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump […]
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A seat at the table, but no vote yet for a Democratic lawmaker in the Kennedy Center board showdown
Workers stand on lifts in front of the newly added lettering for President Donald Trump’s name at the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a day after its board announced it would rename the institution in Washington, Dec. 19, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters A federal judge ruled on Saturday […]
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North Korea fires 10 ballistic missiles during U.S.-South Korea military drills
People sit in front of a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on January 27, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images) Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images North Korea fired more than 10 ballistic missiles […]
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Trump says U.S. ‘obliterated’ military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island but didn’t ‘wipe out’ oil infrastructure
A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs Pbc | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he directed the U.S. Central Command to carry out a bombing raid, hitting military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island. “Moments ago, at my direction, the United […]
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U.S. companies should give Trump tariff refunds to workers as bonuses or raises: Greer
Jamieson Greer, US trade representative, during a Bloomberg Television interview outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images “The whole reason the president imposed these tariffs was to try to reshore, affect our massive imbalance in trade that we’ve experienced over many years […]
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Trump can’t ‘drill, baby, drill’ his way out of this Iran-inspired oil crisis: Experts
President Donald Trump promised to “drill, baby, drill” on the presidential campaign trail. It’s not going to bail him out of this oil crisis spurred by the war he started in Iran, lawmakers and analysts say. Trump and Republicans last year aggressively ramped up policies favorable to fossil fuels after romping to an electoral victory […]
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Analysis: The U.S. is running out of ways to get oil prices down. It is up to the military.
The Trump administration has rolled out a series of measures to attempt to blunt the blow of the Iran-driven oil-price hike, and yet prices remain stubbornly high. As the war rolls on, it is becoming clear there isn’t much the U.S. or any other government can do to provide relief from higher oil prices short […]
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Epstein files: Congress seeks to depose prison guard on duty at time of Jeffrey Epstein’s death
In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, Tova Noel, center in yellow blouse, a federal jail guard responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself, leaves federal court, in New York. Craig Ruttle | AP The House committee investigating disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein announced on Friday it is seeking testimony from a […]
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Trump says he thinks Putin is helping Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the presidential council for civil society and human rights via a video link in Moscow, Russia, December 9, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov | Via Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said he believed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is helping Iran in its war against the United States […]
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