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Trump to announce  billion aid package for farmers caught up in trade war
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Trump to announce $12 billion aid package for farmers caught up in trade war

Corn and soybean farmer Don Swanson prepares to harvest his corn crop as he and other Iowa farmers struggle with the effects of weather and ongoing tariffs resulting from the trade war between the U.S. and China that continue to affect agricultural business, in Eldon, Iowa, on Oct. 4, 2019. Kia Johnson | Reuters President […]

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Trump says Netflix, Warner Bros. deal ‘could be a problem’; he’ll be involved in approving
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Trump says Netflix, Warner Bros. deal ‘could be a problem’; he’ll be involved in approving

U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters President Donald Trump expressed skepticism on Sunday night about Netflix‘s proposed acquisition of parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying […]

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Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole confessed, said he supports Trump and has anarchist views: MS NOW
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Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole confessed, said he supports Trump and has anarchist views: MS NOW

MPD Chief of Police Pamela Smith and U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025, announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on January 6, 2021. Tom Williams | Cq-roll […]

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Jeffrey Epstein island photos and videos released as top banks share files with House Oversight Committee
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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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Bad jobs report caused by shutdown, deportations — not tariffs, Lutnick says
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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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Appeals court disqualifies Trump’s N.J. prosecutor pick Alina Habba, rejecting DOJ challenge
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Appeals court disqualifies Trump’s N.J. prosecutor pick Alina Habba, rejecting DOJ challenge

Alina Habba, speaks after being sworn in as US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, remains disqualified from serving in […]

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Malaysia PM faces electoral setback as allies fall in Sabah state polls
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Malaysia PM faces electoral setback as allies fall in Sabah state polls

The flags of Perikatan Nasional party and Pakatan Harapan near a polling station in Malaysia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s allies were trounced in a regional election, results showed on Sunday, a grim first electoral test for the leader after three years in office. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan coalition won just one […]

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Eric Swalwell sues FHFA chief Pulte, alleging director used private information to attack Trump critics
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Eric Swalwell sues FHFA chief Pulte, alleging director used private information to attack Trump critics

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Yuri Gripas | Reuters Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., filed a 19-page lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte abused his authority to make “fanciful” mortgage fraud allegations against him and other critics of President Donald Trump. The lawsuit asks the court […]

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Judge dismisses Trump election interference racketeering case in Georgia
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Judge dismisses Trump election interference racketeering case in Georgia

President Donald Trump returns to the White House on Marine One in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2025. Allison Robbert | The Washington Post | Getty Images A judge in Georgia on Wednesday dismissed the historic racketeering case brought against President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn his loss in the state’s 2020 election. […]

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Binance sued by Oct. 7 victims’ families for allegedly aiding Hamas through crypto exchange
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Binance sued by Oct. 7 victims’ families for allegedly aiding Hamas through crypto exchange

Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022.  Benoit Tessier | Reuters Dozens of families of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel by Hamas sued Binance, alleging the […]

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