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Trump questions whether U.S. can ‘do business’ in South Korea ahead of president’s visit
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the Presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Ahn Young-joon | Via Reuters President Donald Trump cast doubt Monday on the United States’ ability to do business with South Korea, hours before he was set to host the key trade partner’s […]
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Epstein files released to Congress are mostly ‘recycled’ documents, Democrat says
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., participates in a subcommittee hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., in a statement on Saturday criticized the release of the first trove of documents related to the late convicted sex offender […]
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Trump administration considering deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, his lawyers say
Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks, as he has been released from the Putnam County Jail in Cookville, Tennessee, U.S., August 22, 2025. Seth Herald | Reuters U.S. immigration officials have notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia of their intent to deport him to Uganda, his attorneys said in a Saturday filing that accuses the government of pressuring Abrego Garcia to […]
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House Democrats probe Paramount-Skydance merger over Trump dealings
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin speaks during a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the Attempted Assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images Two top House Democrats are investigating whether Paramount and Skydance Media acquiesced to “illegitimate demands” from President Donald Trump in order to win approval for […]
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Judge calls Trump DOJ’s request to release Epstein grand jury records a ‘diversion’
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday refused to unseal grand jury materials in Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case, while slamming the Trump administration’s request […]
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Trump demands Fed’s Cook resign after housing official calls for ‘mortgage fraud’ probe
Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday […]
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Trump vows to target ‘woke’ museums with same playbook used on Columbia, Harvard
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History is seen from the Washington Monument on June 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Carter | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has ordered his lawyers to snuff out what he calls “woke” content at museums by copying the playbook his administration is using […]
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Chinese national living in U.S. gets 8 years in prison for smuggling weapons, tech to North Korea
Photos of a gun and parts of military electronics that were found on Shenghua Wen’s phone, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Courtesy: U.S. Department of Justice A Chinese national living in the U.S. was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to illegally smuggle guns, ammunition and sensitive U.S. technology to North […]
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Trump expands 50% steel and aluminum tariffs to include 407 additional product types
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with North American Flat-Rolled Segment Senior Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer Scott Buckiso, Plant manager of Irvin and Fairless Plant Donald German and Mon Valley Works United Steel Corporation Vice President Kurt Barshick, as he visits U.S. Steel Corporation–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 30, 2025. Leah […]
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Zelensky to meet with Trump after Putin talks end without a ceasefire
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin “went very well” after the pair met for hours one day […]
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