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Two children dead, 17 people injured in Annunciation school shooting, Minneapolis police say
Officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to a an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Aug. 27, 2025. Ben Brewer | Reuters Two young children were killed and 17 people were injured after a mass shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic church and school in Minneapolis on […]
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Trump White House pressures Fed Governor Lisa Cook to go on leave as lawsuit looms
White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett prepares to give a live television interview at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook should go on leave from the central […]
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Feds fail to get indictment against DC sandwich thrower fired by DOJ: Report
A person walks past Banksy-style posters of a protester throwing a sandwich on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Federal prosecutors failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former Department of Justice employee who allegedly hurled a Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in […]
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Trump says he’s removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, cites mortgage fraud allegations
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 Monday […]
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Trump says DOJ will sue California over redistricting as he celebrates Texas effort
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 25, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Monday that the Department of Justice will sue California over […]
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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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