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Trump cancels $4.9B foreign aid, pushes DC death penalty, touts Kim ties

President Donald Trump closed out his week by informing Congress he is revoking nearly $5 billion in foreign aid that Congress already had approved as the legislative branch faces an Oct. 1 deadline to fund the government or deal with a shutdown. Trump is rescinding the funding using a pocket …

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Trump faces multiple legal setbacks as federal courts question broad presidential powers

After the long holiday weekend, President Donald Trump will begin contending with significant legal disputes unfolding on multiple fronts. From the Federal Reserve to trade policy to deportations of illegal immigrants, here’s a look at the high-stakes legal showdowns shaping Trump’s week. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, …

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Hunter Biden took thousands from daughter's college fund for 'hookers and drugs': report

Hunter Biden withdrew $20,000 from his daughter Maisy’s college fund and spent it on “hookers and drugs” after being warned he had just 44 cents left in his bank account, the Daily Mail reported Friday. According to the outlet, Biden received an email from Wells Fargo bank on Dec. 17, …

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White House unveils AI executive order, requiring companies to share national security risks with feds

President Biden on Monday will sign what the White House is calling a “landmark” executive order that contains the “most sweeping actions ever taken to protect Americans from the potential risks of AI systems.” Among them is requiring that artificial intelligence developers share their safety-test results – known as red-team …

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White House blasts House GOP for setting 'unprecedented bar' in new bill to aid Israel

EXCLUSIVE: The White House is blasting House Republicans for setting an “unprecedented bar” in their new bill that gives $14.3 billion in aid to Israel. House Republicans rolled out the 13-page bill on Monday, which would completely offset the foreign aid by rescinding the $14.3 billion from the Inflation Reduction …

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Nixon resigns: Forty years later it's clear Richard Nixon committed political suicide

On the occasion of this week’s 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, The Washington Post sponsored a reunion featuring Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Watergate reporters who “brought down” the 37th president. In fact, Nixon committed political suicide. He thought he could get away with what …

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Biden to supporters: 'If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running'

President Biden on Tuesday told supporters he’s not sure if he would be seeking a second term in the White House in 2024 if former President Donald Trump wasn’t trying to win back his old job. “If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running. But wecannot let him …

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Ex-Biden spokesman who called mental fitness doubts a ‘conspiracy’ only met with him twice: Comer

One of former President Joe Biden’s staunchest defenders in the last year of his presidency only met with the ex-commander in chief in person twice while working at the White House, a top Republican said. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., has been leading the closed-door transcribed interview of …

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Trump’s cartel crackdown gains ‘powerful political leverage’ with El Mayo guilty plea

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, is set to face the rest of his life behind bars as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to dismantle cartels. Zambada, 75, confessed in a Brooklyn, New York, courtroom Monday that he had coordinated with Mexican officials to …

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Trump escalates fight with Pritzker as bloody Chicago weekend sparks troop warning

President Donald Trump and his administration have launched a crusade against Illinois lawmakers who’ve refused offers to send in National Guard troops to Chicago following a violent Labor Day weekend in the city. While Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other state leaders remain adamant that National Guard troops are not …

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