Ken Paxton Wins Texas Republican Senate Primary, Defeating Incumbent John Cornyn
Ken Paxton, the 51st Texas Attorney General, won the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumben...
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Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas Marks First Party-Wide Rally Ahead of 2026 Elections
In a bold move that sent ripples through the national political scene, the Republican Party convened its first midterm c...
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Clancy Attorney Urges Trump to Pardon Mother After Mistrial, Even as State Law Limits Presidential Power
A murder trial that ended in a mistrial, a presidential pardon plea, and a constitutional debate over clemency keep the ...
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Trump Honors 9/11 Victims and First Responders at 25th Anniversary Ceremony Near White House
A hush fell over the Ellipse on September 8, 2026, as President Donald Trump stepped onto the National Mall to mark the ...
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J.D. Vances Political Trajectory: From Critic of Trump to Vice President and the Rise of Post-Liberal Conservatism
James David Vance, a former Marine Corps journalist and venture‑capitalist, broke into national politics in 2021 after...
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Trump Administration Proposes Major Deregulation of Head Start to Expand Access
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled a sweeping rule this summer aimed at trimming the regula...
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Trump Nominates Dr. Heidi Overton to Lead FDA Amid Vaccine Policy Clash
On August 19, 2026, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton as the next commissioner o...
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Trumps Job Approval Hits Record Low in July 2026 Poll
A July 25‑27, 2026 Economist/YouGov survey of 1,559 U.S. adults revealed a stark downturn: only 33 % approve of Presid...
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MPR News Breaks Down 2026 Minnesota Primary Results and Their Implications
On Wednesday at 9 a.m., Minnesota Public Radio’s MPR News will air a special episode featuring host Catharine Richert ...
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Trumps Spectacle-Based Leadership: A Modern Take on Immortan Joes Power Play
Scholars have dubbed Trump’s 2024 campaign a “spectacle presidency,” a style that favors image over policy. The co...
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Arrest of Armed Man at Trump Golf Club Raises Security Concerns Ahead of Presidents Visit
A 38‑year‑old man from Downey, California, was taken into custody Sunday after law‑enforcement officers discovered...
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Capital One Defends 2021 Trump Account Closures as Anti-Money-Laundering Action
Capital One Financial Corp. filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Trump Organization and its son, Eric Trum...
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Trump Holds First Televised Cabinet Meeting at Camp David, Highlights Migration, Cyberattacks, and Iran War
On July 31, 2026, President Donald J. Trump opened the first live‑televised Cabinet meeting at the historic Camp David...
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Trump Hosts World-Series-Winning Dodgers at White House, Praises Shohei Ohtani
On Thursday, July 23 2026, President Donald Trump welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers for a White House reception that cele...
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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship in Landmark Trump v. Barbara Decision
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court delivered a 6‑3 ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s Executive Order...
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Age and Experience Shape U.S. Presidential Landscape: Biden, Trump, and the 2024 Election
The 2024 presidential election highlighted the growing public focus on the age and experience of candidates for the nati...
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Trump Administration Pursues New Measures to Curb Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30, 2026 decision reaffirming that anyone born on U.S. soil automatically receives citiz...
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Trump Reduces Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments by Over 3 Million Acres
On July 13 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed two proclamations that trimmed the combined expanse of Grand Staircase...
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Trump Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monuments by Nearly 3 Million Acres
On July 13, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed two executive orders that sliced nearly three million acres from Utah...
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Michigan Congressmen Demand Trump Open Gordie Howe Bridge Amid Delays
On July 7 2026, the steel‑lined streets of Detroit became the stage for a political showdown as Representative Shri Th...
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Trump Administration Spurs Natural Gas Boom as AI Drives Demand, EIA Forecasts 66 GW of New Capacity by 2030
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a new forecast in early 2025 that projects 66 gigawatts (GW) o...
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White House Posts Mocking Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Wedding at Madison Square Garden
On July 3, 2026, pop‑musician Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce were married in a ceremony he...
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ICE Crackdown in Los Angeles Leaves Families in Detention and Communities in Fear
In early October, a routine shift at a San Fernando Valley car wash became a nightmare for 48‑year‑old Giovanni. Fed...
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Parents of 2025-2028 Babies Can Open Trump Accounts on July 4, Getting $1,000 Federal Contribution
On July 4, 2026, parents of U.S. children born between January 1 2025 and December 31 2028 will be able to open a new ty...
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Kansas City Schools Reject Trump Administrations Claim of FERPA Violation Over Transgender Policy
On July 1, 2026, Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) fired back at a federal challenge, rejecting the Trump admin...
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Frontlines New Documentary Exposes Trump-Saudi Alliance and Its Controversies
A 90‑minute FRONTLINE documentary, The Crown Prince & the President, premiered on PBS and online on June 30, 2026. The...
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Trump Accounts Launch July 4: All New Child Investment Funds Default to Low-Cost S&P 500 ETF
When the sun rises on July 4, 2026, a new kind of savings account will open for millions of American children, and it wi...
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Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Discussed Antitrust Settlement with President Trump Before DOJ Deal
Live Nation Entertainment's CEO, Michael Rapino, reportedly spoke with former President Donald Trump in February 2026 be...
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Eight Antifa Members Sentenced to 30-100 Years for 2025 ICE Attack; Rep. Tlaib Criticizes Trumps Terrorism Memo
On Tuesday, federal judges in Texas imposed the harshest penalties yet for a violent assault on an Immigration and Custo...
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Trump Urges Congress to Make E15 Fuel Year-Round, RFA Welcomes Push
President Donald Trump has again pressed Congress to codify permanent, year‑round access to the lower‑cost E15 fuel ...
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Democrats Seek Contractor Records After Algae-Infested Reflecting Pool Renovation
When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool opened its waters on a warm June evening, the sight was meant to be a triumph ...
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Supreme Court to Decide on Birthright Citizenship Case Amid 250th-Anniversary Reflection
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the Supreme Court is on the brink of a decision that c...
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USPS to Withhold Mail Ballots From States Refusing Voter-List Submissions, Says Postmaster General
When the U.S. Postal Service announced it would refuse to deliver mail ballots unless states provided voter‑list data,...
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Trump Orders DOJ Probe Into Oil Companies Amid Falling Gas Prices
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that the Department of Justice would investigate major oil firms for alle...
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Congress Passes Landmark Housing Bill, President Halts Signing; New York Primaries Shift Left, Canada Faces Housing Strain
On Wednesday, a split Congress passed the largest housing package in decades, but President Donald Trump canceled the si...
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Trump Administration Proposes Rollback of BLM Oil and Gas Leasing Rule, Threatening National Parks
On Tuesday, the Interior Department unveiled a sweeping revision to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 2024 Onshore...
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Andy Burnhams Likely Premiership Signals Shift in U.S.-U.K. Relations
When Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation on June 22, 2026, the political map of London shifted almost overnight. ...
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Larry David Calls Trumps UFC Freedom 250 Event Embarrassing for America
When Larry David stepped onto the South Lawn of the White House to watch a UFC bout, he didn’t just bring his trademar...
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Trump Threatens Hormuz Tolls as U.S.-Iran Talks Progress in Switzerland
On June 21, 2026, President Donald Trump issued a stark warning: if the United States and Iran cannot agree on a final s...
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Chicago Council Faces Petition to Rename Wabash Avenue After Trump Tower
When a 30,000‑signature petition threatens to rename a bustling stretch of North Wabash Avenue, the city’s streets b...
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Massachusetts Court Strikes Down Trump-Era $100,000 H-1B Fee, Administration Appeals
On June 8, 2026, a federal judge in Boston vacated the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for certain H‑1B visa pet...
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US Climate Rollback Highlights Risk for UK; Britains Institutions May Shield It
On June 1, 2026, the Trump administration announced the dismantling of a $368 million deep‑sea observatory network tha...
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Trumps Claims of Zero Crime in Washington, D.C. Contradicted by Data, but Numbers Show Decline
When President Donald Trump declared Washington, D.C. crime to be virtually nonexistent, he sparked a sharp debate that ...
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Trumps Name Removed From Kennedy Center After Federal Judges Order
On June 12, 2026, the word “Trump” disappeared from the façade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art...
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Trump Administration Blocks New York Mayor Zohran Mamdanis Meeting With Colombian President Gustavo Petro
On June 11, 2026, the Trump administration announced that it had prevented New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from holdi...
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Trump Administration Blocks Planned Meeting Between NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Colombian President Gustavo Petro
The Trump administration halted a scheduled meeting between New York City’s mayor and Colombian president on Friday, J...
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Trump Administration Faces Growing Trade Challenges Amid USMCA Review and Forced-Labor Tariff Proposals
President Donald Trump announced on June 10 that the United States will not seek to renew the United States‑Mexico‑C...
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US Postal Service Proposes Rule That Could Block Mail-In Ballots From States Refusing to Share Voter Rolls
On June 2, the United States Postal Service (USPS) released a proposed rule that could prevent it from handling mail‑i...
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Poll Finds Majority Oppose Local Data Centers, Even as AI Pushes Rapid Expansion
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on June 11 shows that only one‑in‑three Americans approve of the fast pace of data...
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CNN Reveals Democrats Losing Immigration Support; Trump Holds Highest Approval on Issue
CNN’s June 9 “Run the Numbers” segment flipped the script on the immigration debate, revealing a widening gap betw...
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Graham Wins South Carolina Republican Senate Primary, Defeating Challengers
When the June 9 primary ballots were tallied, Lindsey Graham’s name lit up the results column, earning 56.8 percent of...
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Steve Hilton Advances to California Governors General Election, Facing Xavier Becerra
In a headline‑making June 2 top‑two primary, California’s nonpartisan system left voters with a clear contest betw...
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Gordie Howe Bridge to Open Amid Tense US-Canada Relations
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, a gleaming cable‑stayed structure that has been the subject of political wrangli...
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Judge Halts Trumps White House Ballroom, Donors $50 B Contracts Spark Corruption Concerns
A federal judge’s injunction stalls Donald Trump’s dream of a White House ballroom, reigniting questions about the p...
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Judge Blocks Trump-Era $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee, Citing Unlawful Tax
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for new H‑1...
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Kennedy Center Removes Trump Name Ahead of Bill Maher Twain Prize Ceremony
In a courtroom‑driven reshuffle, the Kennedy Center has peeled away the former president’s name ahead of a marquee c...
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Trumps Economic Record Under Scrutiny Ahead of 2026 Midterms
The 2026 midterm elections are just weeks away, and voters are zeroing in on the economic performance of President Donal...
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Nebraska Targeted in $15 Million Anti-Trump Ad Blitz by Home of the Brave
A new wave of political advertising is sweeping Nebraska and 16 other states, as Home of the Brave, a group formed by fo...
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Jared Kushners Affinity Partners: Saudi Funding, Conflict-of-Interest Concerns, and the Political Fallout
From a quiet office in Miami to the vaulted halls of Riyadh, Jared Kushner’s post‑White House venture has become a l...
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U.S. Election Security: Why Paper Ballots May Be the Only Safe Option
The 2020 presidential election has become a flashpoint for millions who claim it was stolen, a narrative that former Pre...
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