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Journalist Katie Couric went after President Trump for a recent display at the White House that targeted former President Biden. “That is so creepy. And I mean, I’m sorry, I’ve kind of gone beyond trying to be impartial here, Jonathan, because his behavior is so beyond the pale,” Couric said while talking with ABC News’s…
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) on Thursday proposed that the city pay air traffic controllers as they go without paychecks because of the government shutdown. Johnston’s proposal would need to be permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Politico reported. The city requested a waiver to pay air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport but…
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Republican senators sunk a war powers resolution Thursday that would have blocked President Trump’s administration from potentially conducting military strikes inside Venezuela without the authorization of Congress, as the White House’s campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats on both sides of South America persists.  The joint resolution, which was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) last…
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President Trump is hosting the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House on Thursday as the president seeks to deepen economic and security ties in the region while developing a rare earth metal supply chain. The metals are needed to develop high-tech devices such as smartphones and electric vehicles, as Trump pushes…
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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his transition team.  Khan will lead the transition team alongside former New York City First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer (D), former New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Melanie Hartzog, United Way…
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed Thursday it had been hacked, saying it was taking action to contain the fallout. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward,” CBO spokesperson…
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Tesla shareholders on Thursday approved a new trillion-dollar pay package for CEO Elon Musk.  The package — to which more than 75 percent of shareholders agreed — grants Musk about 423 million shares in the electric vehicle (EV) maker, which would be worth nearly $1 trillion if the company reaches a series of milestones as…
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A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday slammed immigration agents’ use of force on members of the media and protesters, issuing an extensive injunction preventing federal law enforcement officers from continuing to use constraints. “I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in an oral ruling from…
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Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said he believes the Republican Party is beginning to move away from President Trump, citing pockets of dissent within the party and the recent poor performances of GOP candidates in down-ballot races. “In politics, migrations rarely happen all at once. They start quietly — one or two members of a…
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A photo taken Thursday in the Oval Office while a man appears to pass out is going viral because of the president’s reaction — or lack thereof.

Zohran Mamdani delivered a fiery victory speech Tuesday after winning New York City’s mayoral race and ordered the president to “turn the volume up.”

Spoiler alert: They did not hold back.

The unsigned ruling on the government’s emergency application declared that having to demonstrate sex assigned at birth did not violate equal protection principles.

Lawmakers and advocates characterized the government shutdown and the partisan politics fueling it as “disastrous” for retired and active-duty service members, who they said rely on food assistance and medical coverage provisions at risk amid the funding lapse. “This shutdown is really disastrous for our current military, and it’s not just because of the financial…
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“Even the famous San Francisco liberal is not far left enough for the neo-Marxists. We commend her for her service,” the House speaker said Thursday.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday said his company will not donate money toward the White House’s ballroom construction, where the East Wing once stood. In an interview with Dimon, CNN anchor Erin Burnett noted how JPMorgan Chase was not listed among the companies that have donated toward the project. “We have an issue,…
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“Two things I would do,” the former Trump adviser said.

Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.

President Trump said Thursday he was glad former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was retiring from Congress at the end of her term, deriding her as an “evil woman.” “I think she’s an evil woman. I’m glad she’s retiring. I think she did the country a great service by retiring,” Trump told reporters in the Oval…
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A MAGA supporter who voted for the president three times says she doesn’t “see the best economy right now.”

President Trump on Thursday will welcome Kazakhstan into the Abraham Accords, the agreements centered around normalizing ties with Israel, two sources confirmed to The Hill.  Israel and Kazakhstan have had diplomatic relations since 1992, and it’s not clear what benefit Astana will get from joining the accords — although it provides a forum for greater cooperation…
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The president’s claim about falling food prices didn’t match the numbers… or Americans’ thoughts on the supermarket.

A coalition of civil society groups are pressuring Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to greenlight the full repeal of U.S. sanctions in Syria, a key priority for President Trump. While a bipartisan and bicameral coalition is working to include a full repeal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act…
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday she will retire from Congress at the end of the term in January 2027, putting a bookend on a nearly four-decade, history-making tenure in the House. “With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative,” Pelosi said in a video posted…
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