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Judges on the U.S. District Court of New Jersey have declined to retain President Trump’s pick for the state’s top federal prosecutor, Alina Habba, as the clock on her interim status runs out.   In a terse standing order, the court tapped attorney Desiree Leigh Grace to lead the office hours before the expiration of Habba’s 120-day temporary…
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President Trump recently announced his intent to impose a 200 percent tariff on pharmaceuticals to lure drug manufacturing back to the U.S. This action, if implemented, will come at great cost to millions of Americans already struggling to cover their medical bills and force them deeper into health care debt.   A vast number of Americans today rely on prescription…
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The Trump administration on Monday released a trove of previously classified documents related to the 1968 assassination of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) in Memphis, Tenn. James Earl Ray, who died in prison in 1998, admitted to the murder after he was captured in London, but conspiracy theories have swirled about the…
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg (D) announced on Tuesday that the Kentucky city will begin complying with the Trump administration’s 48-hour immigration detainer requests and, in exchange, the federal government will drop Louisville from its “sanctuary city” list. Under the new directive, the mayor said, the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) will notify the Department…
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The Texas representative called out the president for riling up his base. One expert breaks down how this one line of attack is influencing MAGA.

President Trump has endorsed South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds (R) for reelection to his seat next year despite his calling Rounds a “jerk” years earlier and vowing not to support him in the future.  Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that Rounds is an “incredibly strong advocate” for South Dakota, while…
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President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan hammered Hunter Biden, the son of former President Biden, over his criticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement operations.  Biden said during his interview with YouTube creator Andrew Callaghan, which was released on Monday, that “all these Democrats say, you have to talk about and realize that people…
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A group of White House officials are set to visit the Federal Reserve on Thursday amid escalating criticism of chairman Jerome Powell over renovations to the central bank’s headquarters. James Blair, a deputy chief of staff to President Trump, posted on the social media platform X that Trump aides would make the visit after chastising…
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President Trump on Tuesday said that former President Obama should be targeted directly by the Department of Justice after his administration’s report alleged Obama administration officials manipulated intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has sent criminal referrals to the DOJ related to the report released…
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Donald Trump reshared a fake video showing former President Barack Obama getting arrested by FBI agents.

Bernice King, the youngest daughter of the late Martin Luther King Jr., weighed in on President Trump’s decision to release hundreds of thousands of documents related to her father’s assassination, while urging them to unveil the files tied to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. King’s message came on Monday, shortly after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi…
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NPR’s top editor will leave the outlet in the coming weeks, a departure that comes at a tumultuous time for the public broadcaster. Edith Chapin, who since 2023 has served as the public media company’s top newsroom executive, told colleagues she will step down, saying she is ready to “take a break,” NPR reported. News…
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President Trump on Tuesday is holding a bilateral meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House. Earlier this month, the Philippine ambassador to the U.S. said the talks would focus on how the nations can deepen their security and economic ties, including threats from China and potential trade negotiations. The meeting also…
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he anticipated meeting with Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice “in the coming days.”

A third round of peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials is planned to take place later this week in Turkey, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.  “Today, I discussed with [secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council] Rustem Umerov the preparations for the exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side.…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the Aug. 1 date set by President Trump for tariffs to hit countries that fail to negotiate deals with the U.S. is a “hard deadline.” Bessent during an interview on “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business said countries without trade deals will be hit with the reciprocal tariffs…
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House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning as controversy around disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s case rankles their GOP counterparts ahead of the August recess. Democrats, along with many of President Trump’s allies, have pressed the Justice Department (DOJ) to provide more transparency around its probe of the Epstein sex trafficking case. The DOJ and…
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President Trump made history on Friday when he became the first president to sue a newspaper for an article that exposed something he did not want brought to light. In so doing, he again used the Oval Office as a platform to settle scores and to carry out a personal vendetta rather than to serve…
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“The Newsroom” star sat down with MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace to discuss the president’s reelection and everything Americans have lost in the process.

House GOP leaders will hold their weekly press conference Tuesday morning after backlash around the Trump administration’s handling of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s files has complicated the lower chamber’s workflow in recent days. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Monday that the House would not take up a resolution calling for the release of more Epstein…
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The Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights activist and MSNBC host, slammed the Trump administration’s decision to release the files on Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, calling the move a “desperate” effort to “distract” from the Jeffrey Epstein case. “We need to be crystal clear on the fact that Trump releasing the MLK assassination files is…
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President Trump is set to withdraw from The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the State Department announced on Tuesday. In announcing the U.S. is leaving the cultural organization, State spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that “like many UN organizations, UNESCO strayed from its founding mission.” “Going forward, U.S. participation in international organizations must…
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Coca-Cola Company confirmed on Tuesday that it will launch a cane sugar version of its iconic drink in the U.S. amid President Trump’s “enthusiasm,” coming less than a week after the president revealed the change on social media.  “As part of its ongoing innovation agenda, this fall in the United States, the company plans to…
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President Trump meets Tuesday with the leader of America’s oldest ally in the Pacific, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the White House. Marcos, the first leader of South Asian nations to visit the Trump White House, is looking to talk trade, after Trump put a 20 percent levy on the nation starting Aug. 1.…
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There was a time, not long ago, when Republicans and Democrats actually got along. They considered members of the other party adversaries, not enemies and, after sparring during the day over policy disagreements, they’d often hang out together, even become friends. When I read that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum were…
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