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The Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne was evacuated on Tuesday after a report about a suspected explosive device, according to authorities. “We are responding to a report of a suspected [improvised explosive device] at the Capitol Building. The building was evacuated quickly and safely as a precaution,” the Wyoming Highway Patrol said in a Tuesday post…
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Five days after calling for an end to the war in Ukraine along existing lines, which would reward Putin for invading, Trump announces sanctions on Russian oil.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday said the state would launch a portal for residents to provide pictures and videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in New York City and the rest of the state. The effort comes after a high-profile ICE raid on Canal Street in New York City.…
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The “No Kings” movement made its way to the Capitol this week as Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) held the floor for 22 hours and 39 minutes from Tuesday evening into Wednesday afternoon, escalating the Democratic fight against President Trump only days after millions across the country protested his administration’s actions.  Merkley, a three-term senator, began speaking…
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Beef producers on Wednesday hit back at President Trump for suggesting they lower meat prices after the administration shared plans to increase imports from Argentina. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said it “cannot stand” behind the president’s decision, accusing him and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins of making “undercuts” to  “the future of family farmers.” “America’s…
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President Trump said Wednesday the administration may go to Congress for authorization to strike drug cartels that are smuggling narcotics on land.  “We will hit them very hard when they come in by land. And they haven’t experienced that yet, but now we’re totally prepared to do that. We’ll probably go back to Congress and…
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The entire East Wing of the White House is being demolished to make way for President Trump’s planned massive ballroom. “In order to do it properly we had to take down the existing structure,” Trump, flanked by renderings of the ballroom, told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday.  Trump’s acknowledgement that the East Wing…
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President Trump predicted he would make a deal on “everything” with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of their upcoming meeting in South Korea next week, pointing to potential agreements on agriculture and nuclear power.  “We’ll make a deal on, I think, everything,” Trump told reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office.  “I think we’re going to…
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Most Americans think the U.S. should recognize Palestinian statehood, as a fragile ceasefire holds between Israel and Hamas following two years of war in the Gaza Strip, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. Out of those polled, 59 percent supported the U.S. recognizing statehood, while 33 percent were opposed. The rest of…
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Senate Democrats voted Wednesday for a 12th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21. Democrats blocked the funding measure — a clean continuing resolution that would prolong Biden-era funding levels — after liberal Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) spoke on the Senate floor for nearly 23 hours…
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“If President Donald J. Trump ever needs the January 6ers ever again, we are here. And we will not ever shrink from the calling of defending our country,” Jake Lang said.

President Trump said Wednesday he felt it was the right time to slap sanctions on Russia as a part of the administration’s effort to push Moscow to end its war with Ukraine.  “I just felt it was time. We waited a long time. I thought that we’d go long before the Middle East,” Trump told…
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Hunter Biden said his father would not have pardoned him had President Trump not won the 2024 election. Former President Biden’s son spoke with Mediaite editor Tommy Christopher on Monday about the recent slew of federal indictments against President Trump’s perceived political enemies. “Well, look, I think that, and I’ve said this before, is that…
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‘I want to try and get to heaven, if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well.’

Almost one in three Americans say the country is moving in the wrong direction, mostly due to President Trump’s actions since returning to the White House in January, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Sixty-two percent think the nation is on the wrong track, including 92 percent of Democrats…
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The Trump administration dispatched 100 immigration agents to San Francisco with groups expected to begin arriving on Thursday, making it the second city in California to face federal intervention.  Agents will be dispersed from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Base Alameda, one source told the San Francisco Chronicle. The Hill reached out…
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The public’s approval of Congress is souring amid the government shutdown, according to a Gallup survey. The poll, released Wednesday, found that just 15 percent of respondents said they approve of the legislature’s performance, with 79 percent disapproving and 6 percent offering no opinion.  That marks a decline in approval of 11 percentage points relative…
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The Trump administration on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions on major Russian oil companies as efforts to end the war in Ukraine have stalled. The Treasury Department said it was hitting Russia’s two largest oil companies, Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company and Lukoil OAO, with sanctions. The move is part of an effort to increase…
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The constitutional Republican has been unwavering in his stance since the first U.S. military strike on a suspected drug vessel near Venezuela last month.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) gave impassioned defenses of President Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing as he prepares to construct a new grand ballroom. “Just because President Trump has an idea, the Democrat Party’s visceral reaction is just to say no,” Scalise said in a press…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hammered Republicans over the Trump administration’s new policy limiting Pentagon outreach to members of Congress.  Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Jeffries first went after Pete Hegseth, the Defense secretary who installed the new restrictions, portraying him as unqualified. He then shifted his criticisms to Republicans on Capitol Hill, saying they’ve…
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Approval for President Trump’s handling of the Gaza conflict has jumped over the past month as the administration pushes to maintain the ceasefire, according to a poll released Wednesday. Forty-seven percent of registered voters in the Quinnipiac University survey said they support the way Trump is handling the conflict, while 41 percent disapprove of the…
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China unseated the U.S. as Germany’s top trading partner, according to data from the first eight months of the year.  ​​”There is no question that U.S. tariff and trade policy is an important reason for the decline in sales,” said Dirk Jandura, president of the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services, told Reuters,…
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President Trump hit his lowest approval rating on the economy in a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday. Just 38 percent of respondents said they approve of the president’s handling of the economy, while 57 percent disapproved and 5 percent did not provide an opinion. Trump’s previous low on the economy was a 39 percent approval…
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Republicans on Capitol Hill are discussing extending current government funding levels until December 2026 as debate heats up about the length of a potential stopgap funding bill to reopen the government. Republicans increasingly say a funding stopgap until well beyond Nov. 21 — the funding extension date in the House-passed “clean” continuing resolution (CR) that…
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