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President Trump pushed back on reports that Erik Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned from his post, claiming, “he didn’t quit, I fired him!”  “Today I withdrew the Nomination of Erik Siebert as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, when I was informed that he received the UNUSUALLY…
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(NEXSTAR) — Housing costs have, for the most part, only continued to rise for Americans. The median monthly costs for a homeowner now totals $2,035, up from $1,960 in 2023 (and adjusted for inflation), according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.  Those with a mortgage are spending about 21% of their income…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he plans to meet again with President Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next week, as Russian strikes against Ukraine continue despite pressure on the Kremlin to come to a peace deal. The two leaders will discuss security guarantees, backed by both Kyiv and its…
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Inflation is now running at a higher annual rate than it was during predecessor Joe Biden’s final year in office.

President Trump called out former late night anchor David Letterman for defending Jimmy Kimmel, who was taken off air this week by ABC over comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.  “Whatever happened to the very highly overrated David Letterman, whose ratings were never very good, either,” the president wrote late…
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Four lawmakers bucked their party in Friday’s votes on a Republican stopgap bill to fund the government, which passed the House but was blocked by Democrats in the Senate. House Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) were the only GOP no votes in the House, while Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) was the sole…
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President Trump said on Friday that he ordered another strike on a ship in the Caribbean allegedly transporting narcotics, the third such attack this month. “On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump…
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Stephen Miran, President Trump’s newly confirmed pick to the Federal Reserve board, said on Friday that uncertainty around U.S. trade policies was partly responsible for slow economic growth this year. Miran, who was confirmed on Wednesday in time to join the Fed meeting Thursday, said growth in the first half of the year was “weaker…
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Erik Siebert, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned on Friday amid pressure from the Trump administration to launch an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. Siebert will be replaced by a new appointee, two sources familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The New York…
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The president seemingly defended targeting coverage he deemed “bad” after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show.

The U.S. twice this month carried out strikes against vessels that originated from Venezuela.

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Friday walked back his remark made earlier in the day that raising the retirement age was among the entitlement reforms being considered by the Trump administration. In an interview with Fox Business, host Maria Bartiromo asked Bisignano if he’d consider increasing the age for full federal retirement benefits, which…
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A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into NY AG has not resulted in criminal charges resigned under pressure from the Trump administration.

The program for highly skilled foreign workers has come under scrutiny from the administration

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was suspended Wednesday after its host criticized the right-wing response to the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Andrew Kolvet, once a producer for Kirk, said his former boss would not have liked his episode being “buried.”

Former Transportation Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized Republican redistricting efforts at a Thursday rally in Indiana, accusing the other party of “cheating” in their attempts to redraw congressional maps.  “They want the outcome of the election to be decided before you even get to go vote,” Buttigieg said during the rally, which…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office noted that the president lied on national television mere days after Kimmel was suspended.

Fewer Republican voters said the U.S. is headed in the right direction following the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, according to a survey released Friday.  The new Associated Press (AP)-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that now over half of GOP voters, 51 percent, think the country is heading…
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Federal authorities are tracking “several threats of unknown credibility” against people planning to attend a Sunday memorial service in Arizona for Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot last week in Utah. Threats to President Trump, Vice President Vance and members of Kirk’s family were among those being investigated, two law enforcement sources confirmed…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) argued on Friday the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week is “not a license for the abuse of power” and that Congress instead should be working to unite the country. Ocasio-Cortez said on the House floor that Kirk’s assassination was a “horrific and vile attack” and said condemning…
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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) cautioned that political rhetoric “needs to come down across the board” in an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead With Jake Tapper” this week. Host Jake Tapper showed Fitzpatrick a clip of Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) criticizing the left for calling people on the right “extremists,” “fascists” and “Nazis” during FBI Director…
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Longtime late night host Conan O’Brien weighed in Friday on his colleague Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension at ABC, warning of a broader threat to free speech.  “The suspension of @jimmykimmel and the promise to silence other Late Night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left, and Center,” O’Brien, who hosted late…
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Some new iPhone models are debuting at higher prices, but that doesn’t mean President Trump’s tariffs are to blame. “There’s no increase for tariffs in the prices to be totally clear,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday. The remark was a rare instance of Cook definitively addressing the link between tariffs…
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“When you go back and take a look, all they do is hit Trump. They’re licensed. They are not allowed to do that!” the president falsely claimed.