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Kate, princess of Wales, toasts with President Donald Trump after his speech at the state banquet in Windsor Castle, England, on day one of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s second state visit to the UK, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP, Pool Photo via AP) President Donald Trump delivers…
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) apologized to ousted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez for questioning her “backbone” during her confirmation hearing in June. “You got over the qualifications bar easily, but my worries about the direction of HHS [Health and Human Services] made me question you very significantly on your backbone,…
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FBI Director Kash Patel said he would launch an investigation into the birthday note President Trump wrote Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th. The White House has claimed the image of the note released by the Epstein estate includes a fake signature by Trump. Under questioning from Rep. Jared Moskowitz (R-Fla.), Patel agreed to an investigation,…
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The FBI director took great pains to avoid answering a direct question about Donald Trump’s connection to the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shared Wednesday that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had texted her just hours before his assassination last week. “The last message he had texted me was the day before he passed away,” Noem said during an appearance on “Pod Force One” with host Miranda Devine.  “And it said, ‘We…
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The “Tonight Show” host continued to poke fun at the president over the unresolved scandal.

A veteran pleaded not guilty Wednesday after setting fire to an American flag in a federal park outside the White House last month to protest President Trump’s executive order cracking down on flag burning. Jan Carey, 54, was arraigned on two federal misdemeanor charges, at his first court appearance on Wednesday: igniting a fire in…
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Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said Tuesday he has “no problem” with President Trump sending the National Guard to Chicago. “In the city of Chicago, I don’t give a damn what they say, I have no problem with sending in the National Guard. They were a problem before [former President] Obama got into office, when…
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time this year, following months of pressure from President Trump. The decision came as the Fed attempts to ease pressure on the weakening U.S. job market. The move, floated by Powell last month, follows two…
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Obama pointed to a “broader problem” with the president’s divisive rhetoric.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Tuesday slammed President Trump for not speaking compassionately about slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) after she and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their home. “There’s no compassion, there’s no empathy in this man, and there’s no sense of governing for the whole country,” Walz said during…
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The convicted sex trafficker praised Trump during a two-day interview with the Justice Department, according to a transcript.

Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the 12:30 Report newsletter Subscribe It’s Wednesday. I’ve been watching the livestream of Trump in the United Kingdom all morning, and now all I want is to enjoy high tea 🫖…
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The cost of electricity is rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation, turning a basic household necessity into a growing financial burden. In August, electricity prices jumped 6.2 percent from a year earlier and are now up more than 30 percent over the past four years, according to the Consumer Price Index. That…
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The president suddenly ousted her after a bad jobs report.

Donald Trump’s pledge to restore prayer in public schools has thrilled his most loyal supporters. It feels like a return to tradition, a pushback against decades of creeping secularism. But even the most committed MAGA faithful should stop and ask what comes next. Mandates rarely remain confined to one man or one moment. Power shifts…
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Harry Enten said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the Trump official’s popularity goes even more “underwater.”

Former Attorney General William Barr recalled his conversations with President Trump when convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell in 2019, details he revealed during his testimony before a House investigative panel last month and which were made public in a transcript released Tuesday. Barr told the House Oversight and…
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The president accused the New York Times of publishing articles and a book “to inflict maximum electoral damage” ahead of the 2024 election.

Related Video: Attorney General Pam Bondi on first amendment, hate speech Students will return to Utah Valley University on Wednesday, one week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus event. All in-person and online classes will resume Wednesday, according to the university. University employees, including student workers, returned to campus Monday.…
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Top U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft, Nvidia and Google, have unveiled billions of dollars’ worth of new AI investments in the United Kingdom amid President Trump’s state visit.   Microsoft announced Tuesday that it plans to invest $30 billion in AI infrastructure and operations in Britain over the next four years, part of which will go…
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ABC reporter Matt Gutman apologized Wednesday for comments he made on air while reporting on text messages sent between conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin and his roommate just after the killing. “Yesterday I tried to underscore the jarring contrast between this cold blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk — a man who dedicated his life…
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Former President Obama said Tuesday the assassination of conservative advocate Charlie Kirk was “horrific” and representative of a national “political crisis.” “Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” Obama told an audience at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pa.  “What happened, as…
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The president is in the U.K. for an unprecedented second state visit.

I didn’t plan to write about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but these chaotic times have a way of changing our best-laid plans.  Kirk’s senseless murder has been met not with a call for national healing but with demands by prominent Republicans for immediate retribution. This has included Fox News host Jesse Watters declaring “war” on Kirk’s…
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