Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said Sunday that President Trump’s “patience” with Russian President Vladimir Putin is “wearing thin” after the president had a call with the Russian leader late last week. Crawford made the comment in response to a question during an appearance on Fox News. “People keep falling out of buildings in Russia, Ukraine…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) released surveillance footage Monday to back up its determination that disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a New York City prison in 2019. The nearly 11-hour video was filmed outside Epstein’s prison cell during the final hours of his life while he was awaiting trial…
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After Rogan slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement for targeting migrant workers, the actor noted, “It’s a little late now.”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has set out on the unlikely task of forming his own political party, which he has dubbed the “America Party,” amid his frayed relationship with President Trump and the GOP. “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” Musk…
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Many Trump supporters couldn’t believe the news, considering that Attorney General Pam Bondi had claimed earlier this year that the files were on her desk.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday he is planning to meet with Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani next week. “I’m scheduled to meet with him next week and we’ll have a conversation about his vision. He did run a campaign that was actually focused largely on affordability, and that was…
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Catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country has killed at least 82 people, including 27 children and counselors from a storied all-girls summer camp called Camp Mystic, while search and rescue efforts continue for dozens who are still missing. More than 12 inches of rain — approximately four months’ worth for the area — came…
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President Trump announced Monday his administration would impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from South Korea and Japan beginning Aug. 1 as part of a batch of letters going out to foreign countries. Trump detailed the expected tariff rates in letters to the leaders of Japan and South Korea, also posting them to Truth…
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The health centers serve more than 1 million patients annually through Medicaid.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent late Sunday fired back at Larry Summers for the former Treasury secretary’s criticism of President Trump’s massive tax and spending legislation. In a thread on X, Bessent demanded an apology from Summers for comparing the deaths that some estimates predict will result from the health care cuts in the bill to…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Malaysia July 8-12 for meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), marking his first trip to Asia as a State official. Rubio will seek to highlight U.S. commitment to the region, as relations have been strained by President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariff threats. The administration has…
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The Trump administration announced Monday it is revoking the terrorist designation for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group responsible for the overthrow of Syria’s longtime dictator Bashar Assad but which grew out of an al Qaeda branch in the country. The removal of the terrorist designation comes about a week after President Trump directed the…
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The White House on Sunday dismissed “doom-mongering” from former Treasury Department Secretary Larry Summers and other critics of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after the president signed it last week. “I think that there’s been a lot of — a lot of doom-mongering, a lot of scare-mongering. And this isn’t the first time, by the…
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Trump, who spent Sunday golfing, disputed the suggestions that his administration’s cuts to key federal agencies may have hurt the response to the deluge.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Sunday that he’s mulling a run for president in 2028 because he’s concerned about future generations living in a “broken country,” but said he needed to decide if he’s the right person to “bring people back together.” “My family’s been through a lot, but I do not want to…
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Then-President Biden’s top aides urged him to take part in the debate against President Trump last summer that ultimately drove Biden to drop his reelection campaign last year, a newly released memo shows. “The earlier YOU are able to debate the better, so that the American people can see YOU standing next to Trump and…
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Tesla’s stock tumbled 7 percent Monday morning after Elon Musk launched a third party and received an icy response from President Trump. The tech billionaire announced Saturday he officially formed the America Party, a third party meant to challenge Republicans and Democrats, after weeks of floating the idea amid a feud with the president. Musk…
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Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), a moderate Republican, said he is not ruling out the possibility of running for governor or president in the future. “I got asked the other day, ‘You say you’re interested in being an executive — is that governor or president?’ I go, ‘Yes,’” Bacon told NBC News in an interview last…
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Camp Mystic in a statement posted on its website said 27 of its campers and counselors died in the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas, over the Fourth of July weekend. “Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe river,” the camp said in the…
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The BRICS bloc of developing nations adopted a declaration on Sunday condemning increased unilateral tariffs — but avoided mentioning the United States or President Trump by name. The group’s statement, issued at a two-day summit in Brazil, raised “serious concerns” with the tariffs, saying they are “inconsistent” with the rules of the WTO and threaten…
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk trolled President Trump early Monday with a post knocking the administration for making no arrests related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Musk, Trump’s former ally-turned-foe, posted an image to the social platform X of “The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter,” set to “0000.” “What’s the time? Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock…
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The Trump administration has so far produced only three agreements on trade since April.
Canada’s decision to rescind its digital services tax (DST) to restart trade negotiations with the U.S. represents a boon for major tech firms and could be a harbinger of what’s to come for similar measures in other countries, experts told The Hill. The Canadian government announced late Sunday that it would scrap the tax on U.S. tech…
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Medicaid is set to become a key issue in the battle over control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections now that President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has passed. Congress passed the largest Medicaid cuts in the program’s 60-year history through the GOP’s megabill right before the July 4th holiday, a $1 trillion reduction that’s projected…
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“It doesn’t have the same ring to me,” the president lamented.