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Editorial: The sheer tackiness of Trump Airport

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To critics, renaming Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump smacks of political graffiti. But the coming grift is what they should be most concerned about.

The Trump Organization said Trump was “deeply honored that the people of Florida are considering renaming his hometown airport in his honor.”

But the people of ...Read more

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Supreme Court weighs legality of gun ban for drug users

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on March 2 over a federal law that bans drug users from buying or possessing firearms, the latest in a string of cases where the conservative-controlled court is positioned to reshape gun control laws nationwide.

The Trump administration asked the justices to overturn a ruling from the U...Read more

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OpenAI gives Pentagon AI model access after Anthropic dustup

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OpenAI has agreed to deploy its own artificial intelligence models within the Defense Department’s classified network after rival Anthropic PBC saw its relationship with the Pentagon implode over surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said late Friday that he’d reached an agreement with the ...Read more

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Trump administration seeks delay in tariff refund fight

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is seeking to delay court proceedings over whether it must refund importers billions of dollars in tariffs recently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a contentious start to the next phase of the legal fight.

The government wants to wait as long as four months before reviving litigation before...Read more

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Clinton to become first ex-president forced to testify to House

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Former President Bill Clinton delivered a sweeping denial of any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes during roughly six hours of closed-door testimony Friday before a House committee investigating the disgraced financier’s political connections.

“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in a statement prepared for ...Read more

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Trump plays coy on Texas Senate GOP primary endorsement in Corpus Christi

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If everything is bigger in Texas, President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to not endorse two high-profile Republicans on Friday ahead of Tuesday’s Senate primary vote amounted to a Lone Star-sized cliffhanger as the midterm elections heat up.

On one hand, the campaigner-in-chief opted against endorsing the more conservative candidate — ...Read more

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Bill Clinton tells House panel he wasn't aware of Epstein crimes

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Former President Bill Clinton delivered a sweeping denial of any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes during roughly six hours of closed-door testimony Friday before a House committee investigating the disgraced financier’s political connections.

“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in a statement prepared for ...Read more

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Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI after clash with Pentagon

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President Donald Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using technology from San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic, escalating a high-profile clash between the AI startup and the Pentagon over safety.

In a Friday post on the social media site Truth Social, Trump described the company as "radical left" and "woke."

...Read more

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Mamdani defends secret meeting with Trump, pitch to build 12,000 housing units

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his secret meeting with President Donald Trump a day earlier, as well as his proposal to the president to build 12,000 apartments in Queens.

At the White House meeting Thursday, the mayor asked Trump for the green light — and $21 billion — for the plan to build atop Sunnyside Yard. To ...Read more

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Bill Clinton tells lawmakers he saw no Epstein misconduct

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WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton denied any wrongdoing in his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein as he sat for a deposition with House lawmakers Friday, saying he had no idea of the crimes the now-dead sex offender was committing, according to prepared remarks.

The former Democratic president, during a deposition in New York, ...Read more

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Trump orders US agencies to drop Anthropic after Pentagon feud

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President Donald Trump directed U.S. government agencies to stop using Anthropic PBC’s products, capping a feud between the artificial intelligence giant and the Pentagon over safeguards on its technology.

Trump said Friday that there would be a six-month “phase out period” for agencies including the Defense Department that are using ...Read more

North Carolina primary becomes an early test for Democrats

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WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Nida Allam came up short in her quest for an open seat in the heart of North Carolina’s Research Triangle.

Now she’s back for a rematch with Rep. Valerie P. Foushee — and the blue-on-blue battle is a sign of just how much Democratic politics have shifted since 2022.

Allam, a 32-year-old Durham County ...Read more

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Embassies evacuate in Mideast with Trump 'not happy' on Iran

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Countries including the U.S., U.K. and China evacuated embassy staff in the Middle East and issued travel advisories amid concerns about a regional conflict, as President Donald Trump on Friday sounded downbeat about diplomatic talks meant to avert airstrikes on Iran.

“We’re not happy with what’s going on. They should make a deal, they’...Read more

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Slavery exhibits at President's House on Independence Mall could be permanently restored under new bill from U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle

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U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., announced legislation Friday that would permanently restore all exhibits to the President’s House site that were removed by the Trump administration in January.

The proposed Protecting American History Act comes as the future of the President’s House, which memorializes the nine people George Washington ...Read more

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KY Republican Congressional candidates agree with Trump, each other in debate

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two Republicans running to replace Rep. Andy Barr left little daylight between themselves in the first televised debate of Kentucky’s 2026 election cycle.

Rep. Ryan Dotson, R-Winchester, and former state senator Ralph Alvarado largely agreed with each other on matters of health care, immigration, tariffs, term limits and ...Read more

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US asks non-emergency staff to exit Israel as Iran tension grows

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The U.S. has told non-emergency staff at its embassy in Jerusalem that they’re allowed to leave Israel, citing heightened safety risks.

Other countries including the U.K., China and India have advised citizens or diplomats to leave some parts of the Middle East.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high, with the two engaged in talks to...Read more

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Bipartisan Senate bill promises 'commonsense fixes' to IRS

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WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee leaders introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday to overhaul the procedures and administration of the IRS.

The 162-page draft bill bundles a number of already introduced tax administration bills with additional recommendations from the National Taxpayer Advocate, including provisions expanding the ...Read more

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Clinton to become first ex-president forced to testify to House

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Bill Clinton is to become the first former U.S. president forced to testify to Congress as he faces questioning Friday on connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Clinton will be deposed behind closed doors by a House committee investigating Epstein. The questioning will take place in Chappaqua, New York, where he lives with his ...Read more

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US asks non-emergency staff to exit Israel as Iran tension grows

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The U.S. has told non-emergency staff at its embassy in Jerusalem that they’re allowed to leave Israel, citing heightened safety risks.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high, with the two engaged in talks to avert American strikes on the Islamic Republic. Israel may join in on any attack and be targeted by Iranian retaliation.

The ...Read more

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Trump puts fate of world's top conflicts in the hands of two men

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President Donald Trump put his son-in-law Jared Kushner and longtime friend Steve Witkoff in charge of resolving the war in Ukraine and a standoff with Iran. On Thursday, they juggled those momentous issues within hours of each other.

Dispatched to Geneva, Switzerland, Kushner and Witkoff met Iranian officials at the Omani ambassador’s ...Read more

 

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