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Trump hints 'definitive' info on Nancy Guthrie case could soon be coming
President Trump has indicated that “definitive” information regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie may soon be revealed.
The 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie went missing from her southern Arizona home early Sunday morning.
Little information about the case is publicly known outside of reports that notes ...Read more
Trump plans for Board of Peace to meet in Washington this month
The U.S. plans to convene the first formal meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on Feb. 19, according to a U.S. official.
The board was a core element of Trump’s 20-point plan that helped broker a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in October. Trump led the initial gathering of the group’s members �...Read more
TrumpRx is launched: How it works and what Democrats say about it
The White House's TrumpRx website went live Thursday with a promise to instantly deliver prescription drugs at "the lowest price anywhere in the world."
"This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many, many times, and it's not even close," President Trump said at a news conference announcing the ...Read more
ICE protests, Bad Bunny flip script on Trump's midterms playbook
Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Donald Trump’s slipping support on immigration and the economy — two key issues that helped him win in 2024 — could cost them the midterm elections. The Super Bowl halftime show won’t help their anxiety.
The performance by Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican global music star and outspoken ...Read more
Editorial: Of course Trump will try to sabotage the midterms. But voters aren't helpless
Maya Angelou’s often-quoted advice — When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time— is quoted so often because it’s so obviously true.
On Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump showed the world who he is: someone willing to undermine, interfere with and ultimately attempt to overthrow any election result that doesn’t ...Read more
NY-NJ tunnel project wins court order to block funds freeze
New York and New Jersey won a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funds for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel under the Hudson River.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas on Friday granted a request by the two states for a temporary injunction restoring funding to the project while their lawsuit against ...Read more
Trump removes India's 25% Russia-related tariff after deal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump eliminated the extra 25% tariff he had imposed on Indian goods over the country’s purchases of Russian oil, the first step to cement the terms of a trade deal the two nations announced earlier this week.
“India has committed to stop directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil, has ...Read more
Federal judge orders Trump to restore funding to Hudson River Tunnel project
NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge has stopped the Trump administration from freezing funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project in an 11th-hour ruling.
The order by Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jeannette Vargas granted emergency relief to New York and New Jersey, prohibiting the federal government from continuing to withhold funds. Vargas said...Read more
Democratic Senate contenders clash over PAC money, ICE abolition in heated Illinois primary debate
CHICAGO — The three leading Democrats in the March 17 U.S. Senate primary clashed Friday over how they finance their campaigns and proposed reforms to federal immigration enforcement operations as Congress debates a new funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi each called Lt. Gov. ...Read more
Trump refuses to apologize after sharing racist image of the Obamas: 'I didn't make a mistake'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.
The White House initially defended ...Read more
Analilia Mejia clings to narrow lead in New Jersey special election primary
WASHINGTON — The Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District remained close Friday, with fewer than 500 votes separating progressive organizer Analilia Mejia and former Rep. Tom Malinowski and an estimated 6,000 ballots still to be counted.
Still, Mejia’s late emergence into first place Thursday night set the stage for a potential ...Read more
Iran says talks with US to deescalate tensions had 'good start'
Iran said it agreed with the U.S. to continue indirect talks to de-escalate tensions and avert a military confrontation, with Tehran describing the first day as positive.
Negotiations, mediated by Oman in its capital Muscat, had a “good start,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV after the talks concluded for the day. He ...Read more
Mark Amodei, Nevada's lone Republican in Congress, announces retirement
LAS VEGAS — U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican in Congress, announced Friday that he’s retiring at the end of his term in a development that appeared to catch state politicos by surprise.
“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight ...Read more
Analysis: Count the qualifiers -- Trump's week became another presidential talk-a-thon
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is capping off another week in which he had to qualify many of his bold statements, while keeping his actual policy intentions masked or vague over a tidal wave of presidential words.
The former reality television host has become something of a narrator for his own second term — think a tough-talking, ...Read more
Congress fears the loss of jobs in Hollywood amid Warner Bros. acquisition
California lawmakers are expressing concern about how the future of Warner Bros. Discovery could affect Hollywood's workforce.
In an open letter addressed to Netflix Chief Executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and Paramount Skydance Corporation CEO David Ellison, U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, and Rep. Laura Friedman, D-California, call...Read more
Trump shares, then deletes, racist image of the Obamas. White House blames a staffer
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.
The White House initially defended the ...Read more
Jabs at Jesse Jackson Jr., Donna Miller as Chicago Congress race heats up
CHICAGO — Two leading congressional candidates are taking more and more attacks as the race heats up to represent a district that stretches from Chicago’s South Side, through the south suburbs into central Illinois.
Opponents are focusing on Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller after she landed a large fundraising haul. And they continue ...Read more
Mark Amodei, a senior GOP appropriator, to retire at end of term
WASHINGTON — Longtime House appropriator Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who currently oversees spending for the Department of Homeland Security, announced Friday that he will not run for reelection in November.
“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have a strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes...Read more
Ruling imminent on NY, NJ demand Trump resume funding Hudson River tunnel project
NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge was expected Friday to issue a ruling on a request for a temporary restraining order that would require the Trump administration to let federal funding resume for the construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project.
In arguments Friday, the New Jersey attorney general’s office said thousands of construction ...Read more
'Sowing chaos': Nevada officials push back on Trump's call for nationalized voting
LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump’s call to nationalize election processes on Monday prompted a bipartisan response from Nevada political leaders this week.
Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in multiple states during a podcast interview — a contradiction to the U.S. Constitution, which gives ...Read more
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- Democratic Senate contenders clash over PAC money, ICE abolition in heated Illinois primary debate
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