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Senate confirms former Trump personal attorney for lifetime post

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The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s controversial former personal attorney to a lifetime federal appeals court post Tuesday on a narrow party-line vote.

Emil Bove, who has served as a Justice Department official in the first few months of Trump’s second term, will take a lifetime post on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd ...Read more

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President Donald Trump's former lawyer Emil Bove was confirmed for a lifetime seat on a Philly-based federal appeals court

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Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official and former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, was approved along party lines Tuesday night for a lifetime seat as a federal appeals judge in Philadelphia, capping a remarkably contentious process that will secure a prominent place in the judiciary for one Trump’s fiercest defenders.

The ...Read more

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Trump mounts new attack against wind projects on federal land

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The Trump administration is considering halting all wind development on federal lands and in federal waters as the president expands his campaign against the renewable energy source he’s long criticized.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Tuesday ordered a comprehensive review of the agency’s approval process for wind projects, including ...Read more

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Gov. Tim Walz calls special elections for 2 vacant Senate seats

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Gov. Tim Walz has called special elections in two Senate districts left vacant this month after the burglary conviction of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, and the death of Sen. Bruce Anderson, R-Buffalo.

Elections to fill the vacancies will take place on Nov. 4, the governor’s office announced on Tuesday. If necessary, special primary ...Read more

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Miami's election date change 'could create chaos,' appellate court says

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As a Miami mayoral candidate’s lawsuit against the city advances, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal appeared skeptical of the city’s justification for postponing the November 2025 election to 2026 without voter approval.

A three-judge panel heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the lawsuit that mayoral candidate and former city ...Read more

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Trump EPA moves to eliminate landmark scientific rule that's the basis for climate regulations

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The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday revoking a science-based determination that pollution fueling climate change harms public health. The so-called endangerment finding has for 16 years underpinned federal regulations for vehicles, power plants and other sources under the Clean Air Act.

EPA ...Read more

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Trump EPA moves to eliminate landmark scientific rule that's the basis for climate regulations

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The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday revoking a science-based determination that pollution fueling climate change harms public health. The so-called endangerment finding has since 2009 underpinned federal regulations for vehicles, power plants and other sources under the Clean Air Act.

EPA ...Read more

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Editorial: Rescission package two could be headed to Congress

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The Trump administration promised that the $9 billion rescission package Congress passed this month on spending for foreign aid and government broadcasting would be the first of many. The White House is quickly looking to make good on that vow.

The Washington Post reported Friday that President Donald Trump plans to include federal education ...Read more

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Trump to resume Thailand, Cambodia trade talks after truce

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. will resume trade negotiations with Thailand and Cambodia after they agreed to halt clashes along their disputed border, taking credit for pushing them to peace after threatening punishing tariffs.

The two Southeast Asian nations reached a ceasefire Tuesday after five days of fighting, including airstrikes ...Read more

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Trump to set up Gaza 'food centers' to address 'real starvation'

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. would work on a new effort to provide food aid to alleviate starvation in Gaza along with other governments and organizations, including the UK and European Union.

Trump laid out his proposal during a Monday meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, amid growing ...Read more

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Analysis: Trump keeps up push for Powell, Fed to lower rates despite 'no pressure' pledge

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump stood on a construction site Thursday at the Federal Reserve and insisted there was “no pressure” being applied to Fed Chair Jerome Powell about lowering interest rates. He and top aides then spent the next 16 hours turning up the heat on Powell — and the president was at it again on Monday.

Trump ...Read more

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Trump wants GOP to gerrymander Kansas City. Is it a 'pure, naked power grab'?

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans are under pressure from President Donald Trump and a group of hard-right lawmakers to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts and tighten the GOP’s already firm grip on the state.

Kansas City is the likely target.

Trump’s political team has expressed interest in redrawing Missouri’s U.S...Read more

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Trump wants Murdoch deposed within 15 days on Epstein story

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President Donald Trump asked a judge to order Rupert Murdoch to sit for a deposition within 15 days in the president’s $10 billion libel lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a story about Jeffrey Epstein, arguing an expedited schedule is justified due to the executive’s advanced age.

In a court filing Monday, Trump’s lawyer said ...Read more

Why fellow Democrats have become reluctant to challenge Ilhan Omar in 2026

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Four years after narrowly surviving a primary challenge, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Rep. Ilhan Omar looks increasingly unlikely to face major opposition on her way to winning a fifth term representing her deep blue district.

Both Omar’s supporters and detractors say it will be difficult to beat her next year in the Fifth District, even if ...Read more

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Israelis rebuff Trump, insisting images of starvation in Gaza are 'fake'

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WASHINGTON — The Israeli government is defending a top military officer who dismissed images of starving Palestinians as “fake” over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump stating Monday that he believes the pictures are real.

The rupture comes amid growing international pressure on Israel over dire circumstances in the Palestinian ...Read more

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How one tax change in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' that even Gov. JB Pritzker supports will work

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Gov. JB Pritzker and his fellow Democrats have been unrelenting in their criticisms of the tax and spending plan President Donald Trump signed July 4.

But along with much-lambasted cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and education, the budget reconciliation plan Republicans pushed through Congress this summer includes a tax change that Democrats ...Read more

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Trump: I never had 'privilege' of visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island

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President Donald Trump on Monday said he never had the “privilege” of visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s private island as he shed new details on his split from the notorious pedophile who was once his close friend and neighbor in Palm Beach, Florida.

Brushing off questions about Epstein, Trump again suggested the firestorm over Epstein was ...Read more

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Trump to Senate: Confirm more nominees before August recess

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WASHINGTON — With the House away, nominations and appropriations remain at the forefront of the Senate’s agenda for what is scheduled to be the final week before August recess.

Advancing President Donald Trump’s nominations is straightforward but laborious, with Democrats showing little willingness to expedite the process. That has led ...Read more

Trump proposes Gaza 'food centers,' says starvation is real

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. would work on a new effort to provide food aid to alleviate starvation in Gaza along with other governments and organizations, including the UK and European Union.

Trump laid out his proposal during a Monday meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, though he ...Read more

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The Big Beautiful Bill reflects the Trump administration's priorities, not America's

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If a budget is a mirror of values, what does the “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) say about America?

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law Congressional Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill.” If you held up the bill to a mirror, most Americans would probably say that what they saw in the reflection was anything but beautiful.

A ...Read more

 

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