Polymarket has favorites for Time’s Person of the Year. They are all Trump foes
The president has won the honor twice before, but the third nod might not come anytime soon
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Father of USS Lincoln sailor released from ICE custody after arrest while son was deployed to Iran war
His arrest as his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln sparked intense backlash
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Florida aims to drop some school vaccine requirements – including several backed by Trump
Last year, Florida’s surgeon general said he hoped to end vaccine mandates in the state – equating them to a form of…
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Explosive diarrhea outbreak has millions of US households ditching pre-bagged salad
Iceberg lettuce is the only product that federal investigators have tied to outbreaks so far
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Michigan AG reveals state’s final accountability step for Flint water crisis
The 101-page report details the crisis and the failed effort to hold officials criminally accountable
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FEMA crew skipped 11 homes with Trump signs after Hurricane Milton in 2024, watchdog finds
Headline-making incident ‘eroded public trust’ and violated ethics rules, DHS Inspector General says
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Buc-ee’s CEO says ‘conservative’ states will get stores — and there are three requirements any location must meet
Texas-based Buc-ee’s now operates in at least a dozen states, which are primarily Republican-leaning or conservative
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Pennsylvania reports first measles deaths in 35 years
Both deceased individuals - who are not being identified by the state - were unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County
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Socialists are changing the Democratic establishment. It won’t stop Hakeem Jeffries from being the next speaker
Jeffries is not likely to face a Matt Gaetz-style coup, Eric Garcia writes. For one reason: math
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‘Robots Right Lane Only’ road sign leaves community baffled
The unusual sign is actually the product of a speculative fiction project imagining a future in which robots have taken…
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Friends and family mourn ‘unimaginable loss’ after eight killed inside Montana home by gunman
Authorities have shared few details about the victims, except that there were ‘multiple, including children’
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Surfer paralyzed after he dove into a wall of sand to save kid caught in California riptide
Josh Collette, 42, remains in good spirits following the life-altering accident, saying, ‘My heart is full of love’
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Trump’s agriculture secretary refuses to say where foreign beef to lower prices is coming from
Ranchers and Republicans alike have pushed back on the beef plan
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Trump has pulled nearly 300 national parks’ emergency responders to work on his DC pet projects: report
Workers reassigned to D.C. previously worked for parks across the country, including in Alaska and California. Their…
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Trump’s midterm convention deemed a ‘s*** show’ with high ticket prices, low attendance and NFL competition
‘It’s yet another opportunity to shake down corporate America,’ one GOP strategist said
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Wisconsin district attorney declines to charge Elon Musk over $1M election giveaways
Musk was deeply involved in the effort to flip majority control of the highest court in battleground Wisconsin last year
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Michigan rep delivers epic Natalie Harp dig over Trump’s threat to rename Lake Ontario
President Donald Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ after trade talks with Canada broke down
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Trump orders flags at half mast to honor Dolly Parton after her death age 80
Queen of Country Music’s death was announced Tuesday by her nephew Bryan Seaver
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Elon Musk's space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana
Elon Musk’s space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets
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Trump’s DOJ says Kennedy Center might need to be demolished if his name can’t go on the building
Government lawyers say the venue could be ‘taken down’ if the president can’t use his name on the building to raise…
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Jeanine Pirro faces bar complaint over attempt to charge Democratic lawmakers
The complaints state that Pirro and two deputies abused their authority to target President Trump's ‘perceived…
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Honda warns it may not build new North America plant without trade deal extension
In May, Honda abandoned its long-term electric vehicle sales targets, which included a goal to have EVs represent 20%…
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Trump drove a lap past his $14.7M DC makeover mistake — then went looking for a fight with Canada
The Grand Prix and the re-escalated trade war are the same instinct: press ahead with the unpopular thing, because the…
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Texas wildfire quickly doubles in size forcing rural residents to evacuate
More than 50,000 wildfires have been logged across the country this year
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Alex Pretti’s family slams Trump over ‘ridiculous’ attacks on their son after he was killed by border agents
Days after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, the president took to Truth Social to speculate he was ‘perhaps’…
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Abdul El-Sayed asks Jesse Watters if he is circumcised during combative Fox News interview
The deeply personal question came after Watters asked the progressive Democrat whether he supports gender-affirming…
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USS Lincoln to dock in Thailand for ‘rest and recreation’ after sailors’ grueling deployment
The Lincoln, which left the Middle East on Saturday, has not made a port call in more than 200 days, a modern-day…
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ICE arrested nearly 50,000 people last month, a staggering 70% jump since February
In the month prior to Trump taking office, monthly immigration arrests hovered just above 8,000
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Ohio principal speaks out after losing his job for letting a homeless student attend school
Landerius Hayes not only graduated high school, but was adopted by Burnside and his wife, Angel
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Employers want your Slack DMs to be public so AI can learn from them
One company even turned public messaging into a friendly competition among executives
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Trump wants White House lawn raised and helipad finished in time for Xi Jinping’s visit in September
Trump’s latest project has already had to be redone once to ensure landing spot is level with horizon
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CBS News wants to bring on Chris Cuomo as Bari Weiss looks to add more stars to lineup
Bari Weiss is ‘enraptured’ with Cuomo, it is claimed, and is hoping to bring the former CNN anchor onboard
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One in four NFL players could get CTE, alarming new study finds
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive brain disease linked to repeated head impacts
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America’s $40 trillion debt threatens global economic stability
US national debt has passed a record US$40 trillion. This milestone is a major warning sign
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Trump calls Ontario Premier Doug Ford ‘less intelligent’ than his late brother Rob who was stripped of mayoral powers for smoking crack
President Donald Trump slams Ontario premier as tariff tensions escalate by comparing him unfavorably to his deceased…
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Kennedy Center went into financial meltdown after Trump added his name, report reveals: ‘Like it was doomsday’
The venue argues that donors will ‘flee’ and contributions will ‘dry up’ without Trump — but budget docs appear to show…
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