Elon Musk launches major midterm spending
Elon Musk's political vehicle, America PAC, is aiming nearly $1 million at critical midterm races in its first wave of…
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Trade deficit grew 24% in July as Trump rebuilds tariffs; trade gap is down 30% this year
The U.S. trade deficit grew to $88.6 billion in July, a 24% increase from June, as the country imported goods to fuel…
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick says he misspoke about Iran war deaths
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday he misspoke a day earlier when he described the Iran war as an…
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WATCH: Alex Adams looks back on a year reshaping foster care, Head Start and welfare rules
On this episode of "The Sitdown with Alex Swoyer," host Alex Swoyer sits down with Alex Adams, Assistant Secretary for…
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DHS wrongly deports man for second time in six months
ICE told a federal judge on Thursday that it was scrambling to try to bring back a migrant teenager whom it had wrongly…
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Trump cuts migrant population by nearly 3 million; total U.S. population likely to drop
President Trump has cut the illegal immigrant population by 2.3 million since he took office, according to a…
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Trump's new birthright citizenship order blocked by federal judge
President Trump's second attempt at an executive order limiting birthright citizenship was blocked by a federal judge,…
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ICE claims new record in August for arresting illegal immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported arresting 50,925 illegal immigrants in August, setting a new all-time…
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Trump vows to campaign in 35 House, Senate races in final 30 days before midterms
President Trump promised Wednesday to personally campaign across roughly 35 competitive House and Senate races in the…
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Immigrant rights group seeks to block use of federal databases it says could purge legal voters
An immigrant rights group sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…
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Maryland invokes 9/11 in fight against state sanctuary law
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, who is leading 17 of Maryland's 24 counties in a lawsuit against the state's…
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Graham Platner no longer scheduled to speak at Labor Day rally
Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first…
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Tens of thousands in Spain protest Ceuta border crisis
The city of Ceuta, a tiny speck of Spanish territory perched on the northern African coast, normally celebrates its…
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Democrats reject constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to nine justices
House Democrats on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment to set the number of Supreme Court…
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Trump vows to campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan to beat 'phony' namesake on ballot
President Trump pledged Wednesday to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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Democrats plot crackdown on Supreme Court
Democrats eyeing majorities in the House and Senate are plotting how they will police Supreme Court justices they say…
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New Jersey wants Supreme Court to weigh in on sports betting regulation
New Jersey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a dispute over prediction markets and the laws regulating betting…
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Trump says Iran is getting 'weaker and weaker' and may be vulnerable to internal pressure
President Trump said Wednesday he knows it is not easy for the Iranian people to rise against their hardline leaders,…
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Flock cameras unpopular with majority of Texans
Flock cameras -- new technology that law enforcement uses to track vehicles -- are extremely unpopular in Texas, a new…
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Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the…
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States must report known illegal immigrants to feds as condition of getting welfare, DOJ rules
The Justice Department announced a new legal opinion Wednesday finding that states that take federal money to finance…
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Raphael Warnock has done it. Adam Hamilton wants to follow as a pastor-U.S. senator
If Kansas megachurch pastor and Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton manages to pull off an upset victory in his race for a…
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GOP digs up El-Sayed's deleted anti-police tweets
Republicans are not letting Abdul El-Sayed erase his past.
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Lawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it told a unit based in Europe to stop…
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Two Democrats broke ranks to save a GOP rule. Now their own party wants payback
House Democratic leaders want to punish two party members who crossed party lines to advance the Republican agenda on…
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Public's perception of government corruption hits 20-year high, poll shows
Americans' belief that government corruption is widespread hit a record 89% this year, driven by rare bipartisan…
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Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch 'orphan tax'
Alex Adams, head of the federal government's Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a…
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Democrats' generational-change candidates fall flat in Massachusetts: Markey, Neal and Lynch all win
Sen. Ed Markey showed this week that age is just a number in the Massachusetts Democratic primary -- at least if you're…
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says data center protesters are falling for 'propaganda'
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says people protesting data centers are falling prey to foreign influence and should…
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Ed Markey beats Seth Moulton, to win Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' Senate primary
As Democrats across the U.S. signal an increasing appetite for change, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic…
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Bessent says 19 finance ministers agreed 'cheap exports' are unsustainable, but China dissented
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that 19 of the members of the G20 agreed to address streams of "cheap…
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As Spain swelters, a centuries-old accessory is having a moment
In crowded subway cars and sun-drenched plazas, an old-fashioned accessory in Spain has been everywhere thanks to the…
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Trump seeks to boost U.S. refining capacity as White House lays out details of Venezuela oil deal
President Trump met with U.S. oil refinery and gas distribution executives at the White House on Tuesday to explore…
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Children disabled by illegal-immigrant crime dominate House hearing on sanctuary policies
Parents whose children were permanently disabled in crashes involving unauthorized immigrant drivers gave impassioned…
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U.N. panel says nations legally bound to weigh slavery reparations
The United Nations' top anti-discrimination body said that states parties to a binding 1965 anti-discrimination treaty…
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Lawyers defending accused assassin of Charlie Kirk cite victim's 'hateful' speech
Defense attorneys seeking to undercut the prosecution's case against alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson said…
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