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34min ago

Trump DOJ could have awkward time explaining this part of its Cole Allen prosecution

The Justice Department says the suspect in the correspondentsโ€™ dinner attack was talking about Trump when he referred to a โ€œpedophile, rapist, and traitor.โ€

51min ago

โ€˜Seashellsโ€™ case was on back burner until Bondi fired as AG, say sources

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche gave new life to the investigation of James Comey, directing a new office โ€” and new prosecution team โ€” to seek a second indictment.

1h ago

Pete Hegseth went full Bondi

In todayโ€™s newsletter: Pete Hegsethโ€™s petulant hearing, what Democratic candidates need to focus on heading into November and more.

1h ago

House votes to end partial government shutdown, sending DHS funding bill to Trump to sign

After a record-long lapse in funding, the House passed a bill that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security.

1h ago

Thereโ€™s one word to describe Trump and Hegsethโ€™s approach to the Iran war: incompetence

Itโ€™s clear this administration canโ€™t account for the warโ€™s growing costs and has no real plan to get the U.S. out of the ongoing conflict.

2h ago

โ€˜When did it come out?โ€™ Trump remains disengaged as events unfold around him

Too often, the president sounds like someone who just wandered into the Oval Office, blissfully unaware of current events.

2h ago

Deported โ€˜Dreamerโ€™ brought back to U.S. by ICE and detained

Jose Contreras Diaz was told he was coming home. His family waited hours at a Texas airport. Instead, ICE sent him to a detention facility.

3h ago

Thursdayโ€™s Campaign Round-Up, 4.30.26: Louisiana suspends primaries to draw new map

Todayโ€™s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

3h ago

Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops Senate bid, upending critical race for Democrats

The move leaves Graham Platner the presumptive Democratic nominee to face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a pivotal campaign for Democrats as they hope to retake the Senate.

4h ago

The problem(s) with Team Trumpโ€™s new price tag for the war with Iran

The Pentagon finally answered the question about the financial cost of the Iran war. But is the estimate believable?

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Hegseth won’t say whether he’d refuse orders to seize ballots

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Democrats challenge Hegseth claim that war powers clock pauses during ceasefire

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Senate hearing wraps after combative testimony from Hegseth



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