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Trump Says Administration Will Immediately Send Aid To Flood-Ravaged Texas
President Donald Trump on Saturday called the deadly floods in Texas “terrible” and “shocking,” and said the federal government would be sending aid to support recovery efforts. “They don’t know the answer yet as to how many people, but it looks like some young people have died,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on…
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Fighter Scrambles to Intercept Planes Near Trump’s N.J. Golf Club
A fighter jet was scrambled Saturday afternoon after a civilian aircraft wandered into restricted airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump is spending the holiday weekend. NORAD says the pilot flew straight into the no-fly zone just before 2:40 p.m. Eastern. A standard “headbutt” maneuver was used to get the pilot’s attention, and…
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‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Passage Adds To Trump’s String Of Victories
Critics had claimed President Trump would never succeed in passing his sweeping tax cut legislation—let alone before the July 4 recess. But this summer delivered a string of victories for the president, culminating in Thursday’s narrow 218-214 House vote to send the measure—branded the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—to his desk. With its passage, Trump has…
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Bush, Obama Join Forces To Criticize Closing Of USAID By Trump
Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama joined U2 frontman Bono on Monday to console USAID employees and take some final shots at President Donald Trump after the agency was shut down over fraud and mismanagement. “Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama said in a video message to outgoing staff,…
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DNI Gabbard Accuses Washington Post Reporter Of Stalking Intel Agents
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is accusing the Washington Post and one of its top national security reporters of harassing her staff and going around official channels in what she described as a politically motivated operation. “It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing [Office of…
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Musk Hatches Plan To Start New Political Party After Trump Signs BBB
Tesla founder Elon Musk is once again floating the idea of launching a new political party in America after breaking publicly with President Donald Trump over the administration’s signature budget bill. Musk, who previously led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as part of Trump’s push to slash waste and shrink the federal government, stepped…
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Kamala Harris Ripped For ‘Gloomy’ July 4 Social Media Post
Former Vice President Kamala Harris faced backlash for posting a somber Fourth of July message, paired with a photo from last year’s celebration that notably cropped out her former running mate, President Joe Biden. “This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to…
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Trump Rolls Out ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ On Nations With No U.S. Deal
President Trump announced that starting Friday, his administration will begin imposing “reciprocal” tariffs on countries that have not reached a tentative trade agreement with the U.S., with some of the new tariffs reaching as high as “60 or 70%.” “We’re going to start sending letters out to various countries starting [Friday]. We’ll probably have 10…
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Hamas Offers ‘Positive Response’ In Big Step Towards U.S.-Brokered Deal With Israel
Hamas announced Friday that it had “submitted a positive response” to a proposed 60-day ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, potentially paving the way for a breakthrough after months of stalled negotiations and continued fighting. Hamas has “submitted a positive response to the mediators, and the movement is fully prepared to immediately enter into a round…
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Democrats Arrested In Alleged Texas Ballot Harvesting Scheme
A former Democratic Party County Chair from Texas has been indicted along with eight others in what authorities say was an illegal vote-harvesting scheme. Juan Manuel Medina, the former Bexar County Democratic Party Chair and one-time candidate for mayor of San Antonio, is facing two counts of vote harvesting, Newsmax reported. The charges are the result…
