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An external review commissioned by the Gates Foundation has revealed that Bill Gates and foundation staff had approximately 30 meetings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014. According to the review conducted by law firm WilmerHale, these meetings were held despite multip
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Governor Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced on Tuesday that a software error in the state's motor vehicle system registered approximately 6,600 non-citizens to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. Of these, fewer than 400 individuals actually cast ballots. Sherrill emphasized there is no eviden
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The Trump administration has approved a 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, contingent upon the kingdom normalizing relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. According to multiple reports, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin S
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Turkey’s former opposition leader Ozgur Ozel officially launched a new political party on Friday, challenging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and reshaping the country's political landscape ahead of upcoming elections. This move comes months after a court order removed him as leader of the Republican
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Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History , defended the museum against allegations of 'anti-Americanism' during a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. Republicans questioned exhibits like 'Girlhood (It’s Complicated),' which included mentions of
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on July 23, 2015, directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, marking the second such rebuke passed by the House since the start of the war. The resolution passed by a vote of 214 to 208, with four Republi
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France has become the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on social media for children under 15. Both chambers of Parliament voted in favor of the measure, which is a flagship initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron's second term. The bill also bans the use of mobile pho
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The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, citing suspected fraud and noncompliance. The move includes approximately $867.5 million for California and $199 million for Minnesota. Health Secretary Robert F. Ke
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The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced President Donald Trump's nominee Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in a 9-8 party-line vote on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. The committee's Republican chair Tom Cotton praised Clayton as 'a highly qualified nominee with deep experience comb
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A federal appeals court has rejected former President Joe Biden 's request to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter. The divided three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suspended its decision
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) withdrew subpoenas targeting New York Times journalists during a court hearing on July 9, 2024. The subpoenas sought phone records and grand jury testimony related to articles about security concerns with the new Air Force One jet, donated by Qatar. A federal judge
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Rep. Andy Biggs, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, won the Republican nomination for Arizona governor in Tuesday's primary election. According to multiple sources, including CBS News and PBS News, Biggs defeated Rep. David Schweikert and ot
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Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced the birth of their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance. Born on Sunday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Alec is the first child born to a sitting vice president in over 150 years. In a joint statement posted
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced that the country will no longer hold elections, effectively extending his nearly two-decade rule. This decision was made during a speech commemorating the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, which brought him to power initially in 1979. Nicarag
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on nearly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods on Monday, May 27, 2024, citing what he described as Canada's discriminatory treatment of American products. The new tariffs will take effect in 30 days and apply to a wide range of imports from Canada, inc
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has acknowledged he cannot arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit for the United Nations General Assembly, despite calling him a 'war criminal.' The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 202
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Troy Jackson, a logger and former president of the Maine senate, has secured the Democratic nomination in Maine’s U.S. Senate race after consolidating widespread delegate support ahead of Saturday's nominating convention in Bangor. Jackson's path to the nomination was cleared as several contenders,
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President Donald Trump has announced plans to upgrade the Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 serving as an interim Air Force One, acknowledging that it lacks defensive systems present on older models. The plane, which entered service in July and is valued at nearly $400 million, will undergo upgrades to en
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The Trump administration has filed its first-ever petition to a secretive court created in 1996 to consider government requests to deport so-called 'alien terrorists' from the United States. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) had been dormant since its creation until this past Wednesday, when
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on Saturday, July 8th, following weeks of intense protests led by the youth-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The movement gained significant traction after exam paper leaks in May affected millions of studen
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan was appointed to the House of Lords by outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, according to multiple reports. The appointment is part of a larger list of 26 new peers announced just days before Starmer's resignation and Andy Burnham's expected ascension to prime minister. Khan'
Labour has accused Reform UK of operating under a 'stench of sleaze,' demanding an urgent investigation into substantial donations linked to a convicted fraudster. Bridget Phillipson, Labour's chair, called on the Electoral Commission to examine whether any rules were broken after revelations that G
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated President Donald Trump's claim that more than a quarter of a million non-citizens are registered to vote in four states, though the administration has not provided details on how it arrived at that figure. According to multiple reports, Mullin
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Kenneth Kies has been forced out as the acting chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and assistant secretary for tax policy at the Treasury Department after clashes with Trump administration officials over potential violations of laws prohibiting White House interference in tax audits
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