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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it will prioritize investigations into so-called birth tourism schemes following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship, according to Time . The directive came hours after the court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to res
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Former CIA Director John Brennan filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other top Justice Department officials. The suit seeks to preserve records related to ongoing federal investigations targeting him. The complaint, filed
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President Donald Trump visited North Dakota on Wednesday to attend the dedication ceremony of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a massive facility exploring the life of America’s 26th president. The library is built in the rugged landscape where the young easterner developed his conservat
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The United States has declined to renew the USMCA trade pact with Canada and Mexico, triggering a decade-long countdown for the agreement's future. The decision comes as the three countries must now enter an annual review process that could last until 2036. According to multiple sources, U.S. Trade
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Sister Leticia Ugboaja, a Roman Catholic nun, was released from ICE custody after being detained while walking to Mass in her habit in South Texas. According to CBS News , Ugboaja was arrested on Sunday morning near Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen, Texas, just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents visited the home of David Streever in Rochester, New York, after he sent an email to former ICE Director Todd Lyons criticizing him for his role in the fatal shooting of two people in Minneapolis. According to NPR , Streever was on vacation in Finland wi
Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist, has defeated longtime incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado's First Congressional District Democratic primary, according to media projections. As of late Tuesday evening with nearly 78% of votes counted , Kiros had secured 49.3% of the vote while D
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Keiko Fujimori has won Peru's presidential election by a razor-thin margin of fewer than 50,000 votes out of roughly 18 million ballots cast , according to multiple reports. The conservative candidate secured 9,223,000 votes (50.14%) , defeating left-wing rival Roberto Sanchez who received 9,173,000
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President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will host their first-ever midterm convention this fall in Dallas, Texas. The two-day event is scheduled for September 9-10 at the American Airlines Center, marking a significant departure from traditional timing of national conventions during pr
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President Donald Trump reported over $1.4 billion in income from cryptocurrency ventures last year, according to federal financial disclosures released this week. This marks a significant shift as his crypto earnings surpassed revenue from his long-standing real estate portfolio. The majority of Tru
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President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether he will sign the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act , calling it 'a big yawn' as he presses Congress to prioritize voting requirements. Speaking in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said he had yet to decide whether to sign the bill, which aim
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Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton has abruptly reversed his stance on in vitro fertilization (IVF), aligning himself more closely with the Texas GOP's newly approved platform, which includes an IVF ban. According to HuffPost , Paxton recently stated that he would support 'restrictions' on I
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The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it would freeze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), citing underperformance in criminal investigations and prosecutions. In a letter to state officials, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Thomas
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later in a 5-4 ruling . Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Donald Trump appointee, authored the majority opinion, which was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the liberal
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Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are presenting differing approaches to U.S. foreign policy regarding Iran and Israel, according to reports from multiple publishers. The Daily Mail reported that Rubio has taken a back seat in negotiations with Tehran, letting Vance run poin
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a £300 billion defense investment plan, committing an additional £15 billion over the next four years to modernize the country's armed forces. The plan emphasizes drones and autonomous systems as key components of Britain's military strategy amid growing globa
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges to AR-15 bans in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois , testing whether such restrictions violate the Second Amendment. According to multiple reports, the justices agreed to take up appeals challenging bans on semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15. The case
An Indonesian court sentenced former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of tech firm Gojek, to 10 years in prison on corruption charges. The verdict stems from allegations that Makarim abused his authority during the procurement of Chromebook laptops for schools under Indonesia's educatio
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House conservatives have effectively shut down legislative business by blocking procedural votes in protest of the stalled SAVE America Act. More than a dozen House conservatives, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna from Florida and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, blocked a party-line procedural vote on
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NPR retracted a major news story on Tuesday that falsely reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. The organization issued an editor's note stating the error, confirming that neither Alito nor the Supreme Court had announced his retirement. The erroneous report, written by prominent
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump has broad powers to fire members of independent regulatory agencies at will, overturning nearly 90 years of precedent in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines. The court upheld Trump's removal of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commi
Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., returned to Congress on July 16, 2024, after a four-month absence due to depression treatment. The two-term lawmaker representing New Jersey’s 7th District missed over 140 roll call votes during his absence, which began in March 2024. In an emotional speech on the House fl
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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws banning transgender athletes from competing in female sports at public schools on June 30, 2026. The 6-3 decision, split along ideological lines, ruled that states can restrict women’s and girls’ sports for biological females under Title IX, a federal law pro
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Warren Buffett, the 95-year-old chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has paused his usual mid-year multibillion-dollar donation to the Gates Foundation , according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. This marks the first delay in two decades of regular donations, which have totaled over $43 billion s
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