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Despite Epstein scandal, polls show MAGA base 'very, very strongly' behind Trump

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spent recent days leaning into cultural issues championed by his “Make America Great Again” base amid the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein saga, as he looks to reinforce his still-solid support among Republican voters.

Still, at the six-month mark of his second term and with several legislative achievements ...Read more

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Trump tax law to add $3.4 trillion to US deficits, CBO says

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recently enacted tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to U.S. deficits over a decade and leave millions without health care coverage, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The CBO score for the law, released Monday, reflects a $4.5 trillion decrease in ...Read more

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Judge in Harvard case questions legality of $2 billion fund freeze

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A federal judge in Boston cast doubt on the legality of the Trump administration’s termination of more than $2 billion in federal research funding for Harvard University over alleged institutional failures including antisemitism on campus.

In a hearing Monday, U.S. Judge Allison Burroughs raised questions about the constitutionality of the ...Read more

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Republican Eric Pratt will run for open congressional seat in Minnesota amid criticism over past Trump comments

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota state Sen. Eric Pratt has entered the Republican field in the race to replace Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota’s most closely contested congressional district.

The four-term state senator from Prior Lake vowed to go all in for President Donald Trump and push his agenda forward in Congress, after far-right Republicans ...Read more

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President Trump weighs in on Kohberger plea deal, days before sentencing

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BOISE, Idaho — President Donald Trump on Monday, days before Bryan Kohberger is scheduled to be sentenced, weighed in on the plea deal that allowed the 30-year-old to avoid the death penalty for killing four University of Idaho students in their Moscow home.

“These were vicious murders, with so many questions left unanswered,” Trump ...Read more

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New polling finds most Georgia voters oppose Trump's budget plan

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ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and other Democrats on next year’s ballot are betting that President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget and spending package will come back to haunt Republicans — and a new poll shows how they plan to make their case.

A Public Policy Polling survey of Georgia voters commissioned by national Democrats found ...Read more

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Ocasio-Cortez's Bronx office vandalized with accusations she funds 'Gaza genocide'

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NEW YORK — The front of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx campaign office was defaced with red paint and a sign accusing her of funding “genocide in Gaza,” police said Monday.

The vandalism was reported to police in a 12:43 a.m. Monday 911 call.

Red paint was splattered across the front of her office on Herschell Street near ...Read more

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Japan's Ishiba tries to buy time after historic election setback

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sought to buy time in office following a second election setback in less than a year. But whether he stays days, weeks or even months, Sunday’s vote made clear that his Liberal Democratic Party needs an overhaul to stay relevant.

Ishiba on Monday vowed to remain in his job even though his LDP-led ...Read more

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Thune seeks to kick off appropriations on Senate floor

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WASHINGTON — The big question on Capitol Hill this week is whether Senate Democrats agree to help kick off the appropriations process.

Senate Majority Leader Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has set up a Tuesday test vote on taking up the first fiscal 2026 spending bill, the generally popular measure funding military construction projects and the ...Read more

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Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable?

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, but experts and the history of law enforcement hiring sprees suggest the process could be challenging, lengthy and possibly result in problematic hires.

The massive funding bill signed ...Read more

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Commentary: Trump and history

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As we approach the 250th anniversary next year of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War that ensued, many Americans will look to the past, eager to understand how fewer than 3 million people residing in 13 colonies along the East Coast would, in two and a half centuries, become a vibrant and thriving nation ...Read more

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Commentary: Trump's MAGA spell is broken. Even his base knows he is a lame duck

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For an entire decade now, Donald Trump has been immune to alienating his supporters — a base so loyal they’d drink bleach if he told them it would own the libs (and some probably did ).

Stormy Daniels? A spiritual growth opportunity for evangelicals to witness a modern-day King David. Inciting a Capitol riot? Boosted his Q-rating (not to ...Read more

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Commentary: California can fix Trump's EV mistake

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When he signed his budget bill into law on July 4, President Donald Trump dealt a heavy blow to America’s electric vehicle industry, ending most federal support for U.S. electric vehicle manufacturing and hobbling automakers’ $100 billion effort to catch up with China, the world’s new automotive manufacturing superpower.

Now California ...Read more

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After six months under Trump, California and LA are battlegrounds. Who benefits?

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Six months into President Trump's second term, his predilection for picking on California has never been on fuller display, turning the state broadly and Los Angeles specifically into key battlegrounds for his right-wing agenda.

There are chaotic immigration raids occurring across the state and military troops on L.A. streets. The ...Read more

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Japan's Ishiba vows to stay on despite historic election setback

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he intended to stay on even as his ruling coalition suffered a historic setback in an upper house election on Sunday, an outcome that may further unsettle markets.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, along with longtime partner Komeito, lost its majority in the chamber, public broadcaster NHK ...Read more

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Harvard faculty who fear school's destruction urge Trump deal

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Kit Parker is used to being an anomaly on Harvard University’s campus. The physicist — an Army Reserve colonel who served in Afghanistan — is a long-time critic of the school’s hiring practices and what he sees as liberal biases.

For months, he’s urged the university to address criticisms from the White House, even as the vast ...Read more

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Japan leader Ishiba vows to stay on despite election setback

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he intended to stay on even as his ruling coalition was locked in a battle to maintain its majority in an upper house election Sunday.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party along with longtime partner Komeito were struggling to retain a majority in the chamber, with the outcome closely watched by ...Read more

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California has sued this Trump administration way more than the last one. Here's where cases stand

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Six months after President Donald Trump took the oath of office, California Attorney General Rob Bonta has unleashed a torrent of litigation against his administration.

Bonta, the Democrat who leads the state Department of Justice, has filed or joined a whopping 34 lawsuits against the Republican administration on behalf of California. That’s...Read more

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Ishiba vows to stay as Japan leader despite election setback

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Japan’s ruling coalition looked set to lose its majority in the upper house, according to exit polls, an outcome that would further weaken embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s leadership and potentially unsettle markets.

A poll by public broadcaster NHK showed that the ruling coalition is set to secure about 32-51 seats of the 125 up ...Read more

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Epstein, Trump, a birthday letter and a lawsuit: Everything you need to know

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Six years after his death, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is again in the spotlight, this one cast by President Donald Trump’s unrelenting MAGA base.

Epstein was arrested in 2019 and found dead in his cell at a jail in New York City just five weeks later. Investigators concluded that he killed himself while awaiting trial on federal sex ...Read more

 

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