Trump to give remarks at cryptocurrency conference at 10:40 a.m
PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver virtual remarks at 10:40 a.m. (1440 GMT) at a cryptocurrency industry conference, the White House said on Thursday.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil; Writing by Makini Brice)
Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Aamer Madhani
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Updated 22 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to...
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Federal Reserve cuts key rate but signals higher bar for future reductions
Christopher Rugaber
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months, a move that could attract ire from President Donald...
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Bernie Sanders says Trump is lying after ‘A+++++’ rating on the economy
Sydney Topf, Washington Examiner
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Updated 23 hours ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said President Donald Trump can “lie all that he wants” after Trump gave himself an “A+++++” on his performance regarding the economy. “If this is an A+++ economy, God help us if we ever get to...
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Judge blocks Trump’s LA troops deployment for third time after getting overruled twice
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer blocked President Donald Trump‘s use of the California National Guard for a third time on Wednesday, despite an appeals court halting Breyer’s two previous orders stopping the deployment of troops to Los Angeles. Breyer granted...
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Judge Boasberg seeks testimony from DOJ ‘whistleblower’ in criminal contempt inquiry
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg this week pushed forward his fact-finding inquiry into whether Justice Department officials under the Trump administration deliberately defied his emergency order blocking the removal of more than one hundred Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador...
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Haley Stevens introduces articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.: ‘Self-created threat’
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday for threatening the country’s health. Stevens, who is running for Michigan’s open Senate seat in 2026, has targeted Kennedy with...
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Third judge rules DOJ can unseal Epstein grand jury records from sex trafficking case
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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A federal judge in New York cleared the way for the Justice Department to release long-sealed grand jury materials from its sex-trafficking investigation into the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, marking another major step in the government’s race to comply...
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Musk says he wouldn’t do DOGE again if given the chance
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Elon Musk voiced a negative retrospective view of his grand government reform project, the Department of Government Efficiency, saying he wouldn’t do it again if given the chance. In an interview on Katie Miller’s podcast, Musk was asked if, knowing...
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Democrats set expanded targets after surprise victories in Florida and Georgia
Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner
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A string of election victories on Tuesday has Democrats bullish about the midterm elections, leading them to expand their target map for 2026. In an upset win, the party flipped the Miami mayorship blue for the first time in nearly...
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Top US political figures lend legitimacy to Qatari forum allied with array of anti-American groups
Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr., Bill Gates, Tucker Carlson, and a host of other U.S. political figures have all descended on the Qatari capital of Doha in recent days to discuss an array of current events....
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