Tag: National
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Elena Kagan pays tribute to ‘untimely passing’ of Lindsey Graham: ‘Made me look funny’
Justice Elena Kagan began her testimony at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday by honoring late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), referencing a famous exchange during her 2010 confirmation hearing. Kagan was testifying alongside Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court’s roughly $228 million budget request for fiscal 2027, with much of the increase…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, dies after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71. The statement posted on social media late Saturday did not provide any additional…
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Trump demands rehearing after Supreme Court’s ‘insane’ birthright citizenship ruling
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his legal team will “immediately” seek a rehearing before the Supreme Court on his efforts to overhaul birthright citizenship after a majority of justices ruled the White House’s executive order on the matter was unconstitutional. Trump expressed concern that illegal immigrants are taking advantage of the policy after Chief…
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Mark Carney says Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defense spending
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that President Donald Trump has “won the argument” on NATO defense spending, successfully pushing members to spend more on defense. Carney, one of Trump’s most articulate critics, conceded on Wednesday that he had been successful in revamping NATO members’ stance on defense spending. Speaking at the NATO summit in…
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Trump made over $1 billion from crypto businesses in 2025, filing shows
President Donald Trump raked in over $1 billion from his cryptocurrency dealings in 2025, according to a recent Office of Government Ethics filing. The 937-page filing shows his employment assets and income, including the hundreds of millions of dollars he made from World Liberty Financial and from so-called Celebration Coins. Trump and his family have…
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Senate GOP tries to mend fences with Trump after heated lunch
Senate Republicans are trying to turn the page on a heated lunch with President Donald Trump that brought weeks of tensions to a new high-water mark. In a symbolic gesture, Senate Republicans took another vote on the Iran war Wednesday night, flipping two senators Trump singled out at the lunch for siding with Democrats. The…
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Postmaster general spars with Senate Democrats over mail-in ballot restrictions
Senate Democrats sparred with Postmaster General David Steiner on Wednesday over the U.S. Postal Service’s move to stop delivering mail-in ballots in states that don’t hand over their voter rolls to the federal government. Steiner, who has stayed out of the political spotlight since taking the lead role at USPS last year, was grilled by…
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Postmaster general spars with Senate Democrats over mail-in ballot restrictions
Senate Democrats sparred with Postmaster General David Steiner on Wednesday over the U.S. Postal Service’s move to stop delivering mail-in ballots in states that don’t hand over their voter rolls to the federal government. Steiner, who has stayed out of the political spotlight since taking the lead role at USPS last year, was grilled by…
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ICE may deport illegal immigrants without judge approval, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of expanding a fast-track deportation process to let the Trump administration expeditiously remove illegal immigrants who are living inside the United States, not just at the southern border. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, plan…
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Sheehy calls for Rubio to take over Iran negotiations if Vance can’t swing it
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) on Monday suggested Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be waiting in the wings to handle negotiations with Iran if Vice President JD Vance can’t get a long-term agreement with Tehran over the finish line. Vance is in Switzerland this week with Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to meet…