Tag: Trump
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Trump administration announces $12 billion soybean aid package
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Monday that the administration was planning to disburse a $12 billion dollar aid package as part of the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program, to make targeted, one-time payments to crop farmers. The FBA is designed to be an “economic bridge” to the next planting season.…
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Trump says he’ll release MRI results but doesn’t know what part of his body was scanned
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’ll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. “If you want to have it released, I’ll release it,” the Republican president said Sunday during an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida. He said the results of the MRI…
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Georgia case against Trump dropped, ending efforts to punish president over 2020 election aftermath
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort to punish the president in the courts for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Pete…
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Federal immigration crackdown ends in Charlotte, North Carolina, sheriff says
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal immigration crackdown centered around North Carolina’s largest city of Charlotte appeared to be over after less than a week, as Border Patrol agents now turn their attention toward New Orleans, where the next big operation is expected. Federal officials confirmed with Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden that the U.S. Customs…
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Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.…
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Trump pardons North Face athlete found guilty of illegal trail travel at national park
Back in September of 2024, professional trail runner and The North Face-sponsored athlete Michelino Sunseri, now 33, used a portion of a prohibited trail during an attempt to set a record for the climb up and down 13,775-foot Grand Teton. He ended up breaking the record for the climb by about two minutes, but months…
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What to expect downtown Denver Saturday as second No Kings protest expected to draw many
A few months after more than 10,000 people took to the streets to protest the actions of President Donald Trump, Denver services are preparing for a second No Kings demonstration on Saturday. The protest, one of at least 50 different organized demonstrations across Colorado — and hundreds taking place across the country — is expected…
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America’s condition as measured by one dismal weekend | Sondermann
It was just another weekend, a rather small slice of time, this one at the end of September. Around these parts, autumn leaf-peeping was at its peak. As beauty goes, that was about the extent of it. The nation witnessed nine, count ‘em, mass shooting incidents in this brief period, such a case being defined…
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Government headed to a shutdown after last-ditch vote fails in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in nearly seven years. The Senate rejected the legislation as Democrats are making good on their threat to close the government if…
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Trump tells UN in speech that it is ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potential
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump castigated the United Nations as a feckless institution in a speech to the world body on Tuesday, praising the turn America has taken under his leadership while warning Europe will be ruined if it doesn’t turn away from a “double-tailed monster” of ill-conceived migration and green energy policies.…