President Donald Trump is poised to roll out a $12 billion farm aid package to support farmers, according to the White House. The aid package will provide up to $11 billion toward the U.S. Department…
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Trump HHS changes transgender Biden official’s nameplate back to birth name during shutdown
The Department of Health and Human Services has altered the official portrait of a transgender former Biden administration official to display the individual’s birth name, rather than adopted name. The former official, who currently goes…
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Lawmaker urges release of Venezuela strike footage as parties split over whether targets were defenseless
One of the few U.S. lawmakers who have seen classified footage of the U.S. military’s strikes against a suspected drug boat off the coast of Venezuela believes the public should get to see the evidence,…
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President Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., have been taking shots at each other on social media Monday, following Greene’s Sunday night appearance on ’60 Minutes’ in which she drew the president’s ire.…
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Congress is moving to limit the Pentagon’s ability to pull forces out of Europe and South Korea, easing concerns among allied governments. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, finalized by House and Senate negotiators and…
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Senate Democrats push Obamacare subsidy vote ‘designed to fail’ as Republicans call plan unserious
The Senate is readying for a vote on extending expiring Obamacare premium subsidies, but the proposal on the table is all but certain to fail. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unveiled Senate Democrats’ long-awaited…
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SCOTUS takes up Trump’s bid to fire FTC commissioner at will — a showdown that could topple 90-year precedent
The Supreme Court will weigh the legality of President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission without cause on Monday — a blockbuster legal fight that could fundamentally reshape the…
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Biden’s supercharged federal contracting pipeline targeted for freeze after bribery bust, undercover sting
Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who chairs the Senate Small Business Committee, is urging 24 federal agencies to halt funding for a Biden-expanded program for ‘socially and economically disadvantaged’ business owners now under fire for…
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Elite US colleges linked to Chinese surveillance labs driving Uyghur ‘genocide,’ study warns
A sweeping new report warns that America’s top universities, including MIT, Stanford, Harvard and Princeton, have been quietly partnering with Chinese artificial intelligence labs deeply embedded in Beijing’s surveillance and security state and in some…
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House Republicans are expected to reveal a roadmap sometime this month that they say will lower sky-high healthcare costs. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., have both said they…