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Trump supporters look for disaffected Democrats in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills
Supporters of President Trump and counter-protesters converged in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on Sunday in a small but raucous…
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Trump's support is dropping nationwide and across demographics, polls show
WASHINGTON — President Trump enjoyed the highest approval ratings of his political career when he entered office in January, with roughly…
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How Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC chair, is rattling media giants
Amid President Trump’s fusillades against the media, a recent strike stood out: Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman…
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Kamala Harris plans scathing critique of Trump in first major speech since leaving office
Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to offer a pointed critique of President Trump and his policies on Wednesday in her first major…
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Barry Blitt’s “The First Hundred Days”
President Donald J. Trump began his second term with a hundred-day blitz, as a way to both get revenge on his perceived foes and take the…
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US shoppers pay for Trump tariffs on Temu, doubling some prices
Discount Chinese retail app Temu appears to be passing on nearly all of US President Donald Trump’s new import taxes to US consumers, more…
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Singapore election 2025: PM Wong at Fullerton rally warns that losing ministers would weaken Singapore
Losing three or four ministers would weaken both the government and the country, at an already challenging time, said Prime Minister…
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Japan denies report citing Bessent’s push for strong yen
Japan’s top currency diplomat on Monday (Apr 28) denied a media report that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had told his Japanese…
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Greenland PM rebukes Trump's rhetoric as he presses for closer Denmark ties
Greenland's prime minister on Sunday called for improve ties with Denmark after having talks with the United States that he described as…
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Trump believes Zelenskyy is willing to give up Crimea as part of a peace deal with Russia
President Trump believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be willing to cede Crimea as part of a peace deal with Russia,…
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer…
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Trump says he's "reinstating" Columbus Day, Biden celebrated it last year
President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday that he's "bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes," suggesting that the holiday…
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Tariffs: Misses and Myths
The week of April 21, 2025: Tariff legends and reality, the debt, antitrust, and much, much more. Source link
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Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day
President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor's practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day…
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Hot out of the gate: Trump thrills base in dizzying first 100 days
In Macomb County, Michigan, where President Trump is scheduled Tuesday to hold the first rally of his second presidential term,…
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Commemorations held in Bergen-Bergen, Flossenbürg concentration camps
Commemorative events were held in the former Nazi concentration camps in Bergen-Belsen and Flossenbürg on Sunday to mark the 80th…
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Bernie Sanders shoots down the idea of spearheading a third party
Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont reiterated Sunday that he is not interested in launching a third party, dismissing the notion that the…
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Why Are So Many U.S. Senators Heading for the Exit Doors?
The ‘world’s greatest deliberative body’ has become synonymous with gridlock. Source link
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Polls show Americans souring on President Trump as he nears 100-day mark in second term
President Trump's second-term honeymoon has hit a rough patch, according to a series of polls showing voters have soured on the…
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Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn
Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Russia-Ukraine 'needs to happen soon'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine are edging "closer" to a peace deal but "it's still not there." Source…
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Rubio says Russia-Ukraine peace deal 'needs to happen soon'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine are edging "closer" to a peace deal but "it's still not there." Source…
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Zelensky says fighting ongoing in Kursk border region
Despite the Russian military's assertions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that his troops are still fighting in the…