Politics
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Leavitt: Trump not profiting from upcoming Mideast trip
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shut down any accusations that President Trump would profit from his trip to the Middle East next week.
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Senators urge DOJ to dig deeper into alleged manipulation of egg prices
A bipartisan pair of senators wants the Justice Department to ramp up its probe of a possible price-fixing scheme in the egg industry.
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White House fuzzy on Trump's proposal to tax richest Americans
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered little clarity on whether President Trump wants to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans,...
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Trump's pick for HHS deputy secretary supports review of abortion-pill risk
President Trump's choice for a deputy secretary post said he "strongly supports" conducting a safety review of mifepristone, the abortion pill...
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Courts keep ruling against Trump on foreign student deportations
A federal judge ordered Homeland Security to immediately release Rumeysa Ozturk, a university student from Turkey whose arrest in March went viral.
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Mad woman spits on failed Trump nominee Ed Martin during TV interview
A furious woman walking her dog passed a live TV interview spat on Ed Martin, the lawyer whose nomination for U.S. attorney in the District of...
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Trump on higher taxes for the rich: 'Probably not'
President Trump said he would be "OK" with a higher tax rate on the wealthy, but Republicans in Congress should probably scrap the idea as they...
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Former Justice Souter dies at age 85 at home in New Hampshire
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter died peacefully Thursday at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85 years old and had served on the high...
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Republicans flinch at rare chance to slash spending
Congressional Republicans, who finally have the power to reduce massive federal spending, are paralyzed over how to make cuts and could instead...
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TSA's facial recognition is better than 99% effective
The government's civil liberties watchdog gave a relatively clean bill of health to the TSA's use of facial recognition technology to screen...
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Trump floats 80% tariff on China
President Trump says an 80% tariff "seems right," setting a potential guidepost ahead of weekend talks in Switzerland between the U.S. and Chinese...
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Trump says he's naming Fox News host, former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in D.C.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top...