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Prison transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell could be released within weeks, while a congressional committee has issued a legal order for US Justice Department files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation to be released. Maxwell's interviews with Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former lawyer for
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The Trump administration is planning to restore two Confederate monuments, a move that has sparked widespread outrage and criticism from civil rights activists and historians. Following through on a push by President Donald Trump to restore statues that were removed in the wake of the George Floyd protests, the US
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US President Donald Trump's foreign envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to meet Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, in a last-ditch effort to avoid new sanctions. Trump has threatened to impose the sanctions if Russia does not make a peace deal by Friday. The talks come as Russia&
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The sudden firing of the government's top labor official, Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, by President Donald Trump, just days after the release of jobs numbers that contradicted his claims of an economic "golden age," is raising concerns about the integrity of economic data.
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Texas Democrats, emboldened by President Donald Trump's backing, have fled the state in a desperate bid to prevent a partisan redrawing of the state's congressional map. The move has significant implications for House Republicans, who face a razor-thin majority in the upcoming midterm elections. The proposal,
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As lawmakers took to their districts for summer recess, a topic that dominated Washington in recent weeks, the Jeffrey Epstein files, was largely absent at town hall meetings. While some lawmakers were asked about the issue, only a handful of questions were raised, and many attendees seemed more concerned with
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Democratic lawmakers are calling for answers from the heads of two private US-based security firms whose personnel have worked in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and have been accused of using deadly force against civilians seeking aid. The lawmakers, led by Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, express concern
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President Donald Trump has made a fresh push to give Americans easier access to their own medical records, tasking major health and technology companies with developing new ways for patients to share data across the US's fragmented health care system. According to three people familiar with the matter,
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A contentious nomination of Emil Bove to the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, with a vote of 50-49 largely along party lines. Bove's appointment, despite allegations of misconduct from a handful of whistleblowers, has raised concerns about
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A Democratic town hall in Illinois was disrupted by multiple audience members shouting about the ongoing war in Gaza, highlighting the growing divisions within the party over US support for Israel. The event, hosted by Rep. Bill Foster, was marked by shouting and interruptions, with attendees expressing outrage over the
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, and several other Republican senators pushed back against President Donald Trump's call to disregard a Senate tradition that takes into account the views of a nominee's home state senators before moving forward in the confirmation process. The
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's comparison of the new tax-deferred investment accounts to "a backdoor for privatizing Social Security" has set off alarm bells among Democrats, who have long accused Republicans of aiming to dismantle the program. Bessent's comments were made at a Breitbart policy
