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Trump meets with candidates for four-star general in break with tradition, White House acknowledges
WASHINGTON – The White House has acknowledged that President Donald Trump now meets with candidates for promotion to the rank of four-star general, in...
The Latest: Trump offers no details about improving food distribution in Israeli-controlled Gaza
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian...
Medicaid was signed into law 60 years ago. Trump’s big bill is chiseling it back
WASHINGTON – On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety...
Justice Department says Epstein and Maxwell grand juries heard from only 2 law enforcement witnesses
The Justice Department says in support of its request to unseal grand jury transcripts of proceedings that led to the sex trafficking indictments of...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to headline signature South Carolina GOP event
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to headline the latest iteration of an event previously billed as the largest annual...
Sen. Cory Booker in angry outburst says ‘complicit’ Democrats need a ‘wake-up call’
WASHINGTON – In a rare public outburst on the Senate floor Tuesday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took his Democratic colleagues to task, declaring...
Democrats try again to revive the Voting Rights Act but face long odds
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot...
Trump says US will partner with Israel to run additional food centers in Gaza, but details are scant
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the...
Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t run for governor in 2026
ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Tuesday that she won’t run for governor in Georgia in 2026, putting an end to her...
Trump administration wants Harvard to pay far more than Columbia as part of settlement
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school to pay far more...