President Donald Trump hinted at a new deadline for Hamas to return the rest of the bodies of dead hostages to Israel, or else face “action” from countries involved with the Gaza peace deal.“Hamas is going to have to start returning the bodies of the deceased hostages, including two Americans,...
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President Donald Trump hit Canada with a 10% tariff increase after the country re-aired an advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan endorsing free trade.The one-minute TV ad originally aired last weekend, prompting Trump to halt all trade talks with the U.S.’s northern neighbor. Despite the backlash from the U.S. president,...
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President Donald Trump has chosen a replacement to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after the White House pulled his previous nominee, who faced opposition from Republican-aligned cryptocurrency investors.Mike Selig, chief counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, was tapped as the new CFTC nominee, White House...
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris floated the possibility of running again for the White House in 2028, making her strongest statement to date about a future presidential bid after losing to President Donald Trump last fall.“I am not done,” she told the BBC in an interview set to air on...
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President Donald Trump is embarking on his first trip to Asia during his second administration, facing headwinds on the home front and from abroad.Trump departs on Friday for Malaysia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders summit before traveling to Japan on Monday for trade talks with new Japanese...
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As the country heads into November and the end of daylight saving time, the federal government remains shut down, with no signs of when it will reopen.The 35-day shutdown in 2018-2019 was partial. Congress had passed, and President Donald Trump, in his first term, signed several appropriations bills. This one...
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President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that his administration’s controversial crackdown on the drug trade, so far limited to boat strikes in international waters, will soon turn to attacks on cartel-linked targets by land.“Our sea drugs, as they call them, they use the term sea drugs, the drugs coming in by...
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President Donald Trump is clashing with critics once again, this time over his plans to construct an ornate ballroom in the White House complex.Trump announced one of his most ambitious construction projects of his second term in late July — a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, originally slated to cost roughly $200 million. The...
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The White House updated its website on Thursday to include Biden administration-related “easter eggs” on a page dedicated to its history.“Some easter eggs on the White House site for the wannabe historians on social media. Enjoy,” White House deputy communications director Kaelan Dorr wrote on X. The website now includes...
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“Yes, the administration would absolutely support that legislation. We hope that it would come over the finish line,” Leavitt said Thursday when asked about Trump’s support of Hawley’s bill. “But the bill that will get everyone paid and put everyone back to work is the clean continuing resolution. That’s what...
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Vice President JD Vance laughed at MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki‘s suggestion that his wife Usha needed saving.“I think it’s disgraceful, but of course the second lady can speak for herself,” Vance told Fox News while on an airport tarmac Thursday. “I am very lucky to have a wonderful wife, and...
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President Donald Trump is set to make an announcement, the details of which are uncertain, at 3 p.m. His announcement comes amid a flurry of activity. Possible topics of interest include the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to construct his ballroom, rapid fluctuations in relations with Russia and...
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