A handful of Justice Department attempts to build highly politicized criminal cases on weak or untested legal foundations is threatening to undermine public faith in the accountability agenda President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail.The unsuccessful attempt by prosecutors this week to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers...
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Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby said the United States is not looking to “boss” other nations around, and is instead pressing ahead with a more “realistic” foreign policy agenda. “We’re not looking to boss everybody around. We’re not looking to become this great empire of the world. We’re saying...
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Several Latin American countries have taken steps to curb their international support for Cuba, yielding to the policy priorities of President Donald Trump as his administration increases its pressure on the island’s communist regime.Following the Trump administration’s January ouster of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Cuba’s largest oil supplier,...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio may be the highest-ranking administration official representing President Donald Trump at this year’s Munich Security Conference, but European counterparts are not sighing with relief, at least not yet.Vice President JD Vance roiled Europe last year with his remarks to the conference when he told the...
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President Donald Trump said he would present an “irrefutable” legal argument to require voter ID, whether or not Congress would back him.In two posts on Truth Social, Trump criticized Democrats for their opposition to voter ID, claiming it was because they were looking to “cheat in Elections.” He claimed he...
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President Donald Trump used a Friday visit with special forces members at North Carolina‘s Fort Bragg to promote his hand-picked candidate for the state’s U.S. Senate seat up this fall.Trump traveled to the military base to honor the special forces members who took part in January’s raid to capture former...
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Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) announced Thursday he will not attend an annual meeting for governors at the White House, citing President Donald Trump’s move to disinvite him from a separate gubernatorial dinner. “If the point of the meeting that he’s singled me out and told me I’m disinvited from … is...
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President Donald Trump, just hours before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse, said he will soon be personally involved in ongoing funding negotiations on Capitol Hill.The Senate failed to advance a stand-alone DHS funding package on Thursday afternoon, all but ensuring a partial government shutdown will start...
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President Donald Trump’s critics say he follows a predictable cycle: sow chaos, issue sweeping threats, and then retreat under pressure. The left has even coined a nickname — TACO, or “Trump Always Chickens Out.” But supporters argue what looks like retreat is often tactical recalibration.Supporters say that Trump is scoring...
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The midterm elections will give Vice President JD Vance an opportunity to build up political capital by campaigning for Republican candidates across the country, with the possibility of spending it later.President Donald Trump has already indicated he will be hitting the campaign trail in an effort to protect the GOP’s...
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President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he wasn’t aware of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick‘s visit to Little St. James, an island previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein.Trump was asked about recent revelations regarding Lutnick and Epstein during a White House event, specifically whether he was aware about the 2012 visit...
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President Donald Trump said Oklahoma will “soon” have a governor who can “accurately write a Press Release” in his latest dig against Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) on Thursday.Trump’s rift with Stitt stems from the president’s rejection of the governor’s allegation that the White House invited only Republican governors to the...
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