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Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz campaigns at State Fair Park on November 4, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Back on the road, Tim Walz tries to find his voice and fill ‘the void’

Trump administration unfazed by court losses and sets sights on Supreme Court

Judge declines to block DOGE takeover of US Institute of Peace while legal challenge plays out

DHS detains Georgetown University fellow amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

Trump to sign order Thursday to begin dismantling of Education Department

Zelensky agrees to pause attacks on energy in call with Trump, but questions remain about what Trump and Putin hammered out

Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention

Michigan Democrat says she ‘can’t just be an activist’ and calls on party to act

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President Donald Trump and White House senior adviser and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk deliver remarks next to a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

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Trump’s moves to hollow out government could be difficult to undo

How to decode a head-spinning few days of Ukraine war diplomacy

Tesla vandals are terrorists, according to President Trump

What is a constitutional crisis and are we in one right now?

A fateful moment looms as Trump’s team seeks to bypass the judiciary

In Ukraine and Gaza, Trump finds out that ending wars is tougher than it looks

White House denies ignoring court order halting Venezuelan deportations

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Fact check: Trump’s false claims on immigration, Biden, Ukraine in DOJ remarks

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Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’

Dan Bongino during a forum examining the attempted assassination Donald Trump at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2024.

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FBI Deputy Director Bongino repeatedly said pipe bombs planted ahead of Jan. 6 were ‘inside job’

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Elon Musk at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

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Elon Musk’s paranoid conspiracy theory about Social Security, explained

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

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Pentagon weighs major cuts to top of US military

Tracking Trump’s overhaul of the federal workforce

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Trump and allies celebrated court orders against Biden they now claim are ‘tyrannical’

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After call with Trump, Putin agrees to pause attacks on Ukraine’s energy and infrastructure targets

New Social Security anti-fraud rule will force more people to visit agency offices

Supreme Court declines to halt execution over religious claims as Gorsuch joins liberals in dissent

A politically wounded Schumer seeks to reassure his skeptics

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s ban on transgender service members, saying it’s ‘soaked in animus’

Federal judge says Elon Musk exceeded his authority and that dismantling USAID was ‘likely’ unconstitutional

Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump and GOP rhetoric about impeaching judges

Appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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