Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he supports the delay of all of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees who do not have unanimous support in the Senate. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., filed cloture…
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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Trump…
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Trump says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy is ready to negotiate a deal to end war with Russia
by adminPresident Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to negotiate a deal to end the war with Russia, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to meet soon. Trump spoke…
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Top trade association sends letters calling on big changes in three key departments: ‘Unleash American energy’
by adminA top national trade organization has sent letters to three departments in the Trump administration advocating for specific policies that the group believes will most effectively achieve President Trump’s goal to ‘unleash American energy’ in…
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Trump’s latest hires and fires rankle Iran hawks as new president suggests nuclear deal
by adminIf President Donald Trump’s personnel moves are any tell, he may come out of the gate toward Iran with a tone that is more diplomatic than combative. And Trump on Thursday evening suggested he was…
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One of President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies introduced a resolution on Thursday evening to allow the commander-in-chief a third term. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is pushing a new amendment to the Constitution that would…
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Trump’s pick for UN ambassador hailed by Israeli minister as ‘warrior against antisemitism’
by adminTEL AVIV – The Trump administration will do more than its predecessor to combat the tidal wave of Jew-hatred unleashed by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai…
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Trump nominates head of his personal security detail, Sean Curran, to lead Secret Service: ‘A Great Patriot’
by adminTrump formally nominated Sean Curran, the head of his personal Secret Service security detail, to serve as director of the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday. Curran, one of the several quick-thinking agents who rushed on…
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Trump re-designates Iranian-backed Houthis as terrorists: ‘Threaten[s] security of American civilians’
by adminPresident Trump re-designated the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) on Wednesday, four years after his first administration made an identical move. In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump said that the terrorist…
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Trump inauguration performer Gavin DeGraw salutes ‘businessman running largest economy in world’
by adminGavin DeGraw shared photos of himself performing at the Starlight Ball Monday night after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. ‘Proud to support free speech, healthy food, and ending ‘forever wars,’’ he wrote on X.…