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State Department sanctions seven entities, individuals for supporting Iranian weapons procurement
The sanctions are part of the U.S.' efforts to ramp up economic pressure on the Iranian regime after it resumed attacking ships that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month.
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Trump says Iran has made a gesture of goodwill by releasing US woman who was wrongfully detained
The name of the woman was not immediately released, nor was the crime she was accused of committing. But the president said she was detained by Iran during the Biden administration in 2024.
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VP Vance says US will not put boots on ground in Iran: 'We're not in that business anymore'
The vice president said that if there is going to be a regime change in Iran then it would have to come from the Iranian people and not outside forces like the United States.
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Trump floats effort to get journalists to reveal who leaked low-confidence intel report on Iran
“We can find out. If they want to, we can find out easily. You go up and tell the reporter, ‘National security, who gave it [to you]?’ You have to do that, and I suspect we’ll be doing things like that,” Trump says
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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announces retirement after voting against advancing 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
"Tillis is a talker and complainer, NOT A DOER!” Trump said of Tillis shortly before his retirement announcement
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House Democrat advocates for passage of her bill to ban ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests
"Immigrant communities are terrified, bystanders often think they're witnessing a kidnapping," Velazquez says
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WATCH LIVE: Debate begins on GOP's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' after Senate Dems force floor reading
The full bill reading went on for about 16 hours
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Federal authorities make more arrests at LA address linked to Iranian 'human smuggling' network
The latest arrests happened after seven others were arrested at the same address on Napa Street in North Hills earlier in the week. Some of those arrested were on the FBI Terror Watchlist.
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Musk warns of 'political suicide' if GOP passes Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
The Senate revealed on Friday night an amended version of the House-passed bill.
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Russia hits Ukraine with largest air attack since war began: report
The AP reported that Russia fired 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, which included 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles.
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Tillis: Projected Medicaid costs to North Carolina budget too much
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., was one of two votes from his party late Saturday night against passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. House Resolution 1, he said, had tens of billions of dollars in lost funding for North Carolina hospitals and rural communities.
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Senate advances Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to a final vote as early as Monday
In a 51 to 49 vote, all but two Republicans voted to advance the signature legislation of Trump's second tenure.
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Chief Justice Roberts urges elected leaders not to attack judges due to threat of violence
“It becomes wrapped up in the political dispute that a judge who’s doing his or her job is part of the problem,” Roberts says