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New ayatollah awaiting surgeries, prosthetic leg: NYT
Khamenei has issued public statements, but largely written messages released via social media.
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Cotton blasts Trump admin for downgrading marijuana drug classification
The move doesn't legalize marijuana or remove criminal penalties for use and possession, but it reclassifies marijuana from its current Schedule I to the lower classification of Schedule III.
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Watch Live: Trump participates in Healthcare affordability event at White House
The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Eastern and the president is expected to announce a new deal with pharmaceutical company Regeneron.
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Most states have not yet adopted federal tax changes under Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
Some officials, particularly in states under Democratic leadership, argue that reducing tax collection could jeopardize funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure
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Blanche says all Epstein files material, including anything mentioning Trump, will be released
"If President Trump is mentioned, if there’s photographs that we have of President Trump or anybody else, they, of course, will be released, with the exception of any victims or survivors that we’ve identified,” the deputy attorney general says
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Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s tariff policies expected in the new year
The Supreme Court has not yet issued its ruling, but legal experts expect a decision as early as January 2026. the ruling will address challenges to President Trump’s tariff program.
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Graham suggests reopening Clinton impeachment records after latest Epstein files release
Graham has suggested the controversy over the Epstein material raises questions about how past investigations — including those involving Clinton — were conducted and documented.
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Transgender individual sentenced to 3 years probation for throwing knife outside ICE building
Prosecutors said Winters approached federal agents guarding the ICE facility and produced a large knife before throwing the blade at an officer, narrowly missing its target.
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PETA praises RFK Jr. for looking into ending importation of monkeys for laboratory research
Kathy Guillermo, PETA’s senior vice president, called the potential shift a major step forward for both public health and animal welfare.
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One of the last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, a WWII Navy veteran, dies at 105
His death further shrinks the small group of living witnesses to Pearl Harbor
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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog warns of national debt interest payments hitting $1 trillion
The federal government added roughly $1.8 trillion to the now $38 trillion national debt in fiscal year 2025. While net interest on the debt totaled $970 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal government’s net interest payments exceeded $1 trillion for the first time.
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Virginia Democratic political operative faces federal charges in child exploitation case
According to a detailed FBI affidavit, the case began in May when Sprinkle, using the name Randy, engaged with what he believed was another user on the social app Jack’d.
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As Trump, others try to increase fertility rates, Italy has few options, nears 'national emergency'
President Trump has proposed "baby bonuses" to would-be parents and to increase access to in vitro fertilization treatment.