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Former worker at Arkansas county clerk's office gets suspended sentence for altering voter records
Circuit Judge Karen Whatley gave Deborah Smith a two-year suspension on Tuesday as part of a plea agreement with the state attorney general's office. The charge initially carried a maximum penalty of six years in prison.
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You Vote: With Trump changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, what do you think?
The order directs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to work with the Board on Geographic Names to reflect the new name. It explains that the U.S. claims most of the lake's volume, and its deepest parts lie within the U.S.
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Man arrested at Trump golf course in California had first lady's schedule, Secret Service details
Los Angeles County Judge John Lonergan Jr., suspended the criminal case against Taele on Wednesday and sent him to mental health court in Hollywood based on statements he made in a pretrial evaluation indicating he wasn’t mentally fit to stand trial.
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Trump and Hochul had 'productive' meeting but 'no formal agreements,' Hochul's office says
"Gov. Hochul and President Trump covered a broad range of topics in today's meeting, including the redevelopment of Penn Station, congestion pricing, tariffs and energy policy," Hochul's office says
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Trump appoints Kellogg as special envoy to Ukraine
Trump says Kellogg will 'deal directly with President Zelenskyy, and Ukrainian leadership'
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Labor secretary says her agency saved taxpayers $30 million working with DOGE
"These program cancellations included $3M for 'transparency and accountability in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry,'" DOGE wrote.
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Still searching for COVID-19 origins five years after ‘Proximal Origin’ paper tried to end debate
More and more evidence points to the Wuhan lab as the origin of COVID-19, but answers are elusive, and a look at the issue without the filter of politics is rarer yet. The new Trump Administration has a chance to get answers about the pandemic five years after it changed the world — and five years after scientists tried to shut the lab leak debate down.
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Trump orders airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
“No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World," Trump says
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CNN host Smerconish: 'Would be good' for 'the planet' if Trump, Musk 'broaden Tesla's appeal'
"But whether it's Trump or Musk or Biden, I don't care who gets us there. Just plug me in and let's roll," he says
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Trump signs spending bill to keep government funded through end of fiscal year
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has been the subject of harsh criticism from Democrats in Congress after deciding to vote to advance the bill, rather than encourage his party to block it using the filibuster.
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At least 18 dead as severe weather, tornados hit midwest, southern U.S.
The National Weather Service has issued multiple tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings on Saturday throughout Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Texas.
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Senate Democrats who voted to filibuster CR under Trump supported abolishing filibuster under Biden
"Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster. 38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday," wrote former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., on X. "8 who previously voted to eliminate the filibuster (1/19/22) did not filibuster. 1 who previously campaigned against the filibuster did not filibuster."
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Trump gets hit in face with boom mic during press gaggle at Joint Base Andrews
Trump was taking questions from the press before leaving for Palm Beach on Friday