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Platner announced as speaker for activist-led event in Maine
He dropped out of Maine’s Senate race last month after a woman he dated accused him of sexual assault, an allegation he denied.
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51 52 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump's secret plane switch took place within a day of credible missile threat
President Trump secretly moved from Air Force One to another plane within a day of U.S. and Turkish intelligence picking up on an Iranian plot to fire a missile at the jet, CBS News has learned.
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53 DOJ’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s civil rights lawsuit against Harvard University that accused the school of turning a blind eye to antisemitism.  U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled the alleged incidents didn’t amount to an ongoing violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  “Without diminishing any concern arising…
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54 PoliticsUnited StatesUSS Abraham Lincoln: Senate Democrats press Hegseth for answers on reports of attempted suicides
Senate Democrats are pressing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration for more information about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since November, amid reports that sailors have attempted to jump overboard. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has written a letter to…
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55 PoliticsUnited StatesMaine Democrat Jackson acknowledges punching man in 1988; he and partner dismiss pushing allegation
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Thursday acknowledged punching a man as a teenager in 1988, but he and longtime partner Lana Pelletier disputed that he had pushed her after the Bangor Daily News obtained and reported on a police report that detailed the nearly 40-year-old allegations. “Nearly forty years ago, when I was…
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56 Kennedy Center board OKs new way of adding Trump’s name to building
The Kennedy Center board voted Thursday to add President Trump’s name to the performing arts building months after a judge blocked an effort to rename the center after him, according to multiple reports. The Trump-aligned board approved an inscription underneath the Kennedy Center’s name, reading: “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.” The new…
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57 PoliticsUnited StatesPoll shows Democrat Cooper with 11-point lead over GOP Senate rival
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is leading former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley by double digits in a Senate race in the state, according to a new poll. In the Elon University poll, 53 percent of likely voter respondents backed Cooper, while 42 percent backed Whatley. Three percent said they would…
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58 PoliticsUnited StatesHegseth criticized for locking Democrats out of closed-door defense budget talks
Republican lawmakers express concern after US defense secretary repeatedly excluded Democrats from briefings US politics live – latest updates Republican senators have criticized the Pentagon for locking Democrats out of classified briefings on defense spending, warning that Pete Hegseth’s approach could jeopardize passage of Donald Trump’s record $1.5tn military budget increase. The US defense secretary has made at least two trips to Capitol Hill in recent weeks to pitch the budget, but has…
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59 PoliticsUnited StatesDick Cheney’s cardiologist: Trump ‘has not looked well’
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist, wrote Wednesday that President Trump “has not looked well” during his second term. Reiner, who is also a professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University, penned an op-ed in The New York Times noting past presidents who have hidden the state of their health,…
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60 PoliticsUnited States‘Super’ El Niño may be strongest since 1950. When will it peak, hit the US?
In an update released Thursday, national forecasters said the odds that this year's El Niño will reach the highest strength level – often called a "super" El Niño – are now higher than 90%.
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61 Presidential pardon for French alleged spy accused of plotting Mali coup
France is yet to comment on Yann Vezilier's pardon and previously called the accusations "unfounded".
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62 Person fined after using foghorn to wake sleeping polar bear
Under local regulations in the region, "it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear".
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63 PoliticsUnited StatesCongress must protect the research behind tomorrow’s cures
Former Rep. Mimi Walters argues that Washington must prioritize domestic biomedical research and stricter regulatory oversight to counter China's rising influence and protect American patient safety.
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64 PoliticsUnited StatesDemocrats demand Trump reveal stock managers, explain suspicious trades
Warren and Garcia said they sought answers from Trump to inform their work on potential legislation to ban presidents from owning individual stocks.
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65 PoliticsUnited StatesHaley Stevens: ‘The voters voted, we’ve got to move on’
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) on Wednesday said it is time to “move on” after she was defeated in Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary last week. Asked during an appearance on NewsNation about her decision to endorse Abdul El-Sayed following the loss — and despite controversy surrounding some of the progressive’s actions — Stevens sought to distance…
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66 PoliticsUnited StatesCongress breaks for summer recess with little to show
As Congress enters its August recess, lawmakers are racing to reconcile different continuing appropriations resolutions to prevent a government shutdown before the Oct. 1 fiscal deadline and subsequent midterm elections.
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67 PoliticsUnited StatesCurrent immigration policy is hurting the workforce and economy
A decline in the U.S. labor force driven by immigration policies and demographic shifts is weakening economic growth, prompting calls for a new immigration strategy focused on meeting national labor demands.
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68 BusinessUnited StatesIran looks to ramp up economic alliance with BRICS nations as war with U.S. drags on
Iran’s central bank chief said Thursday that the country is set to join the BRICS New Development Bank.
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69 BusinessUnited StatesCrowley on whether win halted progressive movement: ‘Absolutely not’
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley denied Wednesday he dealt the progressive movement a setback by beating democratic socialist Francesca Hong in this week’s Democratic primary. When host Kaitlan Collins asked Crowley whether it was fair for The Wall Street Journal to characterize him as the “man who halted progressive momentum,” Crowley replied, “Absolutely not.”…
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70 Trade court upholds Trump's closure of 'de minimis' loophole
President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post celebrated the continued closure of the deminimis exemption as a "BIG WIN."
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71 Hegseth calls conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln ‘completely misrepresented’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday claimed that conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have been “completely misrepresented” following reports that sailors, struggling with low morale during a grueling deployment, have attempted to jump overboard. Speaking with Newsmax, Hegseth did not directly address reports of supply shortages, water contamination and deteriorating mental health…
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72 PoliticsGlobal · North AmericaAmid pushback, CBP says it is placing ‘limited’ barriers, not 30-foot wall, in national park
As it faces some bipartisan pushback on its construction activities at Big Bend National Park, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is emphasizing that it is placing “limited” barriers rather than building a 30-foot wall in the protected area. “CBP is building one new access road, improving existing roads, installing detection technology, and placing vehicle barriers…
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73 PoliticsUnited StatesO’Reilly: ‘I don’t believe the American public are going to buy the socialist communist lunacy’
Political personality Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday railed against left-wing Democrats amid their recent wins in primaries. “I mean, once you get into that zone, the regular folks, not the ideological zombies, OK, they’re not going to go for you. Doesn’t matter what party you’re in,” O’Reilly said, referencing comments from Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca…
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74 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump renews pressure on Senate to pass bill making daylight saving time permanent
President Trump reupped his pressure on the Senate on Wednesday evening to pass a bill making daylight saving time permanent. In a Truth Social post nearly identical to one he shared earlier this month, the president urged Republicans in the upper chamber to pass the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025. This legislation, approved by the…
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75 PoliticsUnited StatesAOC’s public egg-freezing shouldn’t feel radical. But in today’s US, it does | Moira Donegan
The congresswoman’s decision is an assertion of women’s freedom and dignity at a time when our status is rapidly eroding “Don’t be weird about this,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive star and rumored 2028 presidential contender, said on her live video broadcast as she raised her shirt to angle the syringe into her abdomen. Then, with resignation, “even though I know all of you will be.” The New York Democrat is 36 years old, and this week she revealed that she is…
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