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The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.

The ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts.

The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

Taxpayer-funded ads denouncing the “deep state” and “globalists” aired locally on the two cable networks Trump has sought to ban from White House grounds.

Rep. LaMonica McIver gave birth to her second child, a baby girl, on Oct. 1, her office said in a statement. She currently faces prosecution by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for allegati...

Across the first 24 weeks of 2026, there are 14 Black authors within the top 1,000; combined, they have earned £2.8m, just 0.9% of the total money taken by all authors in that top 1,000.

Alt: Willy Wonka: Stop. Don't. Come Back.

White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.

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President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.

Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.

Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.

Five Senate Republicans (and counting) are taking the burgeoning scandal seriously, which is five more than usual.