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President Trump is once again vowing to protect Social Security if congressional Republicans seek another reconciliation bill.
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President Donald Trump on Monday once again vowed to protect Social Security amid reports of congressional Republicans seeking another reconciliation bill.
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A Ukrainian delegation will take part in negotiations with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff in the U.S. this week, according to a source familiar with the plans.
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Turkish President Erdogan has formally inaugurated Turkey's integrated air defense system known as the “Steel Dome,” which he described as a watershed moment for the country and its defense industry.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a new “Steel Dome” integrated air defense system is a “watershed moment” for the country's defense needs
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President Trump and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have spoken over the phone about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, a White House official confirmed.
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Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol agent in Washington, D.C., sources familiar with the matter confirmed to @ABC News on Wednesday.
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It wasn't clear whether prosecutors would try again.
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President Trump said he's been briefed on a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. "Please join me in praying for everyone involved!" Trump wrote on his social media platform.
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National Democrats are celebrating the results of a special election for the Iowa State Senate after Democrat Catelin Drey won in a district President Trump carried by 11 points in 2024 to break a Republican supermajority of the chamber.
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National Democrats are celebrating the results of a special election for the Iowa State Senate after Catelin Drey's victory to break the Republican supermajority.
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President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Monday. Some experts say the move risks high inflation and economic instability over the long term.
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over alleged mortgage fraud. She vowed to keep her job.
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President Trump’s personal crypto ventures are expanding again, this time with plans for a digital asset treasury company that holds an alternative cryptocurrency.
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President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures are expanding with plans for a digital asset treasury company
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A whistleblower complaint alleges that DOGE staffers uploaded a copy of all federal Social Security numbers and information to an unsecured server in June.
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A whistleblower complaint alleges that DOGE staffers uploaded a copy of all federal Social Security numbers and information to an unsecured server in June.
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President Trump and Maryland Gov. Moore are continuing their feud — with Trump claiming the governor called him the "greatest president of my lifetime," but Moore referring to this as an "imaginary conversation."
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Moore says this never happened. The White House says it was "behind the scenes."
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RT @ABC: President Trump is defending his record on crime amid his federal takeover of Washington and threats to do the same in other major….
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Dan Scavino, a senior advisor to the president, is taking over as director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, which is in charge of handling staffing within the administration, a White House official confirmed to @ABC News on Tuesday.
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John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser who had his home and office searched by federal agents last week, is out with a new op-ed criticizing Trump's approach to the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Attorneys representing former special counsel Jack Smith hit back Tuesday at reports of a recently announced watchdog investigation into his prosecutions of President Trump, describing the reasoning for the probe as baseless and partisan.
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Attorneys representing former special counsel Jack Smith hit back Tuesday at reports of a watchdog investigation into his prosecutions of President Trump.
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