President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social Friday that he had appointed a number of new ambassadors. Trump announced Amer Ghalib will serve as the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. ‘As the Mayor of the City…
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Hamas’ treatment of the hostages it has been holding in captivity in the Gaza Strip is ‘intolerable,’ U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Thursday, warning that ‘it’s not going to be tolerated…
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Trump FDA nominee turns vaccine question on Dem, recalling controversial Biden decision
by adminPresident Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flipped a question about vaccine processes around on a top Democratic senator during his confirmation hearing on Thursday, advising them to ask former…
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Trump wants ‘activist’ groups that sue the government to put up money if they lose
by adminPresident Donald Trump signed a memo Thursday directing government agency heads to ask federal judges to require financial guarantees to hold ‘activist’ groups that sue the government financially responsible if an injunction is found to…
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Warren explains her applause to Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ jab during his speech to Congress
by adminSen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said her resistant applause when President Donald Trump called her ‘Pocahontas’ during his address to a joint session of Congress was to affirm ‘American support for Ukrainians.’ Warren told Nicholas Ballasy…
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President Trump on Thursday exempted most goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) from his 25% tariffs for the next month. The tariffs went into effect earlier this week and will…
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Two moderate Democrats who voted against censuring Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, suggested they did not believe Congress should be focused on such matters. Ten Democratic lawmakers broke from their party to vote on a House…
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would rescind security clearances and access to certain federal resources for Perkins Coie. It’s the law firm that hired the company responsible for crafting the so-called…
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GOP senator reveals strategy to push Trump’s policies through Congress: ‘I believe in the agenda’
by adminRepublican Sen. Rick Scott says he’s on a mission to help push President Donald Trump’s agenda through Congress. ‘I put a lot of effort in, and I believe in Trump’s agenda,’ the former Florida governor…
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Trump sends special message to stranded astronauts, jokes he may go along for rescue: ‘We love you’
by adminPresident Donald Trump, while signing executive orders Thursday in the Oval Office, vowed to bring home two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for eight months. ‘Elon [Musk] is right now preparing a…