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Trump's oil deal immediately backfires as Ukraine hit Russian fuel site

Ukraine has struck an oil facility in Russia's Rostov region with drones, just hours after President Donald Trump announced a deal with Vladimir Putin to ease diesel sanctions

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Why is US turning to Russia for diesel despite sanctions?

President Donald Trump's deal with Putin comes amid surging fuel prices and looming US midterm elections.

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Eric Schmitt and the Twilight of the Covid Republican

Resistance to pandemic lockdowns and mandates created a generation of Republican stars. Nearly all have faded away.

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DHS Tries And Fails To Refute 'Lies' About ICE Shooting

“CLAIM: A New Yorker was shot by ICE agents in Marble Hill,” the department posted of the verifiable fact.

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Trump voters ‘nauseous’ as his ‘in your face’ stunt backfires: ex-GOP pollster

Voters who helped put President Donald Trump back in office are recoiling from his latest stunt, a former GOP pollster found.Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, wrote Friday that she gathered a…

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'Too bad!' Trump twists knife as his government launches probe of Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Donald Trump said “Too bad!” when asked about Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, his son’s former fiancée, whom his own administration’s watchdog is now investigating.Trump spoke to…

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France's school protests are about more than broken classrooms

Students taking to the streets have become a focal point in the country's increasingly polarised politics.

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Naked Trump Statute Goes on Display in European Parliament

The golden statue, named The Orange Plague, is now at the European Parliament.

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Astronomers May Have Found the First Direct Hint of Planet Nine

A faint infrared object may be the long-sought planet hiding beyond Neptune.

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The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope

Some running in November's elections are deciding whether to distance themselves from an unpopular president who still dominates his party.

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Could Texas Elect a Democratic Governor? Polls Show a Tight Race

Republicans have led the state for more than 30 years. But Gov. Greg Abbott appears to be facing an unusually competitive bid from his Democratic challenger.

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Footage of AI Job Interviewer Going Berserk Is Genuinely Terrifying

A TikTok user opted to speak in pure gibberish with an AI interviewer, only for it to become unsettlingly irate with him.

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A Deadly Mold That Attacks the Brain Is on the Rise, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

Unlike most other fungal infections, Cladophialophora bantiana seems to prefer going after the brain.

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Collins and Jackson Clash in First Debate of Crucial Maine Senate Race

Senator Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, faced off on Supreme Court appointees, health care, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their approach to governing.

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MAGA voters abandoning Trump-endorsed candidate who is too 'establishment': GOP pollster

Trump voters in Iowa are souring on GOP Senate nominee Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), seeing her as both too MAGA and too establishment.

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Murphy alleges US denied him access to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar | The Jerusalem Post

"I've never encountered anything like this in my time in the Senate," US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said regarding what he alleges to be the US attempting to conceal details of the Iran war.

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Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States

Will voters in Iowa and Alaska fall for his fake steel mill and gas pipeline?

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Trump suggests allowing Iran to "take out" LA and San Diego during campaign rally

Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump "deranged and dangerous" after he suggested letting Iran "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego.

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Longtime surfers are being diagnosed with this strange condition

Dermatology Professor Dr. Jeffrey Klein at UC Irvine led research into identifying “liposurfomas,” that develop on surfers’ chests.

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Trump says Ohio arena was "MAXED OUT": Timeline of rally crowd size clashes

President Donald Trump pushed back Monday against reporting about attendance at his recent rally in Ohio.

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Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries

Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems.

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Trump, 80, Spirals Into Unhinged Tirade Over Photo of His Golf Club

The president is choosing his battles with the midterms just weeks away.

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Trump: Refinery disruptions, not Hormuz, are driving gas prices

President Trump on Monday claimed that disruptions to oil refineries are driving up the soaring cost of gas, not Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the start of the U.S.-Israeli…

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Family member reveals 'pathological' reason for Trump’s garbled speech

On Monday, a family member of President Donald Trump revealed what prompted a garbled statement he made during a recent rally.

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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve…

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