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Pentagon Moves to Fire Stars and Stripes Leaders

The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the top editor, the publisher, and a Middle East reporter at Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper it partially funds, escalating a monthslong push by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to tighten control over an outlet that has long ...

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House Dems Plan Trump Probes If They Retake Control

House Democrat leaders have prepared a lengthy list of investigations they plan to launch against President Donald Trump, his family, and his administration if they regain control of the House in November, Politico reported Friday.

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Outgoing WH Press Sec to Join Pro-Trump Political Group

Departing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she will join a pro-Trump political fundraising group when she leaves her post at the end of the month.The 28-year-old spokeswoman will re-join MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump "super PAC," or political...

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Rep. Nunn Targets Dem Rival Over Trans Sports Votes

Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, is putting Democrat state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott's record on transgender athletes front and center, accusing his congressional challenger of trying to walk back votes against protection for female sports.

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Ukraine: 'Cynical' Russian Strike on Shopping Center Killed 15

Russian drones slammed into a busy shopping center in eastern Ukraine Friday, killing 15 people in an attack condemned as "cynical and despicable" by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The attack on Kryvyi Rig, Zelenskyy's hometown, comes as Russia has intensified its...

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MAHA Figures Urge Trump to Reject Coal for AI

Figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement are pressing President Donald Trump not to lean on coal to feed the growing number of artificial intelligence data centers, warning in a letter that "data centers should not become the justification for burning more coal."

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New York Tops San Francisco for Tech Workers

New York has more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a new report from CBRE.

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Man, 21, Says He Created Fake Election Poll Site

A 21-year-old recent college graduate has acknowledged creating an anonymous polling website that published fabricated survey results on races in California, Nevada, and Wisconsin, several of which were picked up and shared by campaigns and journalists before the polls were exposed as fake.

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Fannie Mae Cuts 10 Jobs Amid Leadership Shake-Up

Fannie Mae fired 10 employees this week as part of a restructuring that eliminated positions the company considered redundant, a source familiar with the matter told Newsmax.

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Talarico's 'Private' Roundtable Had Cameras, Just Not Local

Texas Dem. Senate nominee James Talarico barred local reporters from an Aug. 13 data center roundtable in Abilene while granting access to MS NOW, the cable network formerly known as MSNBC, drawing a rebuke from the Abilene Reporter-News.

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Fauci's Lawyers Set up Legal Defense Fund as Probes Multiply

Lawyers for Anthony Fauci have launched a legal defense fund for the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, saying that the need to respond to a growing number of state and federal investigations related to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic will require substantial...

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Army Sec Expected to Step Down by Year's End, WSJ Reports

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to step down from his role by the end of the year after months of tension with War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions.Reuters ⁠could not immediately verify...

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Ranchers, GOP Balk at Trump Plan to Lower Beef Prices

President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration will allow more beef to be temporarily imported into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs, which drew swift pushback from cattle producers and conservative rural-state Republicans.

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Trump Hails Supreme Court's WH Ballroom Reprieve

President Donald Trump on Friday expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court after Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allowed construction on the White House ballroom to continue while the justices consider the Trump administration's emergency request to intervene in the legal fight.

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US Appeals Court Throws Giffords 'Ghost Guns' Challenge

A federal appeals court threw out on Friday a lawsuit by California and the Giffords gun control advocacy group claiming that a Biden administration-era rule to curtail the production of illegal, largely untraceable "ghost guns" was not strict enough.

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House Democrat Moves to Block Trump Name at Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, has filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge to block the Kennedy Center from putting President Donald Trump's name back on the building's facade and renaming the center's grounds "President Donald J. Trump Plaza."

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Dem Wave Tested in GOP-Leaning Virginia District

Former Democrat Rep. Tom Perriello's attempt to recapture Virginia's Republican-leaning 5th Congressional District is testing how far a Democratic Party wave could travel in November as the party seeks three seats to win control of the House.

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Seoul: Only US-NKorea Talks Can Halt Nuclear Buildup

Talks between Washington and Pyongyang are the only realistic way to halt North Korea's expanding nuclear arsenal, a senior South Korean official said Friday.

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DOJ TikTok Reach $400 Million Children's Privacy Deal

The U.S. Department of Justice and TikTok have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations the short-video app violated children's online privacy. The Justice Department sued TikTok and ByteDance in ⁠2024 for allegedly failing to protect children's privacy,...

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Wall Street Rises on the Day But Falls for the Week

The main U.S. stock indexes closed higher Friday but posted weekly losses as investors were rattled by fluctuating government bond yields and a lack of clarity on progress in the Middle East.

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OPINION: Military-Industrial Complex Still With Us, Needs Reform

Military-Industrial Complex Still With Us, Needs Reform

A general's stars should represent service, not a credential for profiting from defense. America faces a defense establishment that is too expensive without being agile, centralized without being decisive, and industrially powerful without possessing enough surge capacity.

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Alfalfa Sprouts Tied to Food Poisoning in 15 States

U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs has sickened people in 15 states. State officials announced the outbreak earlier this week, saying they documented more than three dozen cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin....

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