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Pope Leo XIV backs away from Trump clash but keeps preaching against Iran war

Pope Leo XIV said Monday he has no interest in trading public blows with President Trump, then made clear he intends to keep doing exactly what provoked the president's criticism in the first place. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal…
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House Democrats stay silent on expelling Eric Swalwell despite sexual misconduct accusations

Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped his California gubernatorial bid late Sunday under pressure from his own party's leadership, but the same Democrats who pushed him out of that race have gone conspicuously quiet on the harder question: Should the 45-year-old congressman…
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Timothy Hudson indicted as adult for murder and sexual abuse in Carnival cruise death of stepsister Anna Kepner

A federal grand jury has indicted 16-year-old Timothy Hudson on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner, who was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship last November. Hudson…
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Declassified documents fuel new questions about whistleblower complaint behind Trump's first impeachment

More than 350 pages of newly declassified briefings from the House Intelligence Committee paint a damaging picture of the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's first impeachment, showing the complainant had undisclosed ties to Democrats, relied on secondhand information,…
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Yale poll finds Mark Cuban outpaces Kamala Harris in hypothetical 2028 matchup against Republicans

A billionaire entrepreneur who says he won't run for president polls better against a generic Republican in 2028 than the woman who just lost the White House. That is the state of the Democratic Party heading into its next nominating…
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Federal appeals court overturns 158-year-old ban on home distilling as unconstitutional

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Reconstruction-era federal law that banned Americans from distilling spirits in their own homes, ruling that Congress exceeded its taxing authority when it criminalized the practice in 1868. The decision, handed down…
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U.S. Navy deploys destroyers to begin clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz

Two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers moved into the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz on Saturday to begin setting conditions for a massive mine-clearing operation, a direct follow-through on President Donald Trump's demand that the critical waterway reopen as a…
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Maine's Bellows campaigns on a constitutional violation the Supreme Court rejected 9-0

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot. A superior court judge stopped her. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the legal theory behind her move unanimously, all nine justices, including the three liberal members.…
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Fourteen-year-old arrested for murder after 12-year-old shot dead inside southeast Atlanta home

Atlanta police arrested a 14-year-old boy on a murder charge Sunday, one day after a 12-year-old was fatally shot inside a southeast Atlanta home where the two boys had been playing with guns in a bedroom. The victim was rushed…
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Trump warns gas prices may climb further as U.S. imposes naval blockade on Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump conceded Sunday that gas prices could rise even higher before the November midterm elections, telling Fox News that the short-term economic pain from the war with Iran is the unavoidable cost of keeping Tehran from obtaining a…
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