No budget deal reached as spending cuts, debt ceiling threaten economy

4 minutes ago | Politico

Congressional leaders and the Trump administration left a critical meeting on Wednesday still with no budget agreement, deadlocked over how much to increase domestic spending...
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Oklahoma Republican Party unveils President Trump statue at reelection campaign kickoff

14 minutes ago | KMBC

The Oklahoma Republican Party unveiled a statue of President Donald Trump during a reelection campaign kickoff event Tuesday afternoon, hours before the president announces his...
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House passes $1T spending bill as budget talks resume

1 hour ago | My Sanantonio | 2 articles

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House has passed a $1 trillion spending bill that amounts to an opening bid in a guns vs. butter fight with the Trump...
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Trump raises nearly $25M in first 24 hours after 2020 campaign launch

1 hour ago | New York Post

President Trump pocketed nearly $25 million in campaign cash for his re-election in less than 24 hours, according to the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee. “...
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Trump envoy not ruling out using Afghan war law to justify Iranian strikes

2 hours ago | Politico | 2 articles

The State Department's top official on Iran declined Wednesday to rule out the possibility that the Trump administration might justify a military confrontation with Tehran...
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'Why not now?' for slavery reparations, House panel is told

2 hours ago | My Sanantonio | 2 articles

WASHINGTON - The debate over reparations for descendants of slaves catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea from actor Danny Glover...
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Tough Debate Questions Democrats Should Have to Answer

2 hours ago | Real Clear Politics

Presidential debate moderators should be as tough on Democrats as they've been on Republicans. Put them on the spot about culture and economics.
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'Don't feel bad for me, b--': Meghan McCain and Joy Behar got into a spirited fight over Trump on 'The View'

2 hours ago | Business Insider

"The View" co-hosts Meghan McCain and Joy Behar got into a shouting match in a discussion of President Donald Trump 's re-election campaign kickoff. McCain continued: "Being...
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WATCH: GOP Mobile, Ala., County treasurer stands by homophobic remarks: ‘their lifestyles offend me'

2 hours ago | NY Daily News

Sorry, he is not sorry. An Alabama elected official has justified a controversial comment he wrote on Facebook - stating that “freaking queers have gotten too much sympathy...
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Second ex-Hassan staffer charged in doxing case

2 hours ago | Politico

A second former aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan was charged in federal court Wednesday with evidence tampering and aiding and abetting computer fraud in connection with a scheme...
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Capt. 'Sully' criticizes Boeing, says pilots need practice on simulators...

Sullenberger, a U.S. Airways pilot in 2009 when he safely landed an Airbus jet on New York's Hudson River after bird strikes knocked out the engines, said all 737 Max pilots... Read more ...

EPA rolls back Obama-era plan limiting coal-fired power plant emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said states can set their own carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants - a rule that the agency itself says could... Read more ...

Jurors reach verdict in Nxivm ‘sex cult' leader Keith Raniere's trial

Jurors in the Nxivm trial have reached a verdict Wednesday. The panel of four women and eight men sent a note during their lunch break saying they reached a unanimous decision... Read more ...

Hope Hicks won't answer questions about the White House in congressional...

White House attorneys are objecting to all questions related to the White House, Democrats say, all the way down to where Hicks sat in the West Wing. Read more ...

'Hot weather means hot pavement!': Experts warn owners after dog's pads burn...

"Olaf walked over a mile on the Fish Trap Trail before his owner realized his pads were burned, and even then he wasn't whining or limping!" Read more ...

FBI assisting Dominican government in investigation of tourist deaths

Officials in the Dominican Republic or the U.S. have not said the deaths are connected. Read more ...

People in water at Myrtle Beach unaware of sharks lurking inches away

Terrifying photos show sharks just inches away from people standing in the water. Read more ...

Trump campaign raises $24.8M in less than 24 hours

President Donald Trump raised $24.8 million in the less-than 24 hours after kicking off his re-election campaign. Read more ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates ripped into Mitch McConnell during congressional testimony...

Influential writer Ta-Nehisi Coates passionately condemned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during a Wednesday congressional hearing on reparations for the descendants of... Read more ...

Judge's Order Sets Up Potential New Block Against Census Citizenship Question

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the Trump administration's plans for a citizenship question. But an order by a federal judge in Maryland could complicate the... Read more ...