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Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million…
Juror No. 4 rips ‘cowardly judge’ after dismissal from Trump case: ‘Something else is going on here’
One of the panelists suddenly removed from the Donald Trump hush-money jury in New York blasted…
Johnson pushes foreign aid package in House, defying leadership threats
Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson plowed forward Thursday with plans to pass a $95 billion foreign…
U.S. deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights
The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking…
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report…
RFK Jr. secures ballot access in battleground state of Michigan
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has secured a place on the ballot in the…
Vulnerable Senate Democrats look to put Mayorkas trial behind them amid GOP attacks
Republican Senate candidates in battleground races are armed with fresh ammunition against incumbent Democrats, vowing not…
N.Y. man pleads guilty to sending death threats to state A.G., Trump civil case judge
A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general…
Pentagon speeding up work on first new nuclear warhead in 40 years
The United States is building the first new nuclear warhead in 40 years but will do…
U.S. panel releases sealed Brazil court orders to Musk’s X, shedding light on account suspensions
A U.S. congressional committee released confidential Brazilian court orders to suspend accounts on the social media…
Democratic congressman wants to name MTG as Vladimir Putin’s ‘special envoy’ to Congress
Rep. Jared Moskowitz offered two amendments to the Ukraine aid bill mocking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s…
Two at-risk Senate Democrats vote with GOP to kill Biden EV mandate
Two of Senate Democrats’ most vulnerable incumbents this fall were among those who voted Thursday to…
‘Do you have any remorse?’: Mayorkas battered by senators in post-impeachment return to Capitol Hill
Fresh off his partisan exoneration from House impeachment charges, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made a…
Speaker Mike Johnson vows to keep House rule his GOP foes threaten to use to oust him
House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected a plan to change the rule that allows GOP rebels…
Trump asks why Europe isn’t sending more aid Ukraine
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday mused about why Europe hasn’t offered more assistance to Ukraine,…
GOP encounters the encounters in border crisis
The Republican National Committee continues to track the ongoing arrival of unauthorized visitors to the U.S.…
Kennedy family rebukes RFK Jr. with endorsement of Biden at campaign rally
Members of the Kennedy family endorsed President Biden for reelection at a campaign event in Philadelphia…
Ilhan Omar’s daughter arrested, suspended from Barnard over pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia
New York police arrested protesters at Columbia University on Thursday who had set up a pro-Palestinian…
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in 2020 election case
Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting…