Washington — At an economic summit of world leaders in Canada Monday, President Trump weighed in on the Israel-Iran conflict, telling reporters Iran would “like to talk, but they should have done that before.” He told reporters as he met with Group of Seven summit host Prime Minister Mark Carney …
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Washington — Karine Jean-Pierre, who was the White House press secretary under former President Joe Biden, is no longer a Democrat, according to her publisher’s summary of her upcoming book, “Independent.” A blurb by the publisher, the Hachette Book Group, says Jean-Pierre “didn’t come to her decision to be an …
Read More »Police in Florida arrested a man who allegedly climbed a fence and tried to enter President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club early Tuesday, the Secret Service said. The alleged intruder — described only as an adult male — “scaled a perimeter fence and triggered alarms” shortly after midnight on Tuesday, a Secret …
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Washington — The White House unveiled a new portrait of President Trump on Monday, showing him in a slightly different light than the portrait released ahead of his inauguration in January. In the latest portrait, Mr. Trump wears his signature red tie and his face is accentuated by deep shadowing. Mr. …
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Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections and trigger a renewed battle over the state’s political map. The legislation now goes to Alabama …
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Washington — GOP Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, late Wednesday canceled plans to move forward with proceedings to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for failing to hand over a document detailing unconfirmed allegations of a bribery scheme involving then-Vice …
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Former President Donald Trump’s staff moved boxes the day before a June 2022 visit to his Mar-a-Lago residence by the FBI and a federal prosecutor, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. Trump’s team was aware of the scheduled June 2022 visit, and held a so-called dress …
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden will meet Monday to resume talks on how to avoid a catastrophic debt default as the June 1 deadline looms. McCarthy said Sunday that he had a “productive” call with Mr. Biden as the president returns from the G-7 conference in Japan. McCarthy …
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In the final weeks of the 2020 presidential campaign, 51 former top intelligence officials signed a letter saying that the alleged contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” The statement was allegedly designed to aid Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy, and its dissemination …
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Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as Los Angeles mayor and steered the city through the Northridge earthquake and the recovery from the deadly 1992 riots, has died. He was 92. “Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and devoted so much of himself to bettering our …
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