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North Carolina Republican leaders said Monday they will redraw the state’s congressional map to add another GOP seat, joining a nationwide effort to fortify the party’s slim U.S. House majority before next year’s midterm elections. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest …

Cody Balmer, the Harrisburg man accused of firebombing the Governor’s Residence in April as Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests slept inside, pleaded guilty to attempted murder with a sentencing enhancement for terrorism on Tuesday. Balmer, 38, will serve a total sentence of 25 to 50 years. He’ll be …

After just over two years in Hamas captivity, the surviving Israeli hostages were released Monday as President Donald Trump visited Israel and Egypt to celebrate a U.S.-brokered peace deal to end the war in Gaza. In remarks to Israel’s Knesset, the country’s parliamentary body, Monday afternoon Jerusalem time, Trump hailed …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, as the administration weighs sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv — a move that could dramatically escalate tensions with Moscow. Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanishyna, …

Judges across the country — including several appointed by President Donald Trump himself — have repeatedly rejected his sweeping claims that the United States is in the grip of rebellion or foreign invasion, undercutting his efforts to justify extraordinary actions such as domestic troop deployments and emergency deportation powers. The …

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday accused Democrats of “hostage-taking” amid the ongoing government shutdown, blaming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and progressive lawmakers for holding up negotiations over expiring health insurance tax credits. “We don’t negotiate with a person who has taken the entire federal government hostage over a …

President Donald Trump departed Sunday for Israel and Egypt to mark the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas and to press Middle Eastern allies to build on what he described as a rare opportunity for lasting peace in the region. It marks the first trip by an …

The Trump administration has reversed some layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after hundreds of scientists were mistakenly told they were being terminated amid the government shutdown, an administration official said Saturday. “The employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and have all …

Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company falsely accused of rigging the 2020 presidential race, has been sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote, according to a press release issued Friday. Scott Leiendecker, a Missouri-based election technology entrepreneur and former Republican elections director for the St. Louis City Board of Elections, …

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will offer discounted prices for several prescription drugs to U.S. patients under a new agreement with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump announced Friday. The deal marks the second major agreement between the White House and a drugmaker in recent weeks, following a similar move by Pfizer. …

President Donald Trump said Saturday that his administration has identified funding to pay U.S. service members on October 15 as the federal government’s shutdown extends into a third week. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he will “direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available …

Former President Joe Biden is undergoing radiation and hormone therapy as part of a treatment plan for an aggressive form of prostate cancer, a spokesperson said on Friday. A person close to Biden said the 82-year-old former president “is doing well and responding to treatment.” Another person familiar with the …

President Donald Trump’s doctor just gave him a clean bill of health, and the MAGA crowd is losing it. Trump underwent his routine physical at Walter Reed where he received both a COVID-19 booster and a flu shot. His physician said he’s in “exceptional health,” noting that his vitals, bloodwork, …

President Donald Trump received a Covid-19 vaccine booster and a flu shot during a routine visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday, according to a memo released by the White House. The president’s physician described Trump’s overall condition as “exceptional,” with cardiovascular and metabolic health well above average …

President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration will impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese goods “over and above any tariff that they are currently paying,” a move that reignites tensions between Washington and Beijing after months of trade negotiations that had appeared to ease hostilities. In a Truth …