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President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a long-awaited trade deal with the European Union, setting tariffs at 15% on most goods and staving off a potentially damaging economic standoff between the two transatlantic allies. Speaking alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Trump described the deal as “satisfactory to …

Former President Donald Trump spent Saturday golfing at his Turnberry resort on Scotland’s southwest coast, even as protests erupted across the country criticizing his visit, his politics, and recent trade deals struck by the United Kingdom. Trump, joined by his son Eric and U.S. Ambassador to Britain Warren Stephens, played …

A retired senior CIA officer who helped lead the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election is accusing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the Trump White House of promoting false claims that the report was politically motivated. Susan Miller, who served 39 years in …

The Trump administration has lifted its controversial freeze on more than $6 billion in federal education funding, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed Friday, ending a standoff that left educators nationwide scrambling to adjust their summer and fall programs. The funding — which supports a wide range of initiatives including …

Former Rep. George Santos reported to federal prison on Friday to begin serving an 87-month sentence after pleading guilty to a range of felony charges, ending one of the most bizarre and scandal-ridden congressional careers in modern U.S. history. The New York Republican, who rose to fame after his unexpected …

The United States abruptly ended its participation in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas on Thursday, with President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff accusing the militant group of showing “a lack of desire” to reach a truce. “While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear …

In a major development for voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that would have drastically limited the power of private citizens and civil rights groups to sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The high court’s decision grants an emergency …

In a rare presidential visit to the Federal Reserve on Thursday, President Donald Trump publicly criticized the cost of the central bank’s ongoing renovations, calling the estimated $3.1 billion price tag “exorbitant” while donning a hard hat amid ongoing construction. The event highlighted Trump’s continued pressure on Fed Chair Jerome …

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified a cache of Obama-era intelligence materials that she claims reveal a “treasonous conspiracy” to delegitimize Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory. But a review of the documents and past investigations shows that Gabbard’s central allegations are not supported by the evidence. In recent …

The U.S. government is preparing to incinerate nearly $10 million worth of unused contraceptives in France, after rejecting multiple offers to reroute the supplies to developing countries, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters. The contraceptives—including implants, pills, and intrauterine devices—have been warehoused for months in Geel, Belgium, following …

Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a sweeping $221 million settlement with the Trump administration to resolve multiple federal civil rights investigations stemming from recent campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war. The university said it will pay $200 million over three years to settle U.S. Department of Education inquiries …

Attorney General Pam Bondi is under mounting pressure to testify before Congress following a report that she informed President Donald Trump his name appeared in internal documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation. According to a report published Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, Bondi told Trump earlier this year …

In a significant bipartisan move, the House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whose network of political and celebrity ties continues to fuel public interest. The motion, introduced by …

A federal judge in Florida has denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury materials related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein dating back to 2005 and 2007. In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg said she was bound by existing legal precedent that limits the disclosure …

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration has reached a new trade agreement with Japan, one of the United States’ top trading partners, that will reduce tariffs on Japanese imports to 15%. The announcement comes just days before Trump’s self-imposed August 1 trade deadline and is being hailed by …