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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 05.08.2025.
It displays 202 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
05.08.2025 โข Epstein Inquiry Summons Prominent Figures
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The political standoff over Texas redistricting persisted, with Texas Governor Abbott's order for lawmakers' arrest and California's threat to counter with its own maps dominating early reports, continuing the "gerrymander war" narratives from previous days. By midday, the focus dramatically shifted to the escalating Jeffrey Epstein investigation. A House committee issued subpoenas for files and testimony from high-profile individuals, including Bill and Hillary Clinton and former Justice Department officials, broadening the probe into Epstein's network. President Trump's influence remained a consistent theme throughout the day, with discussions spanning his economic views, federal grant negotiations, and disputes over job data, alongside his broader political battles, including the ongoing fallout from his labor statistics chief's firing.
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Netanyahu to urge โfull conquestโ of Gaza as ceasefire talks reach an impasse
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The New York Times identified a series of missteps that made a Jeju Air flightโs catastrophic end in December much more deadly.
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That's according to two officials who spoke with CBS News. It lifts a sweeping policy that had effectively closed the U.S. asylum system to many migrants.
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Witnesses and health officials say dozens of Palestinians have been killed or wounded as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points or airdrops in Gaza.
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NBC News
The Gifford Fire scorched more than 100 square miles of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
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Associated Press
Texas Democrats prevented their stateโs House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump.
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Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has been dramatic change in the public defender office.
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05:21โขTexas-California Map Contest
โจUS media continues to heavily feature the Texas redistricting standoff, with new reports highlighting California's threat to "punch back" with its own maps if Texas proceeds (Fox News, LA Times, AP News). This inter-state battle remains linked to President Trump's aim for a US House majority (AP News). Separately, border agents are directed to stop deportations under Trump's asylum ban (CBS). Ongoing discussions also cover North Korea's infiltration efforts (CNN) and developments regarding Gaza (Newsweek, Washington Post).
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Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.
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The Daily Beast
The bronze likeness of Gen. Albert Pike was torn down and set on fire by furious demonstrators.
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The New York Times
The sex offender hosted the elite, displayed photos with presidents and had a first edition of โLolita,โ according to previously unreported photos and letters.
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The Daily Beast
The bronze likeness of Gen. Albert Pike will be put on a plinth around a mile away from the White House.
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UCLA and University of California officials said Monday that it will negotiate with Trump over $339 million in medical and science grant freezes.
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The Washington Post
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The Gifford Fire scorched more than 100 square miles of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
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Associated Press
Texas Democrats prevented their stateโs House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump.
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Los Angeles Times
UCLA and University of California officials said Monday that it will negotiate with Trump over $339 million in medical and science grant freezes.
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A New Jersey State Trooper โ once entrusted with protecting the governor โ gunned down his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend before killing himself, following months of stalking after their breakup.
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The Daily Beast
Trump claims he got rid of Epstein for โstealingโ his staff. But club records raise new questions.
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A New Jersey State Trooper โ once entrusted with protecting the governor โ gunned down his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend before killing himself, following months of stalking after their breakup.
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Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass Declare NIMBY Martial Law To Stop Duplexes in the Palisades
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08:15โขTrump's Pervasive Reach
โจThe US media continues to highlight the political standoff over Texas redistricting, explicitly linking it to President Trump's agenda for House majority as the Texas House Speaker threatens to arrest Democrats (Newsweek, AP News, Fox News). Beyond this, discussions center on Trump's continued political influence and associated controversies, including negotiations over frozen federal grants (LA Times), protests outside his properties concerning Gaza (Common Dreams), and resurfacing details about his Mar-a-Lago ties to Jeffrey Epstein (NYTimes, The Daily Beast).
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Breitbart News
MAIDENS, South Ayrshire, Scotland โ President Donald Trump told Breitbart News concerns over entry-level job losses due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) are misplaced, and there will be a surge in new jobs meant to build out the AI future.
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Americans love olive oil โ and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.
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The Daily Beast
Trump claims he got rid of Epstein for โstealingโ his staff. But club records raise new questions.
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Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.
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Crisis in Gaza seems hopeless. Hereโs a potential pathway for a 90-day solution
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Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchonโs France Insoumise is the biggest radical-left force in Europe. Liberal opinion seethes against all aspects of the movement โ but Mรฉlenchonโs comrades havenโt been thrown off course.
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The Washington Post
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Byron Black is set to die by lethal injection after his lawyers attempted to have his defibrillator deactivated beforehand.
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President Donald Trump is seeking to give the GOP more cushion ahead of the 2026 midterm elections
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Zohran Mamdaniโs proposal for city-run grocery stores is entirely practical. Whatโs more unrealistic, begging corporations to sacrifice profits to fulfill a necessary social role or simply providing basic urban infrastructure ourselves?
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10:26โขTexas Districts Divide
โจThe US media continues to highlight the political standoff in Texas over redistricting, with President Trump asserting the GOP is "entitled" to more seats (ABC News, USA Today, HuffPost, AP News). Discussions center on the future of Texas Democrats facing civil arrest warrants (CNN) as this legislative battle continues to unfold. Separately, outlets report on renewed scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein's ties, with a House panel subpoenaing figures like the Clintons (Fox News, NYTimes, The Daily Beast).
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Associated Press
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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Authorities had been searching for Austin Drummond since July 29, when four people were found dead and an infant was abandoned.
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New York Post
House Republicans subpoenaed nearly a dozen former federal officials and politicians โ including Bill and Hillary Clinton โ as well as records from the Department of Justice on Tuesday amid an expanding probe into the deceased pedophile Jeffreyโฆ
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The New York Times
The sex offender hosted the elite, displayed photos with presidents and had a first edition of โLolita,โ according to previously unreported photos and letters.
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Associated Press
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Aug. 5, 2025
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The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton and former Justice Department officials for testimony about Jeffrey Epstein.
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What happens next in Texas redistricting and for Democrats facing civil arrest warrants
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Luke Winkie
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11:53โขEpstein Inquiry's Broadening Reach
โจUS media heavily features the expanding House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, with subpoenas issued to high-profile figures, including Bill and Hillary Clinton and former Justice Department officials, for files and testimony (ABC News, CBS, CNN, NY Post, Newsweek, AP News, HuffPost, NYTimes, The Daily Beast). This signifies a deepening probe into Epstein's network. Concurrently, discussions continue regarding President Trump's economic perspectives and federal grant negotiations (Breitbart, LA Times, Common Dreams, MSNBC).
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The Daily Beast
The top ally of President Donald Trump has been demanding that ICE detain at least 3,000 migrants day.
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The Atlantic
Trumpโs latest moves represent an assault on reporting, statistics, and the historical record.
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The Daily Beast
Stacey Williams detailed her allegations about what happened while she briefly dated Jeffrey Epstein in the early 1990s.
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The subpoenas order former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and former FBI and, DOJ leaders to testify.
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One America News
Former vice president and failed 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris was mocked by Democrat influencers after claiming that she believes the political system is โbroken,โ despite spending her entire career in public office.
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The Daily Beast
The president got into a spirited debate with โSquawk Boxโ host Joe Kernen about the 2020 election and his firing of the commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Byron Black died by lethal injection after his lawyers attempted to have his defibrillator deactivated beforehand.
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The Daily Beast
The president got into a spirited debate with โSquawk Boxโ host Joe Kernen about the 2020 election and his firing of the commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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One America News
Austin Robert Drummond, the 28-year-old suspect who was accused of committing a quadruple homicide, has now been arrested -- following a week-long manhunt.
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Minnesota Town Denies Family Permission To Build Affordable Housing Unit on Their Property
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One America News
First Lady Melania Trump is inviting volunteers to help decorate and performers to showcase their talents at the White House this holiday season.
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14:05โขEpstein Probe Widens, Trump Actions Noted
โจThe US media's central focus is the expanding Jeffrey Epstein investigation, with new congressional subpoenas targeting Bill and Hillary Clinton and former Justice Department officials (multiple outlets). President Trumpโs recent actions also draw attention, including his comments on US submarines (Fox News), his plan to restore a Confederate monument (Mother Jones), and broader critiques of his administration's relationship with facts (The Daily Beast, The Atlantic).
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Donald Trumpโs tariffs may not amount to the end of neoliberalism. But their potential success โ a sign that the neoliberal consensus is no longer hegemonic โ suggests that the old world is dying, and the struggle over what replaces it has only just begun.
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GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling on President Donald Trump to commute the โexcessiveโ sentence of former NYC Republican Congressman George Santos, who began his more than seven-year prison term last month.
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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is admitting that New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) gives them the best position to โseize state power,โ dragging the Democrat Party further to the left.
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One America News
A small earthquake has rocked parts of New Jersey and New York City, making it the second quake felt in the region within days.
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The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.
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Jeffrey Epsteinโs ex-girlfriend wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison.
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California Democrats are weighing a proposed redistricting plan that could significantly diminish Republican representation in the stateโs congressional delegation, potentially eliminating up to five GOP-held seats. The initiative also seeks to fortify Democrat incumbents in key battleground districts.
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Israelโs war in Gaza combines a historically rapid death rate, shocking violence toward children, unparalleled physical destruction, and now a world-historical famine. The world has, by objective measure, never seen anything like this.
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New York Post
The Big Apple saw 412 shooting incidents, with 489 victims, during the first seven months of 2025.
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The Washington Post
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Israelโs war in Gaza combines a staggeringly high death rate, shocking violence toward children, unparalleled physical destruction, and now a world-historical famine. The world has, by objective measure, never seen anything like this.
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The Atlantic
Trumpโs aggressive immigration crackdown has left the extremist group with little to do.
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Breitbart News
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced Tuesday that, following a bipartisan subcommittee vote authorizing subpoenas, he has issued subpoenas to some of the most powerful political figures of the past three decades to testify in an investigation centered on the โhorrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein,โ as described in the Committeeโs press release.
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Two Southern California residents have been arrested for allegedly illegally exporting โtens of millions of dollarsโ worth of sensitive microchips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applicationsโ to China.
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15:38โขEpstein Probe Widens, Political Clashes Intense
โจThe US media continues to heavily feature the expanding Jeffrey Epstein investigation, with new subpoenas targeting Bill and Hillary Clinton and former Justice Department officials, alongside debates over Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury transcripts (Breitbart, Newsweek, AP News, CBS, The Daily Wire, HuffPost, USA Today, CNN). Political tensions also remain high over Texas redistricting efforts by Republicans to secure more House seats (ABC News, Common Dreams, CNN) and Republican threats of a 'nuclear option' due to Schumer blocking Trump nominees (Fox News).
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Texas House again fails to move forward on redistricting
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The Washington Post
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One America News
Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed Democratic socialist New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani -- while urging other members of her party to do the same.
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The Daily Beast
The presidentโs impromptu roof walk caught reporters off guard.
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Reason
Ford Paid $800 Million in Tariff Costs Over 3 Months, Despite Building Most of Its Cars in America
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Los Angeles Times
Henry Grabar
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One America News
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he plans to fight against Governor Gavin Newsomโs gerrymandering efforts in the Golden State.
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The craft imploded June 18, 2023, and raised questions about the underwater-tourism company OceanGate.
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The Washington Post
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Trumpโs confounding wander of the White House roof came with little answers.
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Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers, including for a key overdose prevention program.
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The Washington Post
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President Trump re-issued his threat to take federal control of DC on Tuesday due to โout of controlโ crime in the nationโs capital
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17:47โขEpstein Subpoenas Expand
โจUS media continues to prioritize the expanding Jeffrey Epstein investigation, with new congressional subpoenas targeting the Justice Department and renewed focus on Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony and records (ABC News, CNN, Breitbart, CBS, AP News, The Daily Wire, HuffPost, USA Today). Concurrently, President Trump's administration and his political engagements remain a central theme, encompassing his efforts to cancel solar grants (Common Dreams), his threats of federal intervention in D.C. (NY Post), disputes over federal jobs data (Washington Post), and ongoing battles regarding Senate nominees and redistricting (Fox News, MSNBC).
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President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order creating a Task Force for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Asked if he would consider genetic testing to stop transgender Olympic competitors, Trump said "there will be a very, very strong form of testing."
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Gun Rights Groups Sue To Overturn Federal Weapons Registration
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One America News
The family of Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski revealed on Sunday that they have permitted the release of a propaganda video filmed recently by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad -- depicting Braslavski in an emaciated state.
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Breitbart News
The rest of the world understands what many economists still donโt: the U.S. economy is keystone of the global trading system.
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The Daily Beast
The comments came hours after Trump once again floated the idea of a third term.
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One America News
The family of Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski revealed on Sunday that they have permitted the release of a propaganda video filmed recently by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad -- depicting Braslavski in an emaciated state.
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One America News
A recent poll has revealed that 54% of likely U.S. voters believe that members of former President Barack Obamaโs national security team likely committed crimes by promoting a false narrative about Donald Trumpโs ties with Russia.
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The Washington Post
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The program aims to prevent people from overstaying visas and would have the funds returned if they leave the U.S. on time.
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One America News
In a recent interview, President Donald Trump slammed Democrats while accusing the โlost" political party of โself-destructing.โ As an example, he singled out Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and jokingly questioned whether sheโs related to the historical figure Davy Crockett.
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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell, talks rebounding from a painful Super Bowl 59 loss.
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The New York Times
The attorney general authorized prosecutors to investigate the inquiry into the 2016 Trump campaignโs connections to Russia, which the president calls a โRussia hoax.โ
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Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering ordering the full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media.
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"He's doing a great job, and he would probably be favored at this point," President Trump said of Vice President JD Vance's chances in 2028.
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One America News
A former NFL running back has been convicted after operating a large-scale dog fighting venture.
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Grief is not just one thing โ nor is it something a day-long event tackles on all fronts. But the Wendt Center in Washington, D.C., tackles a lot.
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20:47โขMaxwell's Records Battle
โจUS media maintains a strong focus on the expanding Jeffrey Epstein investigation, with recent developments concerning Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony and records, alongside ongoing congressional subpoenas (Newsweek, The Blaze, ABC News, CBS, CNN, The Daily Wire). Concurrently, President Trump's administration remains prominent, initiating an inquiry into the Russia investigation, disputing federal jobs data, and engaging in political maneuvers, including internal 2028 discussions (NYTimes, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, Common Dreams, LA Times, NY Post, MSNBC). The State Department's new traveler payment plan is also noted (NBC News).
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The committee asked the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. It is also looking to question Bill and Hillary Clinton, among several other former government officials.
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President Trump is celebrating deals that lower trade barriers on American staples like cars. Experts question how much of an effect this will have.
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Breitbart News
The conservative movement must be โrobust, charismatic, [and] deeply engagedโ to win the culture war and wage a long campaign against the radical leftโs use of lawfare, Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow said at the Young Americaโs Foundation (YAF) National Conservative Student Conference on Tuesday.
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The New York Times
The Justice Department is said to be moving to examine the inquiry into the 2016 Trump campaignโs ties to Russia and present a case to a Florida grand jury.
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One America News
Prompted by President Donald Trumpโs recent executive order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is updating visa policies to prevent biological male athletes who identify as female from entering the U.S. to compete in womenโs sporting events.
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The woman found dead onboard a docked boat in Montauk on Tuesday was identified by authorities as a Manhattan resident.
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One America News
The U.S. State Department is launching a nearly 12โmonth pilot program beginning August 20th requiring some Bโ1/Bโ2 tourist and business visa applicants from select countries to post refundable bonds of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000.
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A widespread heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California as temperatures rise and landscapes further dry out. The Gifford, Rosa and Gold fires are burning.
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A photographer whose work is routinely picked up by international agencies reportedly stages photographs of hunger in Gaza, emphasizing women and children and avoiding showing Palestinians receiving food, Germanย Bild says.
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Mike Flood fielded tough questions on Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner and whether he backs releasing more information on Jeffrey Epstein.
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Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hinting at wider military action in devastated Gaza even as some former army and intelligence chiefs call for an end to the war.
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