The Washington Post
If the justices find that the president exceeded his authority by imposing the sweeping import taxes, companies like Costco could be entitled to big refunds.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 07.12.2025.
It displays 144 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
07.12.2025 ⇢ The Day Trump Demanded Loyalty After Pardon and SCOTUS Weighed Firing Power
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Media attention on December 7th focused initially on the Pentagon chief monitoring a Caribbean vessel sinking and Trump's new 'apprehension fee' for migrants. Defense Secretary Hegseth defended military strikes on alleged cartel boats. Early afternoon reports highlighted Trump hosting the Kennedy Center Honors and its perceived transformation. Later, a significant story emerged concerning the Supreme Court, which was poised to hear a major case on presidential firing power, specifically challenging Trump's authority to dismiss officials, building on previous days' discussions around judicial actions and presidential power. Concurrently, Trump publicly rebuked Congressman Henry Cuellar for "lack of loyalty" after a pardon, a story that developed throughout the evening. The controversy surrounding US attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean also persisted, with lawmakers debating video evidence.
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The Daily Beast
The president has been sporting bandages on his right hand for several days running.
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Associated Press
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U.S. military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”
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The Washington Post
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Washington Free Beacon
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President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to create new Food Supply Chain Security Task Force units to investigate price fixing and other anti-competitive behavior across food-related industries. The order carries a focus on whether foreign-controlled corporations are driving up grocery costs and creating national security risks.
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05:17⇢Hegseth Defends Military Strikes
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's actions, with defense secretary Hegseth defending military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats (AP News, HuffPost, CBS). The administration is also probing food price fixing (Newsmax) and companies seek tariff refunds as a Supreme Court decision looms (Washington Post). Separately, a federal court blocked the DOJ from using data from an ex-Comey lawyer (Washington Examiner, Fox News).
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The Washington Post
In 10 months, President Donald Trump has transformed the Kennedy Center. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
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The Intercept
ICE’s operation against Minnesota’s Somali community is seen not as an immigration raid but as a racist intimidation campaign.
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New York City’s two government-funded shooting galleries are supposed to prevent fatal overdoses — but at least 46 clients had to be rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital in cardiac arrest or with life-threatening strokes or seizures, records…
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President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.
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Los Angeles Times
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
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New York City’s two government-funded shooting galleries are supposed to prevent fatal overdoses — but at least 46 clients had to be rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital in cardiac arrest or with life-threatening strokes or seizures, records…
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Sources familiar with developments in Syria reveal to Newsweek the root of the unlikely partnership between Trump and Sharaa.
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There was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats.
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National Review
On neo-pagan notions of justice, power, and violence.
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New York Post
New York City’s two government-funded shooting galleries are supposed to prevent fatal overdoses — but at least 46 clients had to be rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital in cardiac arrest or with life-threatening strokes or seizures, records…
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Politicians joined in the fervor over apparent drone sightings. While the wave of fear has passed, details about what happened remain elusive.
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Associated Press
Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency.
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New York Post
New York City’s two government-funded shooting galleries are supposed to prevent fatal overdoses — but at least 46 clients had to be rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital in cardiac arrest or with life-threatening strokes or seizures, records…
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Associated Press
Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries being celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.
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President Trump may be the drug boat destroyer, but he has a long way to go before he tops the drone warrior.
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08:42⇢Trump's Kennedy Center Vision
⌨US media continues to spotlight President Trump's influence, specifically focusing on the Kennedy Center Honors and its transformation under his administration (Washington Post, AP News, The Daily Beast, The Epoch Times, Breitbart). There is also ongoing attention to the Supreme Court's actions regarding official oustings, redistricting, and a previous decision (NYTimes, Slate, The Hill). Immigration issues persist, with reports on an ICE crackdown in Minnesota (The Intercept, The Daily Wire).
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The ultimate college experience is social and Southern.
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The Washington Post
In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington’s cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
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The Atlantic
Downplaying voters’ economic pain will backfire.
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The security task forces would work towards addressing risks from anti-competitive behavior and price fixing.
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Few economists have had a greater impact on the way we talk about global trade and China’s role in the world economy than Michael Pettis. He spoke to Jacobin about Donald Trump’s tariffs and why inequality is at the heart of the trade war.
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Politicians joined in the fervor over apparent drone sightings. While the wave of fear has passed, details about what happened remain elusive.
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The Daily Beast
Staffers at the cultural hub joke that Trump’s MAGA makeover has the building glowing less like a U.S. landmark and more like the flag of some other country.
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More and more lawmakers are opting to retire or even resign early from their jobs amid death threats, gridlock and myriad other reasons.
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President Donald Trump described the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees as “Some of the greatest of all time,” and offered them congratulations as he revealed that he would be hosting the performances Sunday night.
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New York Post
Two baby-faced Florida teens allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl into the woods before they fatally shot her and set her remains on fire over an online dispute.
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The Washington Post
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From its origins in 1955 as a US-sponsored bulwark against the Left, the conservative Liberal Democratic Party has dominated Japanese politics for seven decades. It now faces a new electoral challenge from parties of the populist, xenophobic right.
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President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope, is apparently furious President Donald Trump called her father “retarded” and has deemed Trump supporters “cult members.”
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope, is apparently furious President Donald Trump called her father “retarded” and has deemed Trump supporters “cult members.”
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A “flaming abolitionist” of lesser fame, William Goodell was praised by Frederick Douglass for being among the most important opponents of slavery in his time. He articulated a radical moral vision: a political theology of hope grounded in justice and reason.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope, is apparently furious President Donald Trump called her father “retarded” and has deemed Trump supporters “cult members.”
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11:20⇢Trump's Firing Power at Supreme Court
⌨US media attention continues to focus on President Trump, with reports highlighting the transformation of the Kennedy Center under his administration, described as more political and showier (Washington Post, The Daily Beast, AP News). Simultaneously, the Supreme Court is poised to hear a major case concerning the limits of presidential firing power (Washington Examiner, HuffPost, CBS, NYTimes). The administration's actions regarding food supply chain security and price fixing are also noted (The Epoch Times, Newsmax).
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The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee also said he was not briefed on evidence that the alleged drug boat was heading to the U.S.
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At stake in the Supreme Court decision is President Trump’s desire to shrink federal agencies and Congress’s power to restrain the president from doing so.
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Breitbart News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope, is apparently furious President Donald Trump called her father “retarded” and has deemed Trump supporters “cult members.”
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Breitbart News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope, is apparently furious President Donald Trump called her father “retarded” and has deemed Trump supporters “cult members.”
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The Daily Beast
The aging president is raging against Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, for a “lack of LOYALTY” to the MAGA cause.
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Breitbart News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope, is apparently furious President Donald Trump called her father “retarded” and has deemed Trump supporters “cult members.”
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Associated Press
A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. U.S.
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One America News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel and Hamas are close to entering the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which will begin shortly after the terror group returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.
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The Washington Post
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The justices will decide whether to scrap limits on party spending and open the door to unlimited coordinated support.
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The College Football Playoff 12-team bracket will be unveiled on Sunday, Dec. 7. Follow along for updates here:
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The Washington Post
Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has put a hold on a lower court ruling that had suggested judges could step in to hear cases where the normal machinery of the executive branch wasn’t working.
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Chris Hani, the South African Communist who led the ANC’s military wing, was assassinated in April 1993 before seeing the liberation he had fought for. The loss of Hani and his socialist perspective was a major blow to the new South Africa.
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The Washington Post
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Sunday defended the Trump administration's strikes on boats "crewed by associates and members" of drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations and urged that they continue. "The order, like the entire operation... is to destroy these drug boats, which are running drugs into our country from foreign drug cartels and traffickers that are killing hundreds of Arkansans every year and hundreds of thousands of Americans," Cotton said.
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USA Today
The College Football Playoff 12-team bracket was unveiled on Sunday, Dec. 7. Catch up here for the highlights, brackets and more.
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The Epoch Times
The Secretary of War called Trump the ‘rightful heir’ to Reagan’s military and foreign policy legacy.
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13:30⇢Trump's Loyalty Demand
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's actions, specifically his public rebuke of Congressman Henry Cuellar for "lack of loyalty" after a pardon (The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Daily Caller). Concurrently, the Supreme Court is a major topic, with rulings and discussions surrounding presidential firing power (NYTimes, Washington Times, CBS) and campaign finance limits (Newsweek). Military actions against drug cartels also remain in the spotlight (Newsmax, NBC News).
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The College Football Playoff committee has revealed the 12-team field that will decide this year's national champion with some debate about its picks.
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A former CIA station chief revered by Miami’s anti-Castro circles now faces prison in the US as an unregistered foreign agent for Angola. His path from Cold War covert ops to selling secrets says a lot about the political machinery he came from.
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Donald Trump Jr. revealed that his father, President Donald Trump, may walk away from Ukraine due to the lack of progress towards a peace deal.
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New York Post
The baby-faced suspects, who have both been charged in Danika’s murder, are accused of heartlessly setting her remains on fire after killing her.
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The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
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New York Post
The anguished mother of slain Florida teenager Danika Troy told The Post on Sunday that she doesn’t blame the boys accused of killing her daughter, instead pointing the finger at the “evil influence” in the world.
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The Pacific Northwest is expected to see up to seven inches of rain this week, as the eastern United States braces for arctic cold.
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The Daily Beast
Kristi Noem might be booted from the MAGA-world.
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) lodged a detainer for the illegal immigrant charged with stabbing a man on the Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail on Friday.
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Representative Adam Smith, a Democrat, accused the Pentagon of concealing the video showing the killings because it is “very, very difficult to justify.”
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The Washington Post
Sen. Tom Cotton pushed back Sunday against Democrats questioning the Trump administration’s strategy of attacking suspected drug boats in international waters.
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New York Post
“We can all stand up to ICE if you know your rights,” Mamdani said.
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President Donald Trump presented the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with medals in the Oval Office on Saturday, which included a star-studded cast of the “very best in American arts and culture.”
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Costco is suing to secure a "complete refund" should the Supreme Court strike down many of Trump's tariffs. Small businesses can't afford the fight.
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Hegseth outlined four top objectives for the National Defense Strategy, saying the ‘so-called bipartisan consensus…is really just a euphemism for disastrous foreign policy.’
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As the Supreme Court weighs the constitutional presidential authority on tariffs, President Donald Trump fired his latest salvo Sunday to defend the "strong and decision national security result" from tariffs delivered with "speed, power, and certainty."
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The Trump administration published a 33-page document outlining its vision for national security.
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17:25⇢Trump's Tariffs and Caribbean Boat Strikes
⌨US media continues to prioritize President Trump's actions, with ongoing discussion about his tariffs (Newsmax, USA Today) and his public rebuke of Congressman Cuellar following a pardon (Washington Examiner, MSNBC). The administration's national security strategy, welcomed by Russia, also garners attention (Newsweek, The Federalist, The Epoch Times). Separately, the controversy surrounding US attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean persists (NYTimes, Washington Times, CNN, ABC News, HuffPost, NBC News).
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The Washington Post
President Trump’s “Golden Dome” czar says he’s held “one-vs-one” talks with more than 300 private companies in recent months to hash out the secretive architecture of the futuristic missile defense shield that the administration is determined to put into operation over the entire U.S. homeland by mid-2028.
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Breitbart News
The Idaho saloon owner who promised free beer to citizens willing to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identify and deport illegal aliens is now facing death threats, but he remains undeterred in his mission.
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The Washington Post
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
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Grocery Price Tracker: Rising grocery prices have placed a growing strain on American households. See how much your groceries cost each week.
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President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.
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One America News
Over 62,000 migrant children smuggled into the United States without a parent under the Biden administration have been rescued from sex trafficking and forced labor, according to border czar Tom Homan.
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The relationship between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Trump's most loyal backers, soured over the Epstein files and disagreements over MAGA policies.
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A small community of Afghan immigrants have made Bellingham, Wash., their home. After one of their own allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers, the community grapples with fear and sorrow.
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The Washington Post
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President Donald Trump, appearing on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, said he was "a little bit disappointed" in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not yet reading the text of Washington's latest proposed peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump said Zelenskyy's top Ukrainian officials "love it," and "Russia is fine with it," but stressed that Zelenskyy himself had not reviewed the document as of several hours before the event.
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The Epoch Times
Several prominent figures, including Sylvester Stallone, the band KISS, and Gloria Gaynor were seen on the red carpet entering the venue.
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President Donald Trump, appearing on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, said he was "a little bit disappointed" in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not yet reading the text of Washington's latest proposed peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump said Zelenskyy's top Ukrainian officials "love it," and "Russia is fine with it," but stressed that Zelenskyy himself had not reviewed the document as of several hours before the event.
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The Daily Beast
The congresswoman said “it would shock people” to hear how her Republican colleagues talk about Trump “behind the scenes.”
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The Epoch Times
Several prominent figures, including Sylvester Stallone, the band KISS, and Gloria Gaynor were seen on the red carpet entering the venue.
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The Daily Beast
The president has been wearing Band-Aids on his hand for almost a week.
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"Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer told Fox News he believes Donald Trump is "maybe the greatest" president in U.S. history.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
President Trump’s Republican allies in Congress pushed back Sunday on lawmakers from both parties who have raised concerns that a U.S. Navy commander’s decision to launch a second strike on two survivors spotted atop a boat capsized by an earlier missile constitutes a war crime.
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21:38⇢Trump's Immigration Crackdown Expands
⌨US media continues to prioritize President Trump's actions, with new focus on his immigration crackdown affecting US citizens (Washington Post, Boston Globe) and his anger at a pardoned congressman's 'disloyalty' (AP News, MSNBC, Daily Caller). Discussions also cover the controversy surrounding US attacks on suspected drug boats (CNN, Washington Times, NYTimes), and Trump's comments on Ukraine's peace plan (Newsmax).
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The Daily Beast
The Republican has revealed how the president reacted to her cry for help.
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Here's a sampling of the reaction on social media to Notre Dame opting out of a bowl after it was left out of the College Football Playoff
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In an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes," Greene said she has "zero plans" to run for president in 2028.
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New York Post
The arrest of the alleged J6 pipe bomber just lumps mystery on top of mystery.
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Breitbart News
The Idaho saloon owner who promised free beer to citizens willing to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identify and deport illegal aliens is now facing death threats, but he remains undeterred in his mission.
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Representative Adam Smith, a Democrat, accused the Pentagon of concealing the video showing the killings because it is “very, very difficult to justify.”
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The New York Times
President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.
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