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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 12.05.2026.
It displays 238 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
12.05.2026 ⇢ The Day Inflation Spiked to 3.8%
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The day was dominated by the April CPI report showing inflation hit 3.8%, the highest since 2023, driven by Iran war energy costs. Multiple outlets (NYTimes, AP, Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, ABC, Epoch Times, The Daily Beast, Common Dreams) led with the jump. The Pentagon raised the war cost to $29 billion (USA Today, Newsmax). Trump dismissed Americans' financial concerns, saying he doesn't 'think about' their situation regarding the war (Daily Caller, HuffPost, ABC). The Trump-Xi summit in China proceeded with reduced ambitions (NYTimes, Washington Post, NPR, CBS). FDA chief Marty Makary resigned amid criticism (AP, NBC, Washington Post). The Supreme Court halted an order for Alabama to use a map with two majority-Black districts (AP, The Federalist).
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The New York Times
Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of weapons for the island.
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Associated Press
U.S. President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.
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New York Post
“He would drink my urine and tell me, ‘This is how much I love you.’ I’m maybe 12 years old at the time. Like, I’m a child who’s seeing this man do this,” Dominic said of Jackson.
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00:51⇢Xi Summit Looms Over Taiwan Arms
⌨The media focuses on Trump's upcoming summit with Xi Jinping, with HuffPost and NYTimes highlighting Xi's likely pressure on Trump regarding arms sales to Taiwan. The Iran ceasefire remains on life support (AP, Washington Examiner, Common Dreams). A Russian ship carrying mystery cargo is noted by CNN.
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The Washington Post
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump is set to leave for Beijing for high-stakes talks with President Xi Jinping. The U.S. has been trying to persuade China to use its influence over Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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A new poll found most Americans think President Trump has failed to give a clear reason for the Iran war, and they're feeling the pinch of higher gas prices.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
The president posted 54 times in 74 minutes.
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The Daily Beast
The president gave the matter his full attention shortly after 1 a.m.
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The Intercept
A legal disciplinary panel won’t disclose any details about its inquiry into John Sarcone, a Trump loyalist in New York.
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The Washington Post
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Washington Free Beacon
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In one of his most extensive interviews, Ambassador Xie Feng outlined potential areas of U.S. cooperation and sources of tension.
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The Democratic primary is an unusual proxy battle due to the general election between GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts and independent populist Dan Osborn.
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In his first term, the president demanded fundamental shifts in China’s economic model. Now, he has copied parts of how Beijing does business.
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President Trump says he has a great relationship with President Xi. His trip to China will provide a temperature check.
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Trade, Taiwan and tensions with Iran are surefire topics for President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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The prime minister has defiantly doubled down, insisting he would remain in office despite mounting demands to step down after disastrous election results.
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Los Angeles Times
Sabrina Jones
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06:06⇢Trump and Xi Meet as Iran War Smolders
⌨The media focuses on Trump's upcoming summit with Xi Jinping, with multiple outlets (AP, Washington Post, NPR, CBS, Newsweek, HuffPost, NYTimes) covering the high-stakes meeting amid the Iran war. Russia ends its ceasefire and launches 200 attack drones at Ukraine (Washington Examiner).
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The Washington Post
In his first term, the president demanded fundamental shifts in China’s economic model. Now, as he prepares to meet with Xi Jinping this week, he has copied parts of how Beijing does business.
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“In an increasingly turbulent world, the strategic value of China-U.S. relations becomes more prominent,” Xie Feng said.
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In his first term, the president demanded fundamental shifts in China’s economic model. Now, as he prepares to meet with Xi Jinping this week, he has copied parts of how Beijing does business.
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President Trump says he has a great relationship with President Xi. His trip to China will provide a temperature check.
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Associated Press
The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections.
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The Washington Post
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An infectious disease researcher explains what’s going on — and why this isn’t the outbreak to worry about.
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The Daily Beast
The president’s social media spree took a desperate turn.
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08:27⇢Supreme Court Blocks Alabama Black Districts
⌨The Supreme Court halts an order requiring Alabama to use a congressional map with two majority-Black districts, allowing the state to scrap one before the midterms. Multiple outlets (AP, The Federalist, Epoch Times) cover the ruling, while the Trump-Xi summit and Iran war remain ongoing.
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The Washington Post
Gas prices surged as the conflict ripples through the economy, pushing April inflation to the highest level since late 2023.
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Rising gasoline prices pushed inflation to its highest level in almost three years in April. Consumer prices were up 3.8% from a year ago.
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The Washington Post
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U.S. consumer prices climbed a sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.
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The New York Times
Consumer prices rose at the fastest rate since May 2023 last month, as sharp increases in energy costs caused by the Iran war made life more expensive for Americans.
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U.S. consumer prices climbed a sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.
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Breitbart News
The next Los Angeles mayoral debate has been canceled after Nithya Raman and Karen Bass pulled out, along with Spencer Pratt.
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The Daily Beast
The president’s war in Iran sent prices soaring across the country in April.
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Eighteen Americans who were on the MV Hondius are being monitored at medical facilities in the United States.
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For most of the last half-century, the charge has been that American culture is stuck in adolescence. But adolescence, it turns out, was not the floor. Disney is leading the transformation, expanding into new age markets for maximum profit.
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The Washington Post
Surging gas prices are driving a sharp increase in consumer costs, rekindling fears of a 1970s-style wave that proves hard to contain.
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Los Angeles Times
Sabrina Jones
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The Daily Beast
The president’s war in Iran sent prices soaring across the country in April.
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NBC News
The Justice Department brought 18 charges against the operators and a manager relating to a 2024 collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge that killed six people.
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10:18⇢Inflation Surges to 3.8% as Iran War Bites
⌨Inflation dominates US headlines after April CPI hit 3.8%, the highest since 2023, driven by Iran war energy costs. Multiple outlets (NYTimes, AP, Washington Examiner, USA Today, ABC, NPR, Epoch Times, Washington Post, The Daily Beast) lead with the jump, while HuffPost and Fox News cover other stories. The hantavirus monitoring and Baltimore bridge charges also appear.
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The Washington Post
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US has a plan to escalate the war in Iran "if necessary" as the Pentagon raised the war's cost to $29 billion.
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The Washington Post
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Mother Jones
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US has a plan to escalate the war in Iran "if necessary" as the Pentagon raised the war's cost to $29 billion.
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New York Post
Major details on the spending plan – which Mamdani will outline at 1:30 p.m. – remained unclear in the morning, including its top-line dollar amount.
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The Daily Caller
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Associated Press
U.S. consumer prices climbed a sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.
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The Daily Beast
Senior administration sources tell PunchUp the deputy chief of staff’s “sidelining” is a ruse to maintain grip on immigration policy.
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The Atlantic
Trump’s pick for ambassador has a disastrous record.
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The Daily Beast
The president’s one-time strongest issue is now one of his party’s biggest liabilities.
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11:55⇢Inflation Surges to 3.8% as Iran War Bites
⌨Inflation dominates US headlines after April CPI hit 3.8%, the highest since 2023, driven by Iran war energy costs. Multiple outlets (AP, NYTimes, Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, ABC, Epoch Times, The Daily Beast, Common Dreams) lead with the jump, while the Pentagon raises war cost to $29 billion (USA Today, Newsmax).
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A U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him Twice. He Just Got Arrested a Third Time.
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A growing share of world infrastructure is dominated by the eccentric, reactionary, annoying billionaire Elon Musk. He is, regrettably, a key figure to understand — which Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian set out to do in Muskism.
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Laura Miller
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The cost of America's war with Iran has now climbed to $29 billion, according to new testimony Tuesday from a senior Pentagon official — a sharp $4 billion increase from estimates provided just weeks ago. On April 29, the Pentagon estimated the conflict had cost taxpayers roughly $25 billion. But Jules Hurst, the Pentagon's acting comptroller, told lawmakers Tuesday that updated calculations now place the total cost at $29 billion.
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New York Post
Horrifying security video of the runway showed the man get sucked into one of the engines of the Airbus A321neo mid-takeoff.
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The New York Times
The new figure, offered by the department’s comptroller, does not include the cost of repairs to U.S. facilities damaged by Iranian attacks.
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Short-form clips of long interviews and shows are taking over the internet. But behind the sea of social media clips are marketplaces offering freelance clippers money per view.
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A Virginia Republican lawmaker is facing backlash after appearing to agree with a racist remark made during a radio interview.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. doesn't "have to rush anything" with Iran, which cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon "because they'd use it." Trump argued the U.S. and its allies have already dealt devastating blows to Iran's military infrastructure. "We've wiped out their navy, wiped out their air force," Trump said. "It's just a question of time."
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The Daily Beast
Laura Loomer is manifesting a clean break with her political enemies.
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U.S. consumer prices climbed a sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to defend the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request.
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Makary is the fourth high-profile departure of the Trump administration this year.
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Argentina is battling one of its largest outbreaks of hantavirus in years, with deaths rising.
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13:24⇢Inflation Surges to 3.8% as Iran War Bites
⌨Inflation dominates US headlines after April CPI hit 3.8%, the highest since 2023, driven by Iran war energy costs. Multiple outlets (AP, NYTimes, Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, ABC, Epoch Times, The Daily Beast, Common Dreams) lead with the jump, while the Pentagon raises war cost to $29 billion (USA Today, Newsmax).
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The Washington Post
Commissioner Marty Makary’s ouster would be the latest shake-up at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Democrats just handed the Supreme Court’s Republicans a loaded weapon.
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The Epoch Times
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Democrat-run California is increasing national costs by blocking pipelines and transition lines and, ironically, was the only state dependent on oil from the Strait of Hormuz, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.
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The Washington Post
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Iran warns any new U.S. attacks will bring a "bad result," as President Trump acknowledges the ceasefire is faltering and violence flares in Lebanon.
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The New York Times
The estimate was $4 billion higher than two weeks ago. Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say when the administration would request extra money for the Iran conflict.
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Iran, Taiwan, and business deals loom large as Trump makes the first U.S presidential visit to China in almost a decade.
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The Daily Beast
The Republican congresswoman agreed with a racist remark made about Hakeem Jeffries by a radio host on air.
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The Federalist
Newly released depositions confirm Federalist reporting that ‘Get Trump’ lawfare in Georgia was based on a misinterpreted and illegally recorded phone call.
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The war in Iran has dimmed hopes that President Trump and Xi Jinping could address the issues that have frayed the relationship between their nations.
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The Daily Beast
The president lost it after being cornered on the increasing price of his White House ballroom.
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14:49⇢Trump and Xi Meet Amid Iran War's Shadow
⌨Multiple outlets report on Trump's upcoming summit with Xi Jinping in China, with reduced ambitions due to the Iran war. The FDA chief Marty Makary resigns amid criticism from pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists, and anti-abortion groups. Iran warns of consequences if US attacks again.
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The New York Times
The war in Iran has dimmed hopes that President Trump and Xi Jinping could address the issues that have frayed the relationship between their nations.
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Patel is expected to face tough questions from Democrats about reports of excessive drinking, erratic behavior and misuse of FBI jet.
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Patel is expected to face tough questions from Democrats about reports of excessive drinking, erratic behavior and misuse of FBI jet.
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New York Post
Brandon Clarke appeared in just two games with Memphis this past season due to a knee injury.
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The Washington Post
Kyle Diamantas, who was recently elevated to be one of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s senior counselors, will be the agency’s acting leader, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday before departing for a trip to China later this week, Trump dismissed suggestions that rising consumer costs tied to the Iran conflict were driving his push for negotiations with Tehran, saying stopping Iran’s nuclear ambitions remained the administration’s central objective.
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The New York Times
The war in Iran has dimmed hopes that President Trump and Xi Jinping could address the issues that have frayed the relationship between their nations.
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Mark Joseph Stern
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Patients Have a Right To Try. Why Can't They Use It?
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Brandon Clarke appeared in just two games with Memphis this past season due to a knee injury.
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U.S. consumer prices climbed a sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher.
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After a rowdy protest outside a real estate event at Park East Synagogue, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely criticized for egging on the unrest by condemning the sale of West Bank properties. But the criticisms don’t stand up to scrutiny.
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The resignation ends Dr. Marty Makary's management of the Food and Drug Administration, which was marked by turmoil and controversy.
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New York Post
Michael Mott, 41, racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002.
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Associated Press
Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration head. The surgeon and health researcher’s tenure had drawn complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists and other Trump allies.
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"Our view is should the president make the decision to recommence that we would have all the authorities necessary to do so," Hegseth said during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the War Department's $1.5 trillion budget request for fiscal year 2027.
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Patel faced repeated questions from Democrats about reports of excessive drinking, erratic behavior and misuse of FBI jet, and denied all of it.
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The New York Times
Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missiles sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting a far stronger military than President Trump has portrayed.
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Federal elections are no longer about which party gets to appoint SCOTUS justices, but how many justices there will be.
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The Atlantic
Donald Trump is a victim of propaganda as much as he is a manipulator of it.
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Patel faced repeated questions from Democrats about reports of excessive drinking, erratic behavior and misuse of FBI jet, and denied all of it.
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President Trump said he's only focused on preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon, not the war's impact on Americans' financial situations.
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Breitbart News
During an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said that, combined with a failed redistricting effort in Virginia, it will be enough for Republicans to maintain control of the House of Representatives in this year’s midterm elections.
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The hantavirus outbreak is still small. But it’s a huge test for a battered public health sector.
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Breitbart News
During an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said that, combined with a failed redistricting effort in Virginia, it will be enough for Republicans to maintain control of the House of Representatives in this year’s midterm elections.
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The FBI director was asked about his viral beer-chugging locker-room celebration with the U.S. men's hockey team after its Olympic win.
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democrat lawmakers alike about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war, the conflict's rising price tag and diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles.
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Associated Press
Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration head. The surgeon and health researcher’s tenure had drawn complaints from pharmaceutical executives, anti-abortion activists and other Trump allies.
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Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim and a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, reportedly lacks a medical license in Michigan and New York, though he has claimed he is a physician, according to a recent report.
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Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim and a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, reportedly lacks a medical license in Michigan and New York, though he has claimed he is a physician, according to a recent report.
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Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim and a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, reportedly lacks a medical license in Michigan and New York, though he has claimed he is a physician, according to a recent report.
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Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim and a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, reportedly lacks a medical license in Michigan and New York, though he has claimed he is a physician, according to a recent report.
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Don Bacon’s 2nd District is a top target for Democrats, while drama in the Senate primary could shake up GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts’ re-election race.
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The Washington Post
Relentlessly climbing energy costs, coupled with tariffs and ongoing agricultural and farming issues, mean grocery bills are rising quickly and might do so for months.
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The Trump administration seems determined not to let differences on Iran foul efforts on other aspects of the complicated relationship between D.C. and Beijing — including trade and Chinese cooperation to block exports of fentanyl precursors.
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The fate of Nebraska’s “blue dot” is taking center stage as Democratic voters select a congressional nominee in the state’s 2nd District.
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New York Post
“Banking on yet to be determined revenue-raising gimmicks and identifying fake savings are not win. This budget plan is as real as Kim Kardashian’s lips.”
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Democrat Cindy Burbank won the primary, NBC News projects. She previously said she would consider leaving the race if she did not have a path to victory.
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Alabama will hold a special primary election for four of its seven congressional districts, after the Supreme Court cleared the way — and as redistricting ripples through the South.
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The Washington Post
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tops latest 2028 Democratic presidential primary poll, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio leads GOP primary voters.
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The Daily Beast
The president accused reporters of aiding the enemy.
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Polls have closed across Nebraska, where the fate of the state’s “blue dot” took center stage as Democrats selected a congressional nominee in the state’s 2nd District.
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The war in Iran and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz will be the major discussion items for President Donald Trump in his trip to China.
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Cindy Burbank has pledged to drop out and endorse Dan Osborn, a populist independent. Pollsters say the former union president has a shot at unseating the GOP incumbent.
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Breitbart News
Interior Secretary and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council Doug Burgum said Monday that American natural gas could move through Europe’s vertical corridor to help allies reduce their dependence on Russian energy and change the geopolitics of the region.
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Interior Secretary and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council Doug Burgum said Monday that American natural gas could move through Europe’s vertical corridor to help allies reduce their dependence on Russian energy and change the geopolitics of the region.
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The Washington Post
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