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Justice Barrett teases new memoir in abrupt conference exit

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett knows how to command an audience.  This was crystallized Monday night at the Swissotel in Chicago, where she spoke for just three minutes to several hundred judges and legal professionals gathered for the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference. Her remarks, though short, were optimistic and warm. She urged the courts

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White House rejects ‘blank checks’ for Ukraine, presses NATO to shoulder costs

The U.S. isn’t interested in open-ended funding for Ukraine amid ongoing peace talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the White House.  President Donald Trump, who ruled out sending U.S. troops on the ground to support Ukraine, is very ‘sensitive to the needs of the American taxpayer,’ according to White House

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Schiff launches legal defense fund in response to claims Trump is ‘weaponizing’ justice system

Sen. Adam Schiff launched a legal defense fund as the California Democrat faces a federal investigation for alleged mortgage fraud and President Donald Trump repeatedly condemns him for years of allegedly promoting the ‘Russiagate’ hoax, according to a report published Tuesday.  ‘It’s clear that Donald Trump and his MAGA allies will continue weaponizing the justice

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Gabbard removes clearances from 37 officials at Trump’s direction over politicizing intelligence

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday announced her office had stripped security clearances from 37 current and former intelligence officials, accusing them of politicizing and manipulating intelligence. A DNI memo sent out on Monday included the names of officials who worked at the CIA, NSA, State Department and National Security Council, including

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Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine this month following Trump’s meetings with Putin, Zelenskyy

Russia launched its largest attack of the month against Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders at the White House. The attack also comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Trump in Alaska last Friday, during which Putin refused an immediate ceasefire and demanded that Ukraine

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Trump slams mail-in ballots as corrupt, but may not have the power to derail them

President Trump told Brian Glenn of the conservative Real America’s Voice that he didn’t want to answer his question because it was ‘off-topic’ as he stood there with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders. Then he proceeded to answer it at great length. The idea, it turns out, began with Vladimir Putin, who has a bit

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Trump DOJ handing Epstein documents to House Oversight Committee on Friday as subpoena deadline looms

The Trump administration will begin handing over documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case to the House Oversight Committee on Friday, Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said. House investigators originally requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) produce a tranche of files pertaining to the late pedophile and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, by 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.

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I made memes for the White House. Here’s what I learned

‘oMg, diD tHe wHiTE hOuSE reALLy PosT tHis?’ That became one of the most common reactions across the White House’s feeds. The answer was always yes. Serving as director of digital content for President Donald Trump was the most meaningful and intense chapter of my professional life. From the moment we rebooted the administration’s online

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Russian drone strikes kill 7 in Kharkiv during Zelenskyy’s White House meeting with Trump

Just as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington, D.C., to meet President Donald Trump at the White House, Russia routed his nation with airstrikes on Monday, killing 10. Seven people, including a toddler and a 16-year-old, were killed by a Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, according to local authorities. Ukrainian

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Bill Barr testifies he didn’t see info that would ‘implicate’ Trump in Epstein case, Comer says

Former Attorney General Bill Barr told House investigators on Monday that he never saw anything that could tie President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein’s sordid crimes, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said. ‘He said that he had never seen anything that would implicate President Trump in any of this, and that he believed if

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