The ripple effects of an explosive argument between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump and Vice President JD Vance are being felt around the world. Margaret Brennan has more.
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Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism
By ALI SWENSON and LISA MASCARO
NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government stepped down Tuesday after facing pressure from Donald Trump’s campaign, which has tried to disavow a program created by many of the former president’s allies and former aides.
Paul Dans’ exit comes after the project “completed exactly what it set out to do: bringing together over 110 leading conservative organizations to create a unified conservative vision, motivated to devolve power from the unelected administrative state, and returning it to the people,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said in a statement.
Democrats for the past several months have made Project 2025 a key election-year cudgel, pointing to the ultraconservative policy blueprint as a glimpse into how extreme another Trump administration could be. ...
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Trump Again Says That Christians ‘Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ if They Vote for Him
Former President Donald Trump, in an interview broadcast Monday night, repeated his recent assertion that Christians will never have to vote again if they vote for him this November, and brushed aside multiple requests to walk back or clarify the statement. Trump said Friday to a gathering of...
Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who's married to a Jewish man, 'doesn't like Jewish people'
Former President Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people” even though she's married to a Jewish man.
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Local police spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks' gun: Takeaways from Trump shooting hearing
New details on the Trump assassination attempt investigation were revealed Tuesday, including that local law enforcement photographed the shooter.
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Biden says Supreme Court reforms are needed to counter an 'extreme and unchecked agenda'
The proposed reforms would tackle presidential powers, term limits and ethics.
www.nbcnews.com5 ways the 2024 race has changed with Harris replacing Biden on the Democratic ticket
Much has changed about the 2024 presidential election in the United States over the last month. Now that President Joe Biden is out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris is in, former President Donald Trump is having to pivot his campaign to a new challenger.
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Iran trying to undercut Trump campaign and Russia doing opposite, U.S. officials indicate
Iran is trying to hinder the Trump campaign and Russia is doing the opposite, U.S. officials indicated in a briefing 99 days before Election Day.
www.cbsnews.comAtlanta man pleads guilty to making phone threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making threats against U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
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Trump team celebrates ‘demise’ of Project 2025: ‘It will not end well for you’ - Washington Examiner
Former President Donald Trump's campaign celebrated in the "demise" of Project 2025 and said it had no association with the policy planners or its director.
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Fred Trump III calls uncle Donald Trump 'atomic crazy,' says he used racial slur decades ago
Fred Trump III, the son of the former president's late older brother, spoke with ABC News about his new book, "All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way."
A speaking invitation to Donald Trump splits the most prominent American group for Black journalists
Donald Trump’s invitation to address the National Association of Black Journalists has sparked an intense debate within the organization and a flurry of arguments online.
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Israeli military says Beirut strike killed senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr
At least one explosion has hit the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, but sources tell news agencies Shukr survived.
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Israel-Gaza live updates:
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations seem to have stalled to secure the release of hostages.
Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content
The Senate has passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content. It's pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm they cause.
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Analysis: What this election proves about the importance of running mates and vice presidents | CNN Politics
One major lesson from Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden ascension to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is that running mates matter.
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White House distances Biden's democracy rhetoric from Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner
The White House defended Joe Biden from Donald Trump's claim that the idea of Trump being a "threat to democracy" could have led to the assassination attempt.
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Project 2025 winding down policy work following months of criticism from Trump
Trump’s campaign said in a statement that they “welcomed” reports of the group’s “demise.”
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Donald Trump to speak at National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago
Donald Trump will speak at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago to the disapproval of some attendees.
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Biden and Lula urge Venezuelan authorities to release detailed presidential election voting data
U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are calling on Venezuela’s government to release detailed voting data from the presidential election.
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Trump assassination attempt: Senate to grill Secret Service, FBI officials
Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees will grill acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate on the security failures that led to the near assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania...
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How Ukrainians are responding to heated Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
When Ukrainian news channels reported on the volatile exchange at the Oval Office, the war-battered country almost immediately rallied around their leader. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Continue reading...Future of military aid to Ukraine, minerals deal uncertain, sources say
Washington — U.S. military aid to Ukraine could be in jeopardy after a contentious Oval Office meeting Friday between President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to administration officials familiar with the discussions.
The day started on a positive note, with Mr. Trump joking with Zelenskyy, a guest book signing and warm conversation in the Oval Office.
But the episode has raised questions about whether Zelenskyy can move forward toward a peace deal, and whether the U.S. will or should pause...
Continue reading...The day started on a positive note, with Mr. Trump joking with Zelenskyy, a guest book signing and warm conversation in the Oval Office.
But the episode has raised questions about whether Zelenskyy can move forward toward a peace deal, and whether the U.S. will or should pause...
Zelenskyy and Trump clash as White House meeting crumbles into contentious exchange
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared before cameras in the Oval Office before what was supposed to be a luncheon and the signing of a historic deal to give the United States access to Ukraine's wealth of minerals. As Ed O'Keefe reports, it quickly turned into a loud argument involving the two presidents and Vice President JD Vance.
Continue reading...Trump administration approves nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel
Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration has approved a major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel, bypassing a normal congressional review to provide the country with more of the 2,000-pound bombs that it has used in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
In a series of notifications sent to Congress late Friday, the State Department said it had signed off on the sale of more than 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs and 4,000 Predator warheads worth $2.04 billion.
The State Department approved Israel's purchase of Caterpillar D9 Bulldozers and related...
Continue reading...In a series of notifications sent to Congress late Friday, the State Department said it had signed off on the sale of more than 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs and 4,000 Predator warheads worth $2.04 billion.
The State Department approved Israel's purchase of Caterpillar D9 Bulldozers and related...
Chaos and unproven theories surround Tates' release from Romania
The abrupt departure of the Tate brothers by private jet has left a fresh trail of confusion and unanswered questions in its wake.
Continue reading...'I didn't want to be in a bad stripper film': Sex workers eye Oscars success
The strippers, dancers and actresses of Anora give us their take on the film's realism - and its limits.
Continue reading...Elon Musk takes familiar fraud, waste claims to Joe Rogan with DOGE discussion
In one of his first in-depth interviews since joining the U.S. government, Elon Musk pushed a variety of claims about waste and fraud but offered little new information or insight into the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), NBC News reported.
In a wide-ranging, three-hour discussion with podcaster Joe Rogan published Friday, Musk revisited well-trodden grievances about news outlets and billionaire Democratic donor George Soros. He also touched on whether he thinks private aerospace contractors have secret propulsion technology...
Continue reading...In a wide-ranging, three-hour discussion with podcaster Joe Rogan published Friday, Musk revisited well-trodden grievances about news outlets and billionaire Democratic donor George Soros. He also touched on whether he thinks private aerospace contractors have secret propulsion technology...
Tim Scott highlights opportunity agenda as Black History Month draws to a close
For Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, opportunity didn't come without a struggle.
"To anyone who believes that opportunity ought not come with headwinds, I don't know where you live, but it ain't reality," the 59-year-old mused to a crowd on a recent afternoon overlooking the U.S. Capitol.
Raised by a single mother in North Charleston, Scott described being plagued by low self-esteem after failing several courses in high school, including civics. He credits his faith for a reversal in political fortune.
Scott is the longest-serving Black senator...
Continue reading..."To anyone who believes that opportunity ought not come with headwinds, I don't know where you live, but it ain't reality," the 59-year-old mused to a crowd on a recent afternoon overlooking the U.S. Capitol.
Raised by a single mother in North Charleston, Scott described being plagued by low self-esteem after failing several courses in high school, including civics. He credits his faith for a reversal in political fortune.
Scott is the longest-serving Black senator...
Iowa governor signs bill removing transgender protections from civil rights code
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill on Friday that removes protections for transgender people in the state’s civil rights code.
While not every state has protections for transgender people, Iowa Democrats added them to the civil rights code in 2007.
Iowa is the first state to remove gender identity protection from its state civil rights code.
The new law follows President Donald Trump's executive orders only recognizing two sexes, restricting sex change operations and restricting trans people in the military, as well as state...
Continue reading...While not every state has protections for transgender people, Iowa Democrats added them to the civil rights code in 2007.
Iowa is the first state to remove gender identity protection from its state civil rights code.
The new law follows President Donald Trump's executive orders only recognizing two sexes, restricting sex change operations and restricting trans people in the military, as well as state...
Analysis: Trump-Zelensky row signals major crisis for Nato
Doubts are growing about the US commitment to European security outside Ukraine, says the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.
Continue reading...Oscar-tipped Japanese MeToo film not shown in Japan
Shiori Ito became the face of Japan's MeToo movement after she accused a prominent journalist of rape.
Continue reading...Czech firefighters tackle large toxic train fire
A train transporting benzene, a carcinogen, derailed and caught fire on Friday, prompting a large emergency response.
Continue reading...What it was like in the room during Oval Office shouting match
BBC reporters witnessed the extraordinary exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky firsthand.
Continue reading...Luigi Mangione's Pennsylvania attorney argues search, arrest were illegal
A defense attorney for Luigi Mangione, the man charged with killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, insists a police search and arrest late last year were illegal.
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