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Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump defends tariffs as 'greatest thing' US has done

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President Donald Trump spoke with reporters on Air Force One, where he defended tariffs, saying they will be the "greatest thing we've ever done as a country."
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How 'judge shopping' is shaping the legal fights against President Trump's agenda in federal court

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The onslaught of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's early actions brought by federal workers and advocacy groups have found their way into mostly friendly courts, overseen, for the most part, by sympathetic judges.

These plaintiffs have employed a well-known, pervasive strategy used by both sides of the political aisle, known as forum or "judge shopping"– that is, to have a case tried in a certain district court, and one that falls under the jurisdiction of a U.S. appeals court with a certain political makeup.

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Russia expels 2 British diplomats from embassy in Moscow over espionage claims

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Russian said it is expelling two British diplomats over allegations of spying
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Massie says he's a 'NO' on Trump-endorsed government funding measure: 'Unless I get a lobotomy'

  • News source: FOX News
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As the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches and President Donald Trump urges Republicans to support passage of a funding measure, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has declared that he will oppose the proposal.

"Unless I get a lobotomy Monday that causes me to forget what I’ve witnessed the past 12 years, I’ll be a NO on the CR this week. It amazes me that my colleagues and many of the public fall for the lie that we will fight another day," Massie declared in a post on X.

President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to pass the...
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Arkansas public school students will soon be required to take gun safety courses

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The Arkansas state Senate passed a bill to provide age-appropriate firearms safety instruction to students last week and the Arkansas Department of Education will be working with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to develop a plan.

Act 229, also known as House Bill 1117, will require public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools to annually provide students with instruction on firearm safety.

The bill’s sponsors say the idea came from conversations among neighbors.

PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THIS STATE COULD SOON BE...
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Explosive-laden caravan plot was a hoax, say Australian police

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police allege organised criminals planted the caravan to provoke fear of an antisemitic attack.
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Syria leader vows to hunt down those responsible for bloodshed

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 830 civilians had been killed.
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A simple guide to Canada's federal election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Canada could hold a national election soon, just as politicians and voters are focused on a trade war with its neighbour, the US.
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Watch: 'Canada will never, ever be part of America', incoming PM says

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North Korea tests 'multiple' ballistic missiles as US-South Korea war games begin

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday.
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Gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in federal funding crossfire

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot.

She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the city's safety-net system, but she was unable to get information from emergency room workers, who complained that she was creating a disturbance.

"I was distraught and outside, crying, and Jerry came out of the front doors," she said.

Jerry Morgan is a familiar face from Green's Denver neighborhood. He had rushed to the hospital after his pager alerted him to the shooting. As a violence...
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US 'just about' lifts Ukraine intel freeze, Trump says ahead of Saudi meet

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Tuesday's talks in Riyadh are intended to revitalize bilateral relations following weeks of tense exchanges between Washington, D.C., and Kyiv.
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North Korea fires several ballistic missiles after US, South Korea military drills

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South Korea's military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles into the sea
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Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump
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New study reveals 'staggering' scope of how much DEI was infused into government under Biden

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A study published this week details the degree to which the Biden administration infused DEI policies into the federal government in a report the authors say can serve as a resource for the Trump administration to continue to identify and "destroy" the practice.

The new study, conducted by the Functional Government Initiative and the Center for Renewing America, identified 460 programs across 24 government agencies in the Biden administration that diverted resources to DEI initiatives.

At least $1 trillion of taxpayer money was...
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