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Newsom, Vance exchange jabs over immigration after VP's California vacation: 'Hope you enjoy your family time'

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President JD Vance traded barbs this weekend over the Trump administration's mass deportation policies after the vice president's vacation to Disneyland in the Golden State.

Vance was spending time at the California amusement park with his wife Usha and their two children before Newsom, a Democrat, posted on social media that some migrant families cannot spend the same quality time together because of the administration's efforts to detain and remove migrants in the U.S.

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Don't vilify Air India crash crew: Indian pilots' association

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Earlier, India's aviation minister said not to jump to conclusions and another pilots' group criticised the report.
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Europe's freedom faces greatest threat since WW2, Macron says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The French president has called for his country's defence spending to rise by €3.5bn (£3bn) in 2026.
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Trump says 'American spirit' triumphs over 'forces of evil' on anniversary of Butler assassination attempt

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Sunday reflected on the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt against him, saying he believes God alone saved him that day to "restore our beloved Republic to greatness and to rescue our Nation from those who seek its ruin."

Then-candidate Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump suffered an injury to his ear after a bullet grazed him, while one person was killed and a pair of others were wounded.

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Biden defends controversial autopen use for mass clemency decisions in NYT interview: 'A whole lot of people'

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Former President Joe Biden defended his use of an autopen during a recent interview, shedding light on his administration's rationale for the controversial use of the technology.

The interview with the New York Times was centered around his use of an autopen during the last pardons that he made during the end of his administration.

In his final weeks in office, Biden granted clemency and pardoned more than 1,500 individuals, in what the White House described at the time as the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president.

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The 'strongman' PM who inspired Trump's playbook - but now finds his power crumbling

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban finds his power under threat, but not in the way one might expect.
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Europe's freedom faces greatest 'threat' since WW2, says Macron

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The French president has called for his country's defence spending to rise by €3.5bn (£3bn) in 2026.
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Former Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The former military ruler was "converted" to democracy and won the historic 2015 elections.
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The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US is accusing its southern neighbour of breaking a long-held water sharing agreement.
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Motive still a mystery a year after Trump assassination attempt

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One year ago, Thomas Crooks, a recent community college graduate, opened fire on then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A year later, there's still no answers to why Crooks did it. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Scathing report on Trump assassination attempt released, Trump says he's satisfied with it

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One year after an attempt on President Trump's life, a new report from a Senate panel details a series of failures by the Secret Service surrounding the shooting. Willie James Inman reports.
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Trump and first lady to visit U.K.'s King Charles this fall

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will be visiting Britain's King Charles III later this fall, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday.

Charles invited the pair for the official visit from Sept. 17-19, the palace said in a statement. The king will host the Trumps at Windsor Castle, the palace said. No further information was released.

Mr. Trump likely will not address Parliament like French President Emmanuel Macron did last week, since Parliament will not be in session from Sept. 16 until Oct. 13 due to party conferences, according to Sky...
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Sen. Paul says "we aren't going to know the motive" of Trump's shooter

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One year after the attempted assassination of President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the shooter's motive is still unclear. It may stay that way, said Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky who also chairs the Senate committee that released its final report Sunday detailing what it characterized as failures by the U.S. Secret Service that allowed the attempt to happen.

"I think we aren't going to know the motive, and I take that at face value," Paul told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, adding that despite his...
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DOJ brass vowed full transparency on Epstein before turning up empty-handed

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino all called for Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking secrets to be made public long before the DOJ's stunning about-face last week.

"This systemic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’" read a joint memo leaked to Axios a week ago. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

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SA police minister suspended over organised crime allegations

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Senzo Mchunu - who denies the claims - has been put on an immediate "leave of absence" by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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