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Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC​

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.

Pirro, who joined Fox News in 2006, cohosts the network’s show “The Five” on weekday evenings. She was elected as a judge in New York’s Westchester County Court in 1990 before serving three terms as the county’s elected district attorney.

Trump tapped Pirro to at least temporarily lead the nation’s largest U.S. Attorney’s office after pulling his nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. for the position earlier Thursday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was naming Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., but didn’t indicate whether he would nominate her for the Senate-confirmed position on a more permanent basis.

“Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself,” Trump wrote.

Trump withdrew Martin from consideration after a key Republican senator said he could not support Martin for the job due to his defense of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Trump to unveil Medicare drug pricing plan after teasing "earth-shattering" announcement

President Trump will introduce a "most favored nation" plan aimed at cutting Medicare drug prices by linking them to the prices of medication abroad, sources told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up for potential deportation.
apnews.com

Alabama ‘purposely’ diluted Black votes with congressional plan, court finds | CNN Politics

A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional plan with a second Black majority district after courts, including the Supreme Court, repeatedly rejected maps with just one such district.
www.cnn.com

Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order

The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify.
apnews.com

Democrats slam DHS secretary as Noem says Abrego Garcia 'not coming back' to US

Senate Democrats sparred with Kristi Noem over whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be returned to the U.S., as well as the Department of Homeland Security's spending.
abcnews.go.com

Robert Prevost named Pope Leo XIV

Robert Prevost had a prominence going into the conclave that few other cardinals had.
apnews.com

What’s happening between India and Pakistan?

The recent violence between India and Pakistan marks a major resurgence in the fight over the long-disputed region of Kashmir. CBC’s Salimah Shivji breaks down what triggered the current conflict.
www.usatoday.com

Chief Justice Roberts doubles down on defense of courts as SCOTUS gears up to hear key Trump cases

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the role of the federal courts in serving as a check on the "excesses of Congress or the executive."
www.foxnews.com

Analysis: Why Trump isn’t leading an emergency effort to ease the India-Pakistan crisis | CNN Politics

The violent crisis between India and Pakistan is exactly the kind of international emergency that would once have prompted a full-on US diplomatic drive to cool tempers and head off a wider war.
www.cnn.com

Reports of Trump deportation plans highlight abuse of migrants in Libya

Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya.
apnews.com

Trump congratulates Pope Leo XIV, calls his election 'a great honor' for the United States

President Donald Trump said the selection of Cardinal Robert F. Prevost to be pope is "a great honor" for the U.S., noting he will be the first American-born pontiff.
www.foxnews.com

What's in the US-UK trade deal? A broad agreement with limited details

The Trump administration announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom Thursday in grandiose terms, but with only limited details about what it achieves.
apnews.com

Trump's Justice Department launches criminal probe into Letitia James, multiple sources say

New York Attorney General Letitia James pursued the civil fraud case against President Trump while he was a presidential candidate.
www.cbsnews.com

Trump elevates Marco Rubio as a potential successor — and as a 2028 rival to Vance

As Rubio ascends in Trump’s administration, those close to him and Vance downplay any talk of a clash between the two men, who have become close friends and ideological allies.
www.nbcnews.com

Trump hails election of American pope, calls it 'great honor' for the US

President Donald Trump hailed the election of Pope Leo, calling it a "great honor" for the United States that the newest pope is American.
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An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips Senate duties

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In the run-up to the vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., knew her party had a problem — and its name was John Fetterman.

Fetterman, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, was open to confirming President Donald Trump’s embattled pick, according to two people familiar with his thinking. Murray wanted to speak with her colleague one-on-one. So she reached out to set up a time.

But Fetterman refused, as the two people familiar with the episode told NBC News.

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Pope Leo XIV's name gives clue to how he'll handle social, political divides, bishop says

  • News source: FOX News
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American author, speaker and theologian Bishop Robert Barron was at the Vatican this week to witness the election of a new pope, and he shared his thoughts with Fox News Digital about Cardinal Robert Prevost's "intriguing" new papal name.

Papal names are often very symbolic with regard to how a Pope will serve as the leader of the Catholic Church. Typically, Pope's select the names of predecessors they admire or want to emulate. Prevost ultimately went with Leo XIV in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903.

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Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won't run for Senate while blasting Dems and fellow Republicans

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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a top House ally of President Donald Trump and a MAGA firebrand with a national following, is passing on a 2026 Senate run.

The three-term conservative lawmaker who represents a solidly red district in northwest Georgia, in a lengthy statement announcing her decision that was posted to social media on Friday night, took aim at Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff, a top GOP target whom Republicans view as extremely vulnerable in next year's midterm elections.

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Turkish Tufts University student released from immigration facility

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Her arrest followed the White House's crackdown on what it has classified as antisemitism on US campuses.
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US spy agencies told to gather intelligence on Greenland

  • News source: Dan De Luce | NBC News
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U.S. officials have ordered spy agencies to ramp up efforts to gather intelligence on Greenland, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, in a sign President Donald Trump apparently remains focused on acquiring the island.

The directive was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The move has drawn objections from Denmark, a NATO ally which rules the semi-autonomous island.

Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, has said he will summon the American ambassador over the report. “It worries me greatly because we do not...
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What to know as Trump hints at 80% China tariff

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump appeared to give his treasury secretary his starting point in trade talks with Beijing set for this weekend. Weeks after imposing a 145% tariff on China, the president posted, "80-percent tariff on China seems right." Kelly O'Grady explains.
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Vance says he won’t play ‘politicization of the pope game’ over whether Leo XIV is conservative or liberal

  • News source: FOX News
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Vice President JD Vance refused to talk politics about the newly elected pope on Friday, calling his election a "great thing."

"So many people my entire lifetime have said you’re never going to have an American pope," Vance told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt after being asked for his reaction to his election. "Obviously, now we do, so I think that’s a great thing."

Vance added that "We don’t know a whole lot about him, but I just wish him the best, right? I’m a Catholic. He’s now the head of the Catholic Church, and we’ll pray for his...
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White House blasts Dems ‘crossing the line’ by storming ICE facility

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The White House is blasting Democrats for "prioritizing the welfare of illegal aliens over American citizens," after "outright breaking the law" and storming an ICE facility in New Jersey.

On Friday, Reps. Rob Menendez Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, all New Jersey Democrats, entered ICE's Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, N.J. and were held up inside the first checkpoint, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News.

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Who is the Democratic gubernatorial candidate arrested for trespassing at an ICE detention center?

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested on Friday for trespassing at an ICE holding facility, is known as a far-left progressive who has a record of associating with controversial celebrities.

Baraka, who is currently one of the top Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor, was arrested by Homeland Security personnel outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center for his involvement in what the DHS called a "beyond bizarre political stunt."

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Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career

  • News source: Rich Schapiro | NBC News
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Long before she was a Fox News host who pushed pro-Trump election conspiracy theories, Jeanine Pirro was an ambitious New York politician whose career stalled after she was recorded plotting to bug her then-husband’s boat to catch him in an affair.

The revelation rocked Pirro’s campaign for New York attorney general nearly 20 years ago, resulting in days of front-page headlines in the city’s tabloids (“BUG THIS LOVE BOAT!” blared the Daily News cover).

The conversation took place in 2005 between Pirro and the former commissioner of the New York...
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Trump big-budget biopic, friendlier than ‘The Apprentice,' being sold at Cannes

  • News source: Julia Yohe
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Just a year after the release of "The Apprentice," the scathing hit biopic about Donald Trump's rise to power in the 1970s, another producer is taking a stab at documenting the president's life, according to a report per Deadline.

The project is backed by Italian producer Andrea Iervolino, who is hoping to sell the film at the Cannes Film Festival next week, Deadline added. Though the cast has yet to be decided, Iervolino reportedly is aiming to shoot the film in the United States with a budget of $100 million.

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Trump says tax raises are ‘good politics,’ dismissing GOP critics

  • News source: FOX News
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As Republicans search for avenues to extend President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, some Republican lawmakers involved in the process have floated the idea that the nation's highest earners could see a tax increase in order to usher in cuts for lower-earners.

For his part, the president is sending signals he tends to agree.

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Leaks to media about Fetterman are a coordinated smear campaign, Hill colleagues say

  • News source: FOX News
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The media’s pile-on of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., reached the point where both Republicans and Democrats were lamenting the rhetorical blows landing on the hulking Pittsburgh-area lawmaker by Friday.

"This is so blatantly coordinated," remarked media observer and Fox News contributor Joe Concha, who shared a link in his X post to a Politico report claiming an internal Democratic poll found Fetterman’s popularity faltering in his part of the Keystone State.

The report claimed Fetterman had now fallen below 50% in Democratic voter...
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Top Dem gubernatorial candidate arrested for trespassing at ICE detention center

  • News source: FOX News
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a top Democratic gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, was arrested on Friday for trespassing at an ICE holding facility in Newark during a protest.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the incident, which took place at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center, a "beyond bizarre political stunt" that "puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and the detainees at risk."

The prison currently holds alleged killers, MS-13 gang members and accused child rapists, among other criminal offenders.

U.S. Attorney for...
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Newark mayor arrested as Dem Congress members storm New Jersey ICE prison to conduct 'oversight visit'

  • News source: FOX News
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The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested Friday at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility where three members of Congress also stormed the facility's gate, demanding they be allowed to conduct an "oversight visit."

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a top Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was arrested at the scene for trespassing, authorities said.

"The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in...
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