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Noem says DHS, Secret Service investigating Comey over alleged ‘assassination’ threat ​

by Sarah Fortinsky

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem accused former FBI Director James Comey of calling for President Trump’s “assassination,” saying federal law enforcement authorities are now investigating the “threat.”

“Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of @POTUS Trump,” Noem wrote on the social platform X on Thursday evening.

“DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately,” she added.

Comey — a longtime foe of the president’s — posted a photo earlier Thursday on Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “8647.” The post garnered significant blowback from much of Trump’s base, with many understanding the numbers to be a call for violence against the 47th president, Trump. Others suggested the “86” could be calling for the president to be impeached or removed from office.

Comey removed the photo Thursday evening and clarified in a new post that he did not intend to call for violence and didn’t realize his message would be interpreted that way.

“I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message,” Comey wrote on Instagram. ...

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Supreme Court appears skeptical of allowing Trump to implement birthright citizenship plan

The court is considering whether to allow the proposal to go into effect at least in some parts of the country while litigation continues in lower courts.
www.nbcnews.com

Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished.
apnews.com

Israel kills 143 Palestinians in one day as Gaza death toll exceeds 53,000

Israel continues attacks on healthcare in Gaza, striking the European Hospital and putting it out of service.
www.aljazeera.com

Trump's 'beautiful' bill spans 1,116 pages. Here's what's inside it

Republicans continue to make progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security, though considerable divisions remain as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to bridge the differences in his conference.
apnews.com

Senate Republicans put House on notice: We won't accept your Trump agenda bill without changes

GOP senators have raised concerns about the deficit impact of the emerging package, as well as the cuts to Medicaid and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy sends delegation for Russia talks after Putin no-show

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends team led by defence minister for talks with Russian delegation in Turkiye’s Istanbul.
www.aljazeera.com

Supreme Court takes on birthright citizenship: Justices seemingly split on lower court powers

Supreme Court Justices are weighing three challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship order – a case that could quickly reshape how lower courts handle similar disputes.
www.foxnews.com

The courts where nationwide injunctions are originating

CBS News examined federal court data on challenges against the Biden and Trump administrations and found patterns in where the cases were brought.
www.cbsnews.com

US says Trump and Putin needed for breakthrough in Ukraine talks

The US secretary of state says he does not have high expectations for Ukraine-Russia peace talks due to be held in Turkey.
www.bbc.com

'The president's id:' How Stephen Miller is driving Trump's agenda: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Speaker Mike Johnson tries to thread the needle with blue-state Republicans and hard-right conservatives.
www.nbcnews.com

UN rejects US-backed Gaza aid plan, citing lack of neutrality

UN stresses adherence to principles of neutrality and independence in delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com

California Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to rebrand himself ahead of a potential presidential run

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a term-limited Democrat with national ambitions. He's been trying to appeal to the political center as he contemplates his next career move.
apnews.com

US military would be unleashed on enemy drones on the homeland if bipartisan bill passes

New legislation seeks to expand drone defense capabilities at U.S. military bases, following unauthorized drone activity over Langley Air Force Base in 2023.
www.foxnews.com

Trump says the US and Iran have 'sort of' agreed on the terms for a nuclear deal

President Donald Trump says the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal.
apnews.com

Under a cloud of tariffs, Walmart is the latest retailer to announce price hikes

Volley after volley of tariffs — and at times on-again, off-again trade actions — have put companies around the world on edge.
apnews.com

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova to be transferred to Massachusetts

The government has charged Petrova with smuggling lab research into the U.S., a charge that carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years and $250k.
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Trump says U.S. will set tariff rates for most nations within weeks

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump on Friday said his administration will send letters that inform other nations of the tariff rates the U.S. will impose on imports, adding that "it's not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us."

"[W]e have, at the same time, 150 countries that want to make a deal, but you're not able to see that many countries," Mr. Trump said during a Friday business roundtable between the U.S. and United Arab Emirates.

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Trump wraps momentous Middle East trip with economic deals, Syria sanctions relief and warning to Iran

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President Donald Trump on Friday wrapped up a momentous week in the Middle East and is headed home having finished the final leg of his three-nation trip to the UAE.

While the trip, which first included stops in Saudi Arabia and then Qatar, was expected to be largely economically focused with massive investment deals secured with Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi, the president also made geopolitical shockwaves by lifting decades-long sanctions on Syria, issuing another warning to Iran, and downplaying hard fought peace talks between Ukraine and Russia...
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Dem gubernatorial candidate blasted for meltdown over 'shocking' ICE arrest of 2 criminal illegal aliens

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is facing pushback from both her opponent and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after condemning the "shocking" execution of an ICE raid at a Virginia courthouse earlier this month that netted two criminal illegal immigrants.

"I think what we’ve seen most shocking, including here in Charlottesville, has been cases where people haven’t provided identification and have been in some cases masked and in plain clothes," Spanberger, a former Democratic congresswoman and...
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Dem says it's 'obvious now to me' that Biden 'was not in a condition to run for reelection'

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has noted that it is now "obvious" to him that then-President Joe Biden "was not in a condition to run for re-election."

"To rebuild trust, Democrats must be honest. In light of the facts that have come out, Joe Biden should not have run for reelection, and we should have had an open primary," Khanna said in an X post when sharing the link to his appearance on Fox News Channel's "The Story."

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Trump says US has given Iran proposal for nuclear deal

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has given Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal.

"Yeah they have a proposal, but more importantly, they know they have to move quickly or something bad, something bad is going to happen," Trump said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned this week that the United States is facing a critical moment with Iran to curb its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon and limit its uranium enrichment.

U.S. and Iranian officials have held four rounds of talks, primarily in Oman, since Trump took office to address...
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Blue state congressman ditches Dem playbook, seeks to codify Trump's latest executive order

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: While Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has been a vocal opponent of President Donald Trump's tariff and deportation policies, the president's latest executive order targeting prescription drug prices inspired the Silicon Valley congressman to trade political disses for diplomacy.

Khanna proposed legislation on Wednesday to codify Trump's executive order aimed at lowering drug prices, and the Democrat is urging his Republican colleagues to follow his lead, reaching across the aisle to deliver for everyday Americans.

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Senate candidate in hotly contested race slapped with ethics investigation

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The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission decided to move forward Wednesday with an investigation into U.S. Senate candidate Daniel Cameron due to allegations dating back to July 2023 that the then-Kentucky attorney general and gubernatorial candidate solicited campaign donations from a company his office was investigating at the time.

"What’s happening to me is exactly what they did to President Trump: a shameless weaponization of government to take out political opponents," Daniel Cameron told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement...
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Trump budget package in danger as it hits GOP opposition

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Washington — House Republicans have yet to resolve several major disputes that threaten to derail President Trump's domestic policy bill as more conservative members and blue-state Republicans dig in on their demands.

House Speaker Mike Johnson remains committed to putting the legislation, which would extend tax cuts from Mr. Trump's first term while temporarily enacting new ones, on the floor before Memorial Day. The tax measures, as well as increased spending on the military and border security, would be offset partly by cuts to Medicaid, food...
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Judge in Abrego Garcia case to review government's privilege claim

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A federal judge will hear arguments Friday on the government's assertions of privilege to withhold details of what the Trump administration has done to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to a prison in El Salvador as the result of an "administrative error."

Earlier this month, the Trump administration appeared to invoke the state secrets privilege and other privileges to withhold information in the case from Abrego Garcia's attorneys as they continue to seek his release, attorneys for Abrego Garcia...
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Tigray party says ban threatens Ethiopia peace deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The TPLF fought a two-year civil war against the federal government, which ended in 2022.
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Ancient Indian skeleton gets a museum home six years after excavation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The skeleton had been kept in a makeshift shed since its excavation in 2019 due to bureaucratic wrangling.
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Colombian police arrest suspect in Peru mine workers' killings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thirteen men were kidnapped and killed at a gold mine in Pataz district earlier in May.
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LA 2028 Olympics plans air taxi service for spectators

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The aircraft still aren't commercially approved but could offer a way around Los Angeles' notoriously poor traffic.
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Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump ‘unfit' for office

  • News source: Mithil Aggarwal | NBC News
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Speaking at a concert in Manchester, the American singer-songwriter said his country was “in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
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House Republican bill calls for bigger child tax credit. Here's who could benefit

  • News source: Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC
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House Republicans have moved closer to passing President Donald Trump's spending package, which could include a bigger child tax credit.

The House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees taxes, passed its portion of the legislation on Wednesday. While the tax plan could see a full House vote as early as next week, changes could still happen in the Senate.

However, the House-proposed child tax credit boost wouldn't provide relief to the lowest-earning families, according to some policy experts.

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