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A currently vacant building under heavy renovation at an address associated with a contribution to President Donald Trump, is photographed May 2, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump wants an investigation of Democrats’ fundraising. His own campaign has issues

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and STEVE PEOPLES
Updated 10:08 AM CDT, May 27, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump directed his attorney general last month to investigate online fundraising, he cited concerns that foreigners and fraudsters were using elaborate “schemes“ and “dummy accounts” to funnel illegal contributions to politicians and causes.

Instead of calling for an expansive probe, however, the president identified just one potential target: ActBlue, the Democrats’ online fundraising juggernaut, which has acknowledged receiving over 200 potentially illicit contributions last year from foreign internet addresses.

Trump’s announcement contained a glaring omission — his political committees also received scores of potentially problematic contributions.

An Associated Press review of donations to Trump over the past five years found 1,600 contributions from donors who live abroad, have close ties to foreign interests or failed to disclose basic information, often making it difficult, if not impossible, to identify them and verify the legality of their donations Among those was $5,000 linked to a derelict building, and $5,000 from a Chinese businessman who listed a La Quinta Inn as his address. Another sizable donation — $1 million — was made by the wife of an African oil and mining magnate.

It’s against the law for U.S. candidates and political committees to accept contributions from foreign nationals. Laws also place strict limits on donation amounts and prohibit the laundering of contributions to get around legal caps. For the most part, such donations have been policed by campaigns and the Federal Election Commission, with only the most egregious examples being targeted by federal law enforcement. ...

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Court strikes down Trump's tariffs, ruling them illegal

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A federal court on Wednesday froze many of the large-scale tariffs imposed by President Trump on virtually every foreign nation, ruling the levies exceed the president's legal authority.

The ruling — issued by a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade — focused on the sweeping 10% tariffs the president assessed on virtually every U.S. trading partner last month, with higher tariffs threatened for dozens of countries.

The court said the economic emergency powers law cited by Mr. Trump during his April rollout of the global tariffs...
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Two individuals to be identified from Korean War remains

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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On "The Takeout," Director of Defense for POW and MIA Accounting Agency Kelly McKeague said "in the next week," two individuals will be identified among Korean War remains repatriated from North Korea.
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Trump admin working to fly back Guatemala migrant erroneously deported from US

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration told a federal judge on Wednesday it is working to charter a plane to return to the U.S. an immigrant from Guatemala who was deported in March without due process and despite fears of persecution.

The Justice Department said in a court filing Wednesday that they are working to return the individual, identified only as O.C.G., to the U.S.

The update is significant, and marks the first known instance that the Trump administration appears to be complying with a federal court's order to return to the U.S. a migrant who was...
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Senators condemn fatal shooting of Israeli embassy employees as families mourn

  • News source: FOX News
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A community in Kansas gathered to celebrate the life of Israeli Embassy employee Sarah Milgrim Tuesday after she was fatally shot alongside her boyfriend, fellow Israeli Embassy employee Yaron Lischinsky, leaving the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington last week.

Lischinsky had purchased an engagement ring and was planning to propose to Milgrim before they were both killed, those close to the couple said. The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder; murder of foreign officials, a federal capital offense; and...
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Senators go to Canada to meet PM Carney, smooth Trump tariff, 51st-state tensions

  • News source: FOX News
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A bipartisan group of senators, led by North Dakota Republican Kevin Cramer and New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, recently traveled to Ottawa, Ontario, to help ease rising tensions between the U.S. and Canada.

The quintet, which also included Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., was photographed glad-handing Prime Minister Mark Carney, a liberal who had been aided in his election over conservative favorite Pierre Poilievre in part due to American right-wing overtures.

As the lone Republican, Cramer was in the...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: AOC Thaws Out 'Abolish ICE' Pitch to Fire Up Fundraising

  • News source: FOX News
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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-Jeanine Pirro sworn in as DC's interim US Attorney, pledging 'no more mercy for criminals'

-White House sending $9.4 billion DOGE cuts package to Congress next week

-Federal judge refuses to reconsider order to facilitate deportee's return to US

Republicans are ripping progressive New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for renewing her call to abolish U.S...
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Pentagon eyes 50% reduction in permanent changes of station as military families brace for moving high season

  • News source: FOX News
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Just ahead of summer, the high season when military families are packing up for another round of having to relocate, known as permanent change of station (PCS) moves, the Pentagon is now signaling a dramatic shift in policy that could reshape military life for years to come.

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a memo ordering all military branches to update their PCS policies in an effort to slash relocation spending by half by fiscal year 2030.

The May 22 memo directs each service to focus on cutting discretionary travel for...
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Blue state governor sounds off about ‘disturbing’ ICE operations on affluent liberal islands

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Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey is sounding off about her frustrations with ICE’s latest operations in her state, saying she found it "disturbing" to hear about the arrests of some 40 illegal immigrants in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.

ICE, working with several other federal law enforcement agencies, conducted a series of immigration enforcement operations in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday. An ICE statement said "around 40" individuals were arrested as a result of the operations, including an MS-13 gang member and at...
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Cuomo says he'll raise NYC's minimum wage to $20 an hour if elected mayor

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic New York City mayoral candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that, if elected, he would seek to raise the city's minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2027.

"The businesspeople are going to say, 'Oh, no, you can't raise the minimum wage, because that's going to slow the economy," Cuomo said at a campaign rally, addressing prospective critics of such a plan.

"Baloney – not to use another word.

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"Their pundits are going say, 'Oh, it's going be...
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Trump bristles over "nasty question" about "TACO" trade. Here's why.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A new acronym is popping up on Wall Street to explain investors' reaction to President Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs: TACO.

Coined by Financial Times journalist Robert Armstrong in a May 2 column, the tongue-in-cheek term stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out." That phrase is meant to describe a pattern of stocks plunging when the Trump administration announces stiff new tariffs, then surging when Mr. Trump eases up on them days or weeks later.

Since Armstrong's column, Mr. Trump has pulled back on import duties on two other major U.S...
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Pentagon ends "What did you do last week?" email requirement for civilians

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Pentagon is no longer requiring civilian employees to send emails listing out five things they accomplished each week, winding down an initiative driven partly by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

The five-bullet-point email requirement ended on Wednesday, according to the Defense Department, and employees were instructed to send a final email identifying one specific thing the Pentagon could cut to root out waste.

"This initiative provided leaders and supervisors with additional insights into their employees' contributions...
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217 days and counting: Trump's rules slow the release of migrant children to their families

  • News source: Cedar Attanasio and Amanda Seitz | The Associated
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Dressed in a pink pullover, the 17-year-old girl rested her head in her hands, weighing her bleak options from the empty room of a shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York.

During a video call into an immigration courtroom in Manhattan, she listened as a lawyer explained to a judge how new regulations imposed by President Donald Trump's administration — for DNA testing, income verification and more — have hobbled efforts to reunite her with her parents in the U.S. for more than 70 days.

As the administration’s aggressive efforts to curtail migration have...
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Trump pardons former GOP congressman Michael Grimm

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump has signed off on a full pardon for former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York, according to a White House official.

Grimm, a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and related charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before joining Congress. Prosecutors said he underreported wages and revenue to the government, and that he filed false tax documents. Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison.

Grimm, who joined Congress in 2011, resigned from Congress in January 2015.

In September 2014, Grimm...
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Tanks, trucks, howitzers from Texas are headed to DC for Trump's military parade

  • News source: Adam Tuss, News4 Anchor & Transportation
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We're just a few weeks away from what's expected to be a massive military parade in D.C. President Donald Trump is planning the parade for June 14 to coincide with the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. It's also his birthday.

New details are taking shape as the date gets closer.

The parade is expected to take place along Constitution Avenue between 15th and 23rd streets, with more than 100 military vehicles expected to be part of it.

For the first time, we're starting to get a look at some of those military vehicles. Huge tanks are being loaded...
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