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Pentagon places 1,500 active-duty soldiers on standby for possible Minneapolis deployment
The Pentagon has placed about 1,500 active-duty soldiers on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis. The soldiers would deploy if the...
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Draft of plan for Gaza Board of Peace floats $1b membership
Draft of plan for Gaza Board of Peace floats $1b membership. Bloomberg first reported on Saturday night that a draft charter from the Trump...
Minneapolis Unrest Escalates
President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to end ongoing protests in Minneapolis against federal immigration enforcement....
Senate Democrats demand answers on oil executives’ role in Trump Venezuela intervention talks
Senate Democrats are pressing the Justice Department and Treasury Department to clarify whether Trump administration officials and oil executives...
US oil firms juggle Venezuela opportunity, investor concern ahead of White House pitch
The Trump administration is pitching U.S. oil companies on investing in Venezuela, highlighting potential gains from the country’s vast oil...
Trump Blasts Putin’s “Crazy” Ukraine Onslaught, Weighs More Russia Sanctions – Also Tells Zelenskiy to “Shut Up”
Washington, D.C.: President Trump condemned President Putin as “absolutely CRAZY” following Russia’s largest drone attack on Ukraine but...
House Passes Trump’s Sweeping “Big, Beautiful Bill” Slashing $1.1 Trillion in Social Spending
Washington, D.C.: In a narrow 215–214 vote, the GOP-led House approved President Trump’s flagship “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” cutting $1.1...
Trump Threatens to Redirect $3 Billion in Harvard Grant Money to Trade Schools Amid Ongoing Dispute
Washington, D.C., USA: Former President Donald Trump signaled an intent to reallocate $3 billion in federal grant money earmarked for Harvard...
Pardon Attorney Ed Martin Reviews Jan. 6 Ringleader Stewart Rhodes’ Application; Concerns Raised Over Political Agenda
Washington, D.C., USA: Ed Martin, newly installed at the Justice Department as pardon attorney, is fast-tracking an application from Stewart...
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