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2h ago \/ 6:31 PM EST<\/p>\n

Speaker Mike Johnson confirms House will vote on Epstein files tomorrow afternoon<\/h2>\n
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House Speaker Mike Johnson this evening confirmed that the vote on compelling the Justice Department to release its files on Epstein will occur \u201ctomorrow afternoon\u201d but did not provide a specific time.<\/p>\n

Johnson, R-La., declined to say whether he would vote for the measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll know tomorrow,\u201d he told NBC News when he was asked how he\u2019d vote.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Trump should release the files himself, Johnson said: \u201cHe\u2019s for maximum transparency and full release. I\u2019m not sure what else he could say on the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2h ago \/ 6:25 PM EST<\/p>\n

GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville to support Epstein resolution: ‘Let’s just shut them up’<\/h2>\n
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he will support the resolution to release the Epstein files if it makes it to the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure, I\u2019d vote for it,” he told NBC News. “You know, we need, it needs to be released. The president obviously has been doing a lot of other things, and the Democrats have been yelling about it. Let\u2019s just shut them up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has not yet said what he will do if the measure passes the House and is sent to the Senate, but Tuberville\u2019s support for the bill may indicate support for holding a vote, potentially quickly, once it\u2019s in the Senate\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n

Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., who presided over the Senate\u2019s secondslong pro forma session today, told reporters: \u201cI don\u2019t have any problems with data coming out, so lots of people ran on this issue in the last election. So I don\u2019t have any problems with us voting on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While consideration of legislation in the Senate can take days to finish, if all 100 senators agree to move quickly, they could pass the bill as soon as this week, potentially without a roll call vote because they agree to unanimously pass the bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3h ago \/ 4:49 PM EST<\/p>\n

Trump says U.S. will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n
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Trump told reporters this afternoon, ahead of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the White House tomorrow, that the United States will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n

Trump was asked in the Oval Office whether he planned to sell the fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n

“Yeah, we will be doing that,” he responded.<\/p>\n

Trump said Friday that he was “looking at that” when he was asked about selling the fighter jets, saying Saudi Arabia wanted to “buy a lot” of F-35s.<\/p>\n

Trump visited Saudi Arabia in May during his first major trip abroad <\/a>of his second term. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3h ago \/ 4:42 PM EST<\/p>\n

Trump, FIFA head threaten to pull World Cup games from Democratic-led cities<\/h2>\n
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Trump said he would ask FIFA head Gianni Infantino to move World Cup matches from Democratic-led cities such as Seattle at “any sign of trouble.” <\/p>\n

“If we think there\u2019s going to be the sign of any trouble, I would ask Gianni to move that to a different city,” Trump said. <\/p>\n

Trump threatened to move World Cup matches, as well as the Olympics, from Democratic-led cities last month<\/a>, focusing on Boston and Los Angeles. But today he zeroed in on Seattle, calling Mayor-elect Katie Wilson “a very, very liberal\/communist mayor.” <\/p>\n

“If we think there\u2019s going to be a problem,” Trump added, “we\u2019re going to move the event to someplace where it\u2019s going to be appreciated and safe.”<\/p>\n

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<\/span>FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the 2026 World Cup in the Oval Office today.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Win McNamee \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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4h ago \/ 4:09 PM EST<\/p>\n

Trump says he would be open to striking Mexico to target drug traffickers<\/h2>\n
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Trump said this afternoon he would be open to launching strikes in Mexico as part of his administration’s efforts to target drug cartels. <\/p>\n

Asked by a reporter in the Oval Office whether he would launch strikes or put American boots on the ground, Trump said, “OK with me, whatever we have to do to stop drugs.”<\/p>\n

“We know exactly how they get their things here, how they get the drugs here, fentanyl, cocaine,” he said. “Colombia has cocaine factories where they make cocaine. Would I knock out those factories? I would be proud to do it. Personally. I didn\u2019t say I\u2019m doing it, but I would be proud to do it, because we\u2019re going to save millions of lives by doing it.”<\/p>\n

NBC News reported<\/a> this month<\/a> that the Trump administration had begun detailed planning for a mission to target such cartels in Mexico. <\/p>\n

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has repeatedly said<\/a> she opposes U.S. strikes in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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5h ago \/ 3:28 PM EST<\/p>\n

‘Sure I would’: Trump says he would sign bill to release Epstein files if it passes Congress<\/h2>\n
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Trump said he would sign legislation to force the Justice Department to release the files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein if it passes Congress. <\/p>\n

“We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do \u2014 all of his friends were Democrats,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when he was asked whether he would sign the bill if it passes the House and the Senate. <\/p>\n

The House is expected to vote tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Trump said he wants the public to “recognize a great job that I’ve done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down, but they’re going way lower on energy, on ending eight wars and another one coming pretty soon.”<\/p>\n

“You know, we’ve already given 50,000 pages,” Trump said of his administration’s releasing Epstein-related files. “It’s just a Russia, Russia, Russia hoax as it pertains to the Republicans. Now, I believe that many of the people that we, some of the people that we mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein, but they were with him all the time. I wasn’t. I wasn’t at all, and we’ll see what happens.”<\/p>\n

Trump said he doesn’t want Epstein to “detract” from the Republican Party’s “success,” including that “Democrats are totally blamed for the shutdown.”<\/p>\n

“Sure, I would,” Trump eventually said, responding to the question about signing the bill. “Let the Senate look at it. Let anybody look at it, but don’t talk about it too much, because, honestly, I don’t want to take it away from us. It’s really a Democrat problem. The Democrats were Epstein’s friends, all of them, and it’s a hoax.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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5h ago \/ 3:06 PM EST<\/p>\n

Jaime Harrison launches 7-figure push to boost Democrats in rural areas in 2026 races<\/h2>\n
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Former Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison is launching what he calls a seven-figure campaign aimed at \u201cexpanding the map\u201d for Democrats in rural areas and small towns that tend to be friendly to Republicans.<\/p>\n

Harrison told NBC News he believes the 2026 election carries parallels to 2006, when Democrats won in many conservative areas. Harrison, who ran an unsuccessful 2020 campaign for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina and chaired the DNC from 2021 to February, has proven to be an adept fundraiser and is using his PAC, Dirt Road Dems, to push the new campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cDirt Road Dems is unique because most PACs focus on major metros and battlegrounds. They are skating to where the puck is, and we are focused on where the puck is going and should be. We are treating rural communities as winnable and not write-offs,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cWe are building for longevity and not just one cycle.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are focused on the types of districts that we won in 2006 that were not on the DCCC\u2019s radar,\u201d he added, referring to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. \u201cThese are the types of districts that tend to be surprises in wave elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Early targets include House races such as those in South Carolina\u2019s 1st District, North Carolina\u2019s 11th District, Tennessee\u2019s 5th District and Arkansas\u2019s 2nd District, according to a summary provided by Harrison\u2019s team. It includes governor\u2019s races in South Carolina and Alabama and Senate races in Mississippi and Iowa.<\/p>\n

And Harrison may turn heads with\u00a0an early digital ad<\/a>\u00a0buy targeting Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who is running for governor, as \u201cunhinged\u201d and \u201cchildish,\u201d citing some of her recent controversies and inflammatory remarks. The Democratic intervention could \u2014 perhaps intentionally \u2014 boost Mace in her competitive GOP primary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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5h ago \/ 2:49 PM EST<\/p>\n

NYC council member prepares Democratic primary challenge against Hakeem Jeffries <\/h2>\n
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Chi Oss\u00e9, a member of the New York City Council, has filed paperwork to launch a primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n

The campaign filing,\u00a0first reported by Axios\u00a0<\/a>and filed last night with the Federal Election Commission, says Oss\u00e9 is running as a Democrat in New York\u2019s Brooklyn-based 8th District, which Jeffries has represented since 2013.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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5h ago \/ 2:36 PM EST<\/p>\n

Johnson says it’s ‘not surprising’ that Trump is attacking Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/h2>\n
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Trump \u201chas nothing, he\u2019s never had anything to hide\u201d regarding Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe and I had the same concern that we wanted to ensure that victims of these heinous crimes are completely protected from disclosure, those who don\u2019t want their names to be out there\u201d Johnson, R-La., said as he walked to his office in the Capitol. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not sure the discharge does that, and that\u2019s part of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether Trump should stop calling Greene a traitor, Johnson said, \u201cIt\u2019s not surprising that the president was frustrated because of some of the criticisms that Marjorie had been out stating to the media.”<\/p>\n

Johnson said he is focused on \u201cunity in the party, and my encouragement of everybody is to get together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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6h ago \/ 1:54 PM EST<\/p>\n

U.S. carrier arrives in Caribbean in military buildup near Venezuela <\/h2>\n
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The USS Gerald Ford, the nation\u2019s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, has arrived in the Caribbean amid an intensifying show of force in Latin America. The ship arrived after the Trump administration announced it blew up another alleged drug trafficking boat, raising questions about whether Trump will try to oust Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. NBC News\u2019 Gabe Gutierrez reports for “TODAY.”<\/p>\n

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7h ago \/ 1:04 PM EST<\/p>\n

Judge says \u2018missteps\u2019 in James Comey case could result in the charges against him being dismissed <\/h2>\n
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A federal judge in Virginia today ordered prosecutors to turn over grand jury materials in the criminal case against\u00a0former FBI Director James Comey<\/a>\u00a0after he found the government\u2019s handling of the case raises \u201cgenuine issues of misconduct\u201d that could result in dismissal of the charges.<\/p>\n

Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick said in his ruling that\u00a0<\/a>the type of relief Comey\u2019s lawyers are seeking is \u201crarely granted\u201d but that \u201cthe record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding.\u201d The ruling directs the government to turn over the material to Comey\u2019s team by the end of the day.<\/p>\n

Among the missteps Fitzpatrick said he found reviewing the grand jury proceedings were statements to the panel by acting\u00a0U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan,<\/a>\u00a0a former personal lawyer to Trump who had no prosecutorial experience.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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7h ago \/ 12:53 PM EST<\/p>\n

FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend has protective detail because of threats, spokesperson confirms<\/h2>\n
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FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, has a protective detail because she has received death threats, an FBI spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

“Ms. Wilkins is receiving a protective detail because she has faced hundreds of credible death threats related to her relationship with Director Patel, whom she has been dating for three years,” the spokesperson told NBC News. “Out of respect for her safety, we will not be providing additional details.”<\/p>\n

MS NOW first reported <\/a>that Wilkins was being protected by an FBI security detail. <\/p>\n

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., shared the MS NOW story this morning and accused Patel of not adequately protecting Swalwell’s family despite death threats<\/a> against them<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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“I don\u2019t want anything to happen to @FBIDirectorKash or his girlfriend,” Swalwell said in a post. “Protect her if she\u2019s threatened.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just F\u2019d up that he REFUSES to protect me and my kids from MULTIPLE specific death threats,” Swalwell continued. “Same for other Dem colleagues. Can only conclude he wants us dead.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8h ago \/ 12:28 PM EST<\/p>\n

Supreme Court will hear arguments on asylum claim question<\/h2>\n
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The Supreme Court said this morning that it will hear a case this term about whether an individual stopped on the Mexican side of the U.S.\u2013Mexico border \u201carrives in the United States\u201d within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act.<\/p>\n

That law says someone who \u201carrives in the United States\u201d can apply for asylum and must be inspected by an immigration officer. The question asked in the case is at what point someone seeking asylum \u201carrives\u201d in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that asylum-seekers \u201carrive\u201d when they present themselves \u201cto an official at the border,\u201d even though that interaction happened in Mexico, not the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8h ago \/ 11:47 AM EST<\/p>\n

Indiana governor says he spoke with Trump about redistricting<\/h2>\n
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Gov. Mike Braun, R-Ind., said in a post to X<\/a> that he had “a great call” with Trump, where the governor said he conveyed that he was “committed to standing with him on the critical issue of passing fair maps in Indiana to ensure the MAGA agenda is successful in Congress.”<\/p>\n

The call comes one day after Trump slammed Indiana Republicans <\/a>for not pursuing redistricting efforts. The president had also called out Braun, saying that he “perhaps, is not working the way he should to get the necessary Votes.”<\/p>\n

Braun accused the Republican-led state Senate of “hiding behind closed doors” after the GOP state Senate leader announced late last week that there wasn’t enough support to pursue redistricting efforts. The governor urged state lawmakers to take a public vote on redrawing maps. <\/p>\n

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“Hoosiers deserve to know where their legislators stand and expect them to show up for work, not walk out and hide in the dark,” Braun said.<\/p>\n

He framed the redistricting push as a response to gerrymandering in California and Illinois. This year’s redistricting fight was set off by Republicans in Texas redrawing the map to favor their party, prompting other states to respond with pushes to redraw their maps as well. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8h ago \/ 11:46 AM EST<\/p>\n

Trump says he will endorse against Indiana state lawmakers who do not support his redistricting push<\/h2>\n
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Trump said in a post to Truth Social <\/a>that he would be “strongly” endorsing against any Indiana state lawmakers who do not support redistricting efforts. <\/p>\n

His comments came after the state’s Senate Republican leader said there was not enough support to pursue redistricting efforts. On Sunday, Trump criticized a few Indiana Republicans by name. One was later the victim of a swatting incident. <\/a><\/p>\n

“We must keep the Majority at all costs,” Trump said in today’s post. “Republicans must fight back!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8h ago \/ 11:41 AM EST<\/p>\n

Poll: Majorities across parties say \u2018extreme political rhetoric\u2019 was a contributor to Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing<\/h2>\n
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More than 6 in 10 registered voters said they think \u201cextreme political rhetoric\u201d was an important contributor to the killing of\u00a0conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year \u2014 including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents, according to the latest\u00a0NBC News poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The findings represent a grim milestone in America\u2019s reckoning with growing political violence and its root causes. The survey marks the first time, across questions about five different violent incidents over 15 years of NBC News polling, that there has been cross-partisan agreement that rhetoric played an important role in an attack, as opposed to the incident having been more about the actions of a single disturbed person.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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9h ago \/ 10:59 AM EST<\/p>\n

Epstein files measure to go to the House floor tomorrow<\/h2>\n
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House Republican leaders aim to put on the floor tomorrow a resolution to order the Justice Department to release Epstein-related case files, a Republican source familiar with the plan said. <\/p>\n

A conservative House ally of Trump, meanwhile, said Republicans have been widely frustrated with the White House\u2019s dismissive handling of the Epstein saga and have privately encouraged them to shift strategy, including as recently as Friday \u2014 just days before Trump wound up pivoting and supporting the House vote. The White House was also warned that there would likely be Republican defections<\/a> on the floor, as NBC News previously reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10h ago \/ 10:29 AM EST<\/p>\n

Bernie Sanders endorses Randy Villegas, wading into a Democratic fight in a key House battleground <\/h2>\n
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Sen.\u00a0Bernie Sanders<\/a>\u00a0today endorsed Democrat Randy Villegas, a 31-year-old school board trustee and auto shop owner, in a hotly contested battle in California to take on one of the GOP\u2019s most vulnerable House members.<\/p>\n

Villegas and Jasmeet Bains, a doctor and moderate member of the California state Assembly, are both competing in the all-party primary for Republican Rep. David Valadao\u2019s seat. Villegas has centered his campaign around economic populism and is affiliated with the progressive Working Families Party.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10h ago \/ 9:59 AM EST<\/p>\n

Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Trump for \u2018vicious\u2019 attacks after saying her company received a pipe bomb threat<\/h2>\n
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., blasted Trump last night for his attacks against her in recent weeks, suggesting his rhetoric could be responsible for a recent pipe-bomb threat at her construction company as well as hoax pizza deliveries.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s unwarranted and vicious attacks against me were a dog whistle to dangerous radicals that could lead to serious attacks on me and my family,\u201d Greene wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n

Greene warned that Trump and other conservatives calling her a \u201ctraitor\u201d to the Republican Party \u201cputs blood in the water and creates a feeding frenzy. And it could ultimately lead to a harmful or even deadly outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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11h ago \/ 9:18 AM EST<\/p>\n

Indiana lawmaker is the victim of swatting after Trump criticized him over redistricting<\/h2>\n
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An Indiana state senator was the victim of a swatting incident Sunday just hours after Trump <\/a>criticized him and other Republican lawmakers for not redrawing the state\u2019s congressional map, according to the lawmaker and the local sheriff.<\/p>\n

Vigo County Sheriff Derek Fell said in a post on his office\u2019s Facebook account <\/a>that an email was sent to a police department \u201cadvising harm had been done to persons inside a home,\u201d which was Goode\u2019s address.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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12h ago \/ 8:23 AM EST<\/p>\n

Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with activist known for his antisemitic views <\/h2>\n
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Trump yesterday brushed aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson\u2019s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views, which has caused\u00a0a schism within the Republican Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump defended Carlson, saying the former Fox News host has \u201csaid good things about me over the years.\u201d He said if Carlson wants to interview\u00a0Nick Fuentes<\/a>, whose followers see themselves as working to preserve America\u2019s white, Christian identity, then \u201cpeople have to decide.\u201d Trump did not criticize Carlson or Fuentes.<\/p>\n

Fuentes appeared to appreciate Trump\u2019s sentiment, posting \u201cThank you Mr. President!\u201d along with video of his interaction with reporters.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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13h ago \/ 7:21 AM EST<\/p>\n

Trump considers talks with Venezuela\u2019s Maduro even as U.S. ramps up military pressure <\/h2>\n
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Trump said yesterday that he may hold talks with\u00a0Venezuela\u2019s Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>, even as the United States intensified its military pressure with the latest strike on an alleged drug boat and the arrival of its most advanced aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n

The suggestion of a possible diplomatic path to defuse the mounting tensions with the South American country came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. would designate the Cartel de los Soles, a group Washington alleges is run by Maduro, as a foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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13h ago \/ 7:21 AM EST<\/p>\n

FAA will lift emergency flight reductions today <\/h2>\n
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The Federal Aviation Administration will end its flight reduction emergency order today, meaning flights will resume operations as normal, officials announced yesterday.<\/p>\n

The emergency order will officially lift Monday at 6 a.m. ET, ending the reductions that caused mass cancellations and delays at airports. The cuts, which started with a\u00a04% reduction in flights at 40 major airports on Nov. 7<\/a>, were designed to address fatigue and staffing issues among air traffic controllers amid the record-long government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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13h ago \/ 7:21 AM EST<\/p>\n

Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files: \u2018We have nothing to hide\u2019<\/h2>\n
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Trump yesterday called on House Republicans to support the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, dramatically changing course on a flashpoint issue he has long opposed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHouse Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it\u2019s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,\u201d Trump\u00a0wrote on Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just last week, Trump had called the efforts to release the files a \u201choax,\u201d saying Democrats were bringing them up to \u201cdeflect how badly they\u2019ve done on the Shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2h ago \/ 6:31 PM EST Speaker Mike Johnson confirms House will vote on Epstein files tomorrow afternoon House Speaker Mike Johnson this evening confirmed that the vote on compelling the Justice Department to release its files on Epstein will occur \u201ctomorrow afternoon\u201d but did not provide a specific time. Johnson, R-La., declined to say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}