President Trump’s frustration with media coverage of the war on Iran boiled over Thursday when he alleged that reporting from The New York Times was “seditious” and called CNN “stupid” and “the enemy.”
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The partisan battle over authorizing the Iran War has shifted to one of semantics, as the sides haggle over a contentious deadline created by a Vietnam-era law.
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President Trump on Friday suggested that the War Powers Act, which requires presidents to seek congressional authorizations for foreign conflicts, is unconstitutional, as the Iran war hit 60 days, a key milestone under the Vietnam War-era law.
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The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday.
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President Trump ordered the Pentagon on Friday to withdraw about 5,000 U.S. service members from Germany amid his public feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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A federal appeals court late Friday blocked the ability of doctors to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth and dispensed through the mail.
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information on whether its former secretary, Kristi Noem, is still living in government housing.
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Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is pulling out of upcoming Democratic primary debates after Gov. Janet Mills (D), his main party rival for the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins, suspended her bid this week.
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By Alfredo Ortiz, opinion contributor
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OPINION | Senate Republicans have coalesced around a skinny reconciliation bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. But House Republicans should take advantage of their governing majority to pass a broader budget package that builds on last year’s historic tax cuts. This would give them another clear, pro-growth victory to take to voters before Election Day.
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By Bernard Goldberg, opinion contributor
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OPINION | If Cole Allen, the man charged with trying to assassinate President Trump last Saturday night, is found guilty of his crimes, he may very well spend the rest of his life in prison.
This was not some social outcast living on the margins of society. He was an intelligent man who graduated from one of America’s most prestigious research universities — the California Institute of Technology — serving as a leader of the school’s Christian Fellowship.
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By Madison Malone Kircher
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Eric Swalwell was once hailed as “the Snapchat king of Congress” for his prolific use of the app with disappearing messages.
Swalwell had developed a reputation as a digital native, a person who seemed to have a deep understanding of how to harness the power of social media.
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The Federal Reserve’s internal debate over interest rates has turned a corner. Officials are no longer arguing about when to resume cutting. Instead, they are starting to talk about the conditions that would warrant a hike.
The shift came further into view on Friday, when three Fed bank presidents released statements explaining why they had objected on Wednesday to language characterizing the central bank’s next likely move as a cut.
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The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The alert posted Friday by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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By Erin Cox and Clara Ence Morse
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The Supreme Court’s ruling to limit a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act this week adds a new bend to the winding history of Black representation in Congress, fueling fear from civil rights leaders that history will repeat itself and reverse years of gains.
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