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Trump Posts New Passport Featuring His Photo
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (294+ words) President Donald Trump unveiled a new rendering of a special commemorative US passport bearing his likeness Friday, debuting a limited-edition passport to mark America's 250th anniversary this year," CNN reports. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief…...
Millions of Americans Drop Obamacare Plans
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (143+ words) Nearly four million people who signed up for Affordable Care Act plans this year have already dropped their coverage after the loss of subsidies resulted in sharply higher costs," the Wall Street Journal reports. The Department of Health and Human…...
Texas Approves Required Reading List with Bible Stories
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (310+ words) The state education board in Texas approved a required reading list for K-12 students on Friday that includes several Bible passages " part of a wider state push from the right to include Christian teachings in the classroom," NOTUS reports. Goddard spent…...
Bill Pulte Picks GOP Election Operative for Spy Agency Job
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (140+ words) Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, has installed as his chief of staff a woman who worked on election-related issues for the Republican National Committee," the New York Times reports. Christina Norton, the former RNC official, has also…...
Pete Hegseth Courts Congress After Months of Snubbing
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (147+ words) Wall Street Journal: "Hegseth has spent much of his tenure as Pentagon chief largely snubbing Congress. His appearances before committees on Capitol Hill often turn contentious, frustrating both Republicans and Democrats who say they want more answers on the Iran…...
Trump Set for Awkward World Cup Trophy Moment
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (147+ words) No matter who is in the final World Cup match, there could be some awkwardness in New Jersey on July 19 when US President Donald Trump presents the trophy," CNN reports. Trump has made war on one country in the tournament…...
NATO Chief's Playbook Is Showing Trump the Money
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (338+ words) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has crystallized his playbook when it comes to Donald Trump's relationship with the alliance: Make it about the money," Politico reports. His sales pitch to the president last year centered around Europeans increasing their military…...
Trump Jokes He Could Be Greatest Communist
7+ hour, 13+ min ago (112+ words) President Trump joked that he could be "the greatest communist in history" as he blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's newly approved rent freeze and a trio of socialist triumphs in House primary elections, the New York Post reports....
Trump Revives Communist Rhetoric for Midterm Push
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (145+ words) President Donald Trump denounced Democrats as communists after self-described democratic socialists won primaries in New York this week, previewing a new emphasis for his campaigning in this year's midterms," the Washington Post reports. While new to his recent speeches, the…...
U. S. Launches Fresh Attacks on Iran
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (113+ words) The U. S. launched a fresh attack on Iran Friday just one day after Tehran struck a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest sign a fragile ceasefire between the two countries is breaking apart," the Wall Street Journal reports. CNBC:…...