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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday sent a warning to President Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “bluffing” about being open to peace, ahead of a high-stakes summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders in Alaska set for Friday.  Zelensky made his remarks alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in remarks following a video conference...

Actor Sylvester Stallone, disco singer Gloria Gaynor and rock band KISS will be recognized as Kennedy Center Honors recipients, in the first awards gala held since President Trump's overhaul of Washington's prominent arts destination. Trump announced the honorees at the performing arts center on Wednesday, where he also said he would host the gala. British...

A federal appeals court voted 2-1 on Wednesday to lift an order requiring the Trump administration to resume billions of dollars in foreign aid payments.  The divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel found a lower judge erred when he restored the flow of funds in March. Two groups of grant...

President Trump on Wednesday blasted news outlets for “unfair” coverage of his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that he expects criticism from the media whether a "good" deal comes out of the summit or not. Trump pointed to networks promoting quotes from former officials-turned-critics, including ex-national security adviser John Bolton, who has...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said on Tuesday that his state would redraw its House maps after President Trump failed to respond to a letter the governor sent him urging Trump to have red states call off redistricting efforts.  “DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!! CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE...

When Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, one of the unusual concessions was a condition that allows the state to split into additional states.

President Trump will speak with European allies on Wednesday morning, two days before he is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Leaders are working to guard against the worst-case scenario: Trump aligning Putin to push a bad deal for Ukraine. While the president has expressed increased frustration with Putin and Russia’s attacks on...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) shot back at President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on Tuesday, decrying the move as an “authoritarian push” by the administration. “This is a time where community needs to jump in, um, and we all need to, to do what we can in our space in...

Shareholders do not deserve this massive windfall and, more importantly, allowing them to profit would raise the risk of another financial crisis. 

A chasm has emerged between two Texas Republican Senate candidates in the legal fight against Democrats who fled the state to block a redistricting push. State GOP leaders are pushing several courts to clear the way for lawmakers to achieve a quorum and pass a new House map. It has also become a shadow war...

National Guard troops have started showing up in the nation's capital after President Trump activated them to patrol Washington's streets, arguing that crime has gotten out of control.  The District of Columbia Army National Guard began patrolling the streets on Tuesday and a group of service members met with Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll....

Wrangel Island was seized by the Bolsheviks in 1881, its American inhabitants arrested.

Research finds most lean mass loss was from organs, not skeletal muscle

House Judiciary Democrats are launching a probe into the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to a lower security prison, arguing the move creates “the strong appearance that it is attempting to cover up the full extent of the relationship between President Trump and Mr. Epstein.” Maxwell, a close associate of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein, met with...