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Smallest team, biggest pitch

While Curaçao’s players were training for their match against in Ecuador, government officials from the World Cup’s smallest-ever competitor hosted a two-day conference in Kansas City to promote it...

Obama Presidential Center follows widely-mocked ‘stolen land’ acknowledgment with Native American dance show

Critics mocked the Obama Presidential Center's 'land acknowledgement' as performative, while the center hosted Native American dance performances Saturday.

The Iranian MOU could hold the peace — but it doesn’t solve all the longterm issues

“Versailles is the real deal,” said President Trump when his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron...

D.L. Hughley calls White House UFC crowd ‘racists’ in social media tirade

Comedian D.L. HUGHLEY criticizes UFC event at White House: "Only 2 kinds of ppl went to the Whitehouse ... for that UFC event!! Racists and ppl who have no problem with racists ... America hates black ppl waaaay more than it hates pedophiles! Fight Me!"

Son of crypto-friendly senator raises $30 million for derivative exchange startup

Embracing crypto is seemingly turning into a family affair for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, whose 22-year-old son is reportedly planning to launch his own derivative exchange.

Cornyn signals Trump highway bill may not be priority after primary loss

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is backing off a push to dedicate a Texas highway after President Trump, signaling that it may no longer be high on his priority list following his defeat in last month’s GOP Senate primary runoff. Cornyn introduced legislation in May to rename U.S. Highway 287 as Interstate 47 in honor of...

Texas teen death prompts Celsius caffeine investigation

Energy drink consumption for minors can have ill effects, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Tensions grow between Trump and Senate GOP: Five takeaways

Tensions are rising between President Trump and Senate Republicans, and their disagreements spilled into public view this week when GOP senators repeatedly used amendment votes on a $70 billion budget reconciliation bill to create distance from the president. Three Republican senators facing tough races in November — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), John Husted (Ohio) and...

The Memo: Trump upends expectations with idea of meeting Iran’s supreme leader

President Trump upended expectations yet again when he told reporters Thursday that he would be “honored” to meet Iran’s supreme leader in the event of a peace deal. “If we make a deal, it’s possible that I would meet him,” the president said in the Oval Office. The idea of a meeting between Trump and...

Republicans face high stakes for their crammed summer agenda 

Republicans in Congress are staring down a busy to-do list now that they’re nearing the end of the arduous process to fund immigration enforcement agencies. But they’re keenly aware that time to legislate is quickly running down before the upcoming midterm elections, even as they know that accomplishing GOP priorities is crucial to keeping their...

Trump’s DC beautification fixation worries some Republicans as midterms loom

President Trump’s focus on repair and beautification projects around Washington, D.C., risks backfiring on Republicans ahead of the midterms as the issue of affordability takes center stage across the country. Just this week, Trump began an unrelated executive order signing and an energy announcement in the Oval Office talking about the completion of repairs of...

USDA confirms second screwworm fly found in Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population. A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected cases,” according...

Ex-CIA officer accused of stealing gold bars must stay jailed: Judge

The judge told the defense they can request another hearing if new evidence supporting Rush's release is found.

DOJ confirms in court filing ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘will not’ continue

The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is effectively dead, the Justice Department (DOJ) told a federal court on Friday, while also asking it to reject a challenge brought by a former federal prosecutor and several others. Two DOJ attorneys wrote in a filing in the Eastern District of Virginia that the compensation fund...

New York passes data center moratorium and consumer protections

The New York State Senate and Assembly passed three bills regulating data centers, surveillance pricing, and digital stalking, while abandoning other environmental, housing, and entertainment measures, leaving them to be signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.

DOGE plan would have marked 2.7M living people as dead: Whistleblower

A plan to mark 2.7M living people as dead was part of an immigration enforcement push, a whistleblower alleges.

Texas GOP House member’s chief of staff faces firearm charges

A top staffer for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is facing several firearm charges months after he allegedly attempted to bring a firearm into the U.S. Capitol complex. Luis Vega, Sessions’s chief of staff, was charged on Wednesday with two counts in connection with the alleged incident that happened days before Christmas last year, according to...

US military shoots down 4 Iranian drones heading toward Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones Friday that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz and posed an imminent threat to maritime traffic, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom).  The U.S. military then struck an Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk, a city in Hormozgan province, and on Qeshm...

FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire

Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it will be following through with plans to conduct a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, responding to months of pressure...

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