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Trump says he will not attend son Donald Trump Jr’s wedding

May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he won't be attending the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson because he has to stay in Washington for government business. "While I very much wanted ...
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Gabbard resigns as Trump’s top US intelligence official

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday she is resigning from her job as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, saying her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from ...
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Trump lashes out at Republicans amid revolt over $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump attacked outgoing Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on Friday, calling him a "RINO" -- an acronym for "Republican in Name Only" -- and a "quitter" as he appeared to acknowledge the ongoing revolt among some in his own party."I called ...
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Republican revolt over Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund stalls ICE funding vote

By Richard Cowan, David Morgan, Bo Erickson and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans abandoned plans to vote on funding for immigration enforcement on Thursday in a revolt against one of President Donald Trump's priorities: a $1.8 billion fund for victims ...
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Democrats release ‘autopsy’ on 2024 US election loss but reject findings

By Joseph Ax May 21 (Reuters) - Bowing to pressure from within its ranks, the Democratic National Committee released on Thursday its long‑withheld "autopsy" of Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race - only to quickly disavow it. ...
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Judges in Maine and Wisconsin dismiss Justice Department’s attempts to force turnover of voter rolls

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin on Thursday dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over detailed voter registration information. U.S. District Judge James Pederson in Wisconsin said the state's voter registration ...
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Democratic power players launch bipartisan effort to ‘sabotage-proof’ elections

(WASHINGTON) -- A group of mostly Democratic strategists and power players are rebuilding a political action committee meant to fortify election-defense infrastructure ahead of 2028 by focusing on often overlooked state offices that control election administration, litigation and certification.The group, Democracy Defenders, which previously ...
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Supreme Court narrowly spares ‘intellectually disabled’ murderer from execution

(WASHINGTON) -- In a rare move on Thursday, the Supreme Court spared the life of an "intellectually disabled" death row inmate, dismissing an appeal by Alabama officials who claimed the man's multiple IQ scores show he is competent and eligible for execution.The justices were ...
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Republicans eyeing restrictions on Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund,’ tossing $1B for ballroom: Sources

(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans are poised to block funding for two of President Donald Trump's controversial spending wishes: $1 billion for the East Wing expansion and nearly $1.8 billion for an "Anti-Weaponization Fund," two people familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.Republicans are ...
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Minnesota hunger non-profit leader gets 41 years in prison for $250 million fraud scheme

May 19 (Reuters) - The leader of a Minnesota non-profit group was sentenced to 41 years in prison on Thursday after she was convicted last year of being the ringleader of a $250 million scheme to defraud a federally funded child nutrition program. Aimee Bock, ...
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Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy that criticizes Kamala Harris

NEW YORK (AP) - Kamala Harris "wrote off rural America" during the 2024 presidential campaign and failed to attack Donald Trump with sufficient "negative firepower," according to a long-awaited post-election autopsy released on Thursday by the Democratic National Committee. The committee's chair, Ken Martin, ...
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Democratic senators raise alarm over foreign investment in Paramount, Warner Bros merger

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A group of six Democratic senators have expressed serious concerns about planned foreign ownership interests, including from Gulf sovereign wealth funds, in the proposed $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger. Last month, Paramount Skydance asked the Federal Communications ...
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