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Michael Whatley, RNC chairman endorsed by Trump, launches Senate bid in North Carolina

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley launched his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat Thursday, equipped with President Donald Trump’s endorsement and a large fundraising network for a potential general election bid against formidable Democrat Roy Cooper. The ...
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Trump ally Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred over 2020 election effort, DC panel says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday. Clark, who is now overseeing a federal ...
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Democratic senator proposes new safeguards to keep TikTok online

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic Senator Ed Markey on Thursday proposed new national security safeguards that would ensure TikTok could remain online as the fate of the short video app used by 170 million Americans remains uncertain. Congress last year passed legislation to force China’s ...
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Trump to sign order to revive Presidential Fitness Test for students

(WASHINGTON) -- Kids in America's public schools will soon be lacing up their sneakers for the Presidential Fitness Test as President Donald Trump is set to announce its return more than a decade after it was discontinued.Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday ...
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1,350 more National Guard members withdrawn from Los Angeles

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Pentagon has announced that 1,350 more federalized members of the California National Guard will be withdrawn from the security mission in Los Angeles that started in early June following protests against immigration raids carried out by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ...
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Federal government paying 154,000 people not to work

(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the deferred resignation program, an administration official confirmed to ABC News.The updated figure, first reported by the Washington Post, includes thousands of government workers across dozens ...
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US Senate committee backs $1 billion for Ukraine in Pentagon spending bill

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A powerful U.S. Senate committee approved a military spending bill on Thursday that includes about $1 billion to support Ukraine, despite President Donald Trump’s administration having asked Congress to eliminate such funding in its budget request. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved ...
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Bessent tries to clarify comments suggesting Social Security could be privatized

(WASHINGTON) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to walk back his suggestion that the so-called Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a "back door" to start privatizing Social Security.Bessent made the comments in an interview with Breitbart while he was speaking at ...
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Illinois Democratic Rep. Danny Davis says he won’t seek reelection after 15 terms in Congress

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year after 15 terms in office, making him the latest longtime Illinois Democrat to announce their retirement from Congress. Davis, 83, sits on the powerful House Committee on Ways and ...
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NTSB questions flight training procedures during congressional hearings over January plane crash

(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday continued to grill officials from the Army, air traffic controllers and members from the Federal Aviation Administration over protocols following the January deadly air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet approaching Ronald Reagan ...
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Former Biden adviser Mike Donilon testifying in House committee probe into Biden mental fitness

(WASHINGTON) -- Mike Donilon, former President Joe Biden's senior adviser, is appearing for a closed-door interview on Thursday in the House Oversight Committee's probe into the former president's mental fitness while in office.Donilon, one of Biden's oldest and closest advisers, is speaking before the ...
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US Treasury chief says he expects Fed chair announcement by year’s end

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday he is pulling together a list of potential candidates to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve and that he expects an announcement by the end of the year. “We are putting together a very good list ...
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