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      <title>Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax'</title>
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      <description>In an Oval Office appearance Wednesday, Trump made clear that he was done with the Epstein story, regardless of what his supporters think.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:03:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pam Bondi dodges questions on Epstein and Bongino amid Justice Department turmoil</title>
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      <description>With some high profile-members of President Donald Trump's base calling for her resignation, Bondi made clear she intends to remain attorney general.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Senate Republicans pave way for $9 billion spending rollback</title>
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      <description>The Senate vote was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Judge orders release of trans asylum seeker detained outside Portland courtroom</title>
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      <description>A transgender woman who reported fleeing violence in Mexico, O-J-M was the first asylum seeker detained by ICE outside a Portland immigration courtroom in June.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ice cream giants commit to nix artificial dyes by 2028, federal health officials say</title>
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      <description>Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the dyes and pressured manufacturers to remove them from foods.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:17:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling</title>
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      <description>Among the most important decisions is where to put management of federal student loans, a $1.6 trillion portfolio affecting nearly 43 million borrowers.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mother, children detained at Canada border held in federal custody for nearly 2 weeks, U.S. rep says</title>
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      <description>Rep. Maxine Dexter said the four children are U.S. citizens and that the family has been detained since June 28 at a Washington CBP facility.</description>
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      <title>Judge expected to issue injunction against WA law designating clergy as mandatory reporters</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:38:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump to make unprecedented second state visit to UK in September</title>
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      <description>Trump, who is a big supporter of the royal family, particularly of the monarch, will be accompanied by his wife, Melania Trump during the three-day visit.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:16:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say</title>
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      <description>The firings are part of a broader wave of terminations that have roiled the department for months.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 01:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A year after Trump's near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man</title>
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      <description>One year after an attempted assassination on now President Trump that killed one and and critically injured two, friends and aides say he's "more appreciative."</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:40:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump says he's considering 'taking away' Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship</title>
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      <description>The two have criticized each other publicly for years, an often bitter back-and-forth that predates Trump’s involvement in politics.</description>
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      <title>DOGE sprouts in red states, as governors embrace the cost-cutter brand and make it their own</title>
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      <description>At least 26 states have initiated DOGE-style efforts of varying kinds, according to the Economic Policy Institute based in Washington, D.C.</description>
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      <title>Authorities say 200 immigrants arrested in raids on 2 Southern California farms</title>
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      <description>The raids occurred Thursday at farms that grow tomatoes, cucumbers and cannabis as authorities clad in helmets and uniforms faced off with the demonstrators.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:49:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response</title>
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      <description>“It's a horrible thing,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House.</description>
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      <title>More than 1,300 State Dept. employees fired Friday in latest purge under Trump</title>
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      <title>David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, has died</title>
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      <title>Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between Bondi and Bongino at the Justice Department</title>
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      <description>The Justice Department and FBI faced backlash after releasing footage and saying the supposed Epstein “client list” does not exist.</description>
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      <title>Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, Trump administration says</title>
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      <title>Israel says Iran could reach enriched uranium at a nuclear site hit by US</title>
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      <title>Dept. of Education announces they'll start interest accumulation on SAVE plan loans in weeks</title>
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