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The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.″ White House budget director Russ Vought criticized the lab in a social media post Tuesday night and said a comprehensive review of the lab is underway. “Vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location,″ Vought said. The research lab, which houses the largest federal research program

Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado

New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ offer pointed descriptions of predecessors

Stumbles in the search for a Brown University shooter led to the wrong man

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$1 billion in de minimis tariff revenue has been collected since loophole closed

The US government has collected $1 billion in de minimis tariff revenue since rolling back the exemption on low-value packages this spring, according to new data that Customs and Border Protection shared exclusively with CNN.The exemption applied to goods worth less than $800 and contributed to the proliferation of American shoppers on Chinese e-commerce sites like Temu, Shein and Alibaba. But CBP data suggests that with those duties now in place, Americans have trimmed their purchases.President Donald Trump initially closed the loophole for goods from China and Hong Kong in May and later appl

California threatens Tesla with 30-day suspension of sales license for deceptive self-driving claims

Trump's push to make oil drilling cheap again squeezes some states more than others

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Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame

Months after President Donald Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display, deepening his fingerprints on the White House’s aesthetic and continuing his effort to bend the telling of history to his liking. From “Sleepy Joe” Biden references to painting Republican icon Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump, the plaques include bombastic language written in Trumpian style. The installation is the Republican president's latest move to shape the White House in his image, an

Meet the 4 Republicans who defied House Speaker Mike Johnson on ACA subsidies

The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

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GOP centrists choose nuclear option in fight with Mike Johnson over Obamacare

A bloc of House GOP centrists just made the ultimate hardball play against Speaker Mike Johnson — agreeing to help Democrats effectively seize control of the Republican agenda by forcing a vote on their own bill on the looming Obamacare subsidies cliff.The stunning blow to Johnson comes after weeks of tense infighting among GOP leaders, moderates and hardliners that failed to produce any Republican fix for the end of month Obamacare deadline. It’s an act of protest that is unusual even in this fractious and unruly House, with four moderate Republicans agreeing to deliver a major floor w

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Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trumphad criminally conspired to over the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by The Associated Press. Smith also said investigators had accrued “powerful evidence” Trump broke the law by hoarding classified documents from his first term as president at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and by obstructing govern

Jack Smith testifies in closed-door hearing that it was his decision to charge Trump, according to testimony obtained by CNN

Candace Owens won’t take back conspiracies about Charlie Kirk’s death after meeting with Erika Kirk

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Norman Podhoretz, contentious and influential neo-conservative, has died

Norman Podhoretz, the boastful, hard-line editor and author whose books, essays and stewardship of Commentary magazine marked a political and deeply personal break from the left and made him a leader of the neo-conservative movement, has died. He was 95. Podhoretz died “peacefully and without pain” Tuesday night, his son John Podhoretz confirmed in a statement on Commentary's website. His cause of death was not immediately released. “He was a man of great wit and a man of deep wisdom and he lived an astonishing and uniquely American life,” John Podhoretz sa

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Trump orders ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving Venezuela

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ordering a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving from Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure against leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime and suggesting an economic motive to the US’ military campaign in the region.Punctuating the words “total and complete blockade” in capital letters in a Truth Social post, Trump pointed to the large collection of US military assets in the region, suggested more could be coming and took aim at Maduro’s regime by name. He also suggested Venezuela give up land, oil and assets

Who is Nick Reiner’s attorney, Alan Jackson?

Federal judge indicates he won’t halt the White House ballroom project

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The Latest: 4 Republicans join Democrats on extending ACA subsidies, defying Speaker Johnson

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. House Republican leaders have instead pushed a GOP health care bill that does not address the soaring monthly premiums people will soon endure as the tax credits for those who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire. Trump says he will address the nation on Wednesday night: Tr

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Susie Wiles offered unflattering assessments of her colleagues to Vanity Fair. In return, they showered her with praise

Of all the blunt assessments White House chief of staff Susie Wiles shared with Vanity Fair over the past year, perhaps her sharpest words were aimed at Attorney General Pam Bondi.In remarks the magazine published Tuesday, Wiles said that Bondi “completely whiffed” in her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files — an issue that has animated many of President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and generated months of political headaches for the White House.Bondi, however, quickly stood by her “dear friend” and fellow Floridian, joining others in publicly closing ranks and inste

What to know about the upcoming Epstein files release

Accused gunman in Bondi Beach shooting charged with 15 counts of murder

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Warner Bros recommends investors reject Paramount's offer in favor of Netflix's

Warner Bros. Discovery is recommending its shareholders reject an unsolicited buyout offer from Paramount Skydance in favor of a rival bid from Netflix it said will better serve their interests and the entertainment company's audiences. The Warner board said in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that Paramount’s “inferior” offer carried “significant risks and costs,” in large part because it relies heavily on borrowed money – whereas the Netflix offer is backed by a company worth more than $400 billion. Warner, which owns the Warner Bros. Pictures mo

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The Philippines’ long battle against Islamist extremism is back in the spotlight following Bondi attack

As Australian authorities try to retrace the steps and understand the motivations of the Bondi Beach gunmen who killed 15 people on Sunday, one key focus has emerged: their travel to the Philippines last month, shortly before the attack.Officials say father-son duo Sajid and Naveed Akram journeyed to a southern part of the archipelago nation that has endured a painful history of Islamic extremism.They stayed in the country for nearly a month; then, two weeks after departing, they carried out their massacre on the famed Sydney beach, targeting a Jewish celebration in what was Australia’s wors