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Trump says he will nominate acting AG Todd Blanche to permanently lead Justice Department

President Trump announces plans to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice after Pam Bondi's firing....

Rubio torches Democrat after bizarre hearing questions about his shoes: 'Is this a circus?'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing "a circus" after Democratic California Rep. Sara Jacobs questioned him about shoes gifted by Trump....

Gov. Mikie Sherrill accuses ICE of denying her access to Newark detention facility Delaney Hall

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill accuses ICE of denying her access to Delaney Hall detention facility amid allegations of unsafe conditions inside....

Bessent flips script on Dem senator with reminder about his son's past ties to Epstein

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Sen. Ron Wyden about his son's emails with Jeffrey Epstein during a tense budget hearing exchange....

Rep. Al Green tells Homeland Security Sec. Mullin to 'shut up' after calling him a racist at hearing

Rep. Al Green called Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin a racist during a House committee meeting on funding and repeatedly told him to shut up....

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S&P 500 futures fall after index snaps 9-day win streak amid rising Middle East tensions: Live updates

Rising oil prices and Treasury yields weighed all three major indexes lower on Wednesday....

SpaceX targets $135 IPO price at valuation of $1.77 trillion

The valuation would make Elon Musk's company the seventh-biggest in the U.S., above Tesla, which has a market cap of about $1.6 trillion....

Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers

Amazon engineers called out their employer for conducting mass layoffs while it commits to spending $200 billion this year on AI infrastructure....

Flesh-eating screwworm is confirmed in the U.S., officials say

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Broadcom stock plunges on weak software sales, unchanged AI chip forecast for the year

Broadcom reported fiscal second-quarter results on Wednesday and missed estimates for revenue....

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The Democrats’ Big Decision: Black Representation or More Blue Seats?

As Republicans break up majority-Black House districts, Democrats must decide whether to preserve seats concentrated in urban areas or push them into white suburbs to target G.O.P. seats....

With His New Museum, Obama Offers a Trip to a Parallel America

The presidential center that opens this month seems out of step with the zeitgeist of the moment and produces emotional reactions among the discontented of the Trump era....

Amid War, Iran’s Soccer Leader Works to Get His Team to the World Cup

Mehdi Taj said his federation has been dealing with FIFA, not the United States, in trying to obtain visas for Iran to play in the tournament that begins next week....

Massie, 3 Other House Republicans Broke From Trump on Iran War Powers Vote

Four Republicans from different ideological factions crossed party lines to vote with Democrats in favor of reining in the president’s power to wage war unilaterally....

Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Federal Investigators Say

A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog described officers putting one man in a chokehold and stabbing another with a pen....