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Scoop: Top Biden aide was promised $8 million for 2024 win

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Witkoff to travel to Russia ahead of U.S. sanctions, Trump says

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump's latest project is a multimillion-dollar White House ballroom

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump: Canada backing Palestinian statehood makes any trade deal "very hard"

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with President Trumpin the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025.

Vaccine rates for kindergartners fall as exemptions rise

Jul 31, 2025 - World

Trump to approve new Gaza aid plan after Witkoff visits Friday: White House

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Here's the "big, beautiful bill"'s $300 million pet project that few noticed

The Space Shuttle Discovery is the back drop as former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, August 20, 2019 in Chantilly, Virginia.

The Fed thinks the economy is just fine, and won't budge on inflation risks

Fed chair Jerome Powell speaking at podium with microphone, American and official flags behind him, audience members blurred in foreground, blue curtain backdrop
Jul 31, 2025 - Economy

Trump lashes out at Powell over rate decision with stream of insults

President Trump and Fed chair Jerome Powell, in suits and white hard hats inside a building under construction, Trump pointing at a document Powell is reading.
Jul 31, 2025 - Business

Sports gambling scandals raise concerns over game integrity

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Trump claims the economy, for better or worse

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Jul 31, 2025 - Business

Washington Post talent exodus fuels speculation about its future

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Gaza starvation widens MAGA's rupture with Israel

Palestinians ask for aid in Gaza City on July 28.

ICE raids leave abandoned pets and property in their wake

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Jul 31, 2025 - Technology

OpenAI's and Microsoft's AI wishlists

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Delta flight diverted to Minneapolis after severe turbulence: 25 hospitalized

Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 wide body passenger airplane spotted taking off from Polderbaan runway departing from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS Airport to Minneapolis USA MSP airport as flight DL163.
Updated Jul 30, 2025 - Business

Trump says U.S. strikes trade deal with South Korea

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Senate Dems' bid to block $675 million Israeli arms deal fails

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at the Fighting Oligarchy rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, on May 2, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Morris/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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