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Updated Aug 20, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump team makes mortgage fraud its newest revenge tool

Lisa Cook, a member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting wearing pearls and a black top.
Updated Aug 20, 2025 - Economy

Trump housing regulator accuses Fed governor Cook of mortgage fraud

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
Updated Aug 20, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Epstein grand jury transcripts won't be unsealed, federal court rules

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Pacific Coast on watch as underwater volcano shows signs of major eruption

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Updated Aug 20, 2025
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Axios Austin

Texas Democrats' plot to stall redistricting until Epstein files released fails

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MAGA erupts after Israeli official charged in child sex ring flees U.S.

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Aug 20, 2025 - Economy

Trump's war on the Fed is escalating

Illustration of two hands pulling The Fed logo in opposing directions.
Aug 20, 2025 - Health

HHS workers accuse RFK Jr. of stoking violence against them

CDC shooting Aug. 8

Hillary Clinton predicts SCOTUS will eventually overturn same-sex marriage

Hillary Clinton speaks into a microphone from behind a podium that reads "COMMON SENSE."

How electricity and gasoline costs compare, broken down by state

Aug 20, 2025 - Business

Bargains are scarce for investors in this market

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Aug 20, 2025 - World

Crash in South China Sea underscores "incredibly tense" situation

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Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Influencing Trump

Illustration of a hand holding a red horseshoe magnet emitting electric sparks, attracting Donald Trump as he walks away.

Exclusive: Newsom pollster sees big support for California redistricting

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures while speaking behind a podium that includes a sign saying, "Election Rigging Response Act."

Companies can't hold the line on prices much longer

Illustration of a cracked dollar bill with water leaking out

Why the Putin-Zelensky summit Trump wants will be hard to pull off

U.S. President Donald Trump hosting President Zelensky and European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Bessent says U.S.-China trade truce is "working pretty well"

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Updated Aug 20, 2025 - Energy & Climate

N.C., Virginia under Hurricane Erin storm alerts, some East Coast beaches shut

Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 U.S. officials

Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, wearing black hair and white streak, and a white blazer, speaking at podium with microphones in front of a blue background featuring the White House emblem and an American flag.
Updated Aug 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump administration revives plan to paint border wall black

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, with long brown hair and purple makeup, speaks at a microphone, with an American flag and a yellow flag in the blurred background.
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