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GOP support erodes for Epstein files petition

Congressman Massie wearing a blue suit speaks at a press conference with a crowd behind him, with the US Capitol Dome behind him.

Democrats say they were left in the dark on Trump's drug boat strike

This is Donald Trump
Updated Sep 4, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War

The Department of Defense logo, an eagle, is seen on a podium with a microphone. An American flag is behind it.

Alligator Alcatraz can stay open, appeals judges say, rebuking lower court

President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials tour Alligator Alcatraz.

Hidden camera catches DOJ aide lured by dating app

Billboard that reads "Trump, why won't you release the Epstein files?" along side Jeffrey Epstein's mugshots
Sep 4, 2025 - Technology

China's hacking machine wants your data and knows how to get it

Illustration of a padlock with an American flag being unlocked by a yellow star
Updated Sep 4, 2025 - Politics & Policy

RFK Jr. says former CDC director Susan Monarez lied to Americans

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump's 2026 health care agenda. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Sep 4, 2025 - Health

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s fiery Senate appearance

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Senate Finance Committee Sept. 4
Sep 4, 2025 - Health

Massachusetts becomes first state to impose its own vaccine coverage rules

Massachussetts Gov. Maura Healey speaks at a press conference
Sep 4, 2025 - Economy

Why the Trump family-backed American Bitcoin is a different sort of power play

Illustration of a stack of Bitcoins with an American flag planted on top.
Updated Sep 4, 2025 - Politics & Policy

"Charlatan," "ignorant": Democrats blast RFK Jr. on vaccines

RFK Jr., wearing a dark suit and a blue shirt, raises his arm and points while speaking at a hearing before a Senate panel (lawmakers are not pictured).
Sep 4, 2025 - Economy

The battle over the Fed's future moves to the Senate

Federal Reserve nominee Stephen Miran
Updated Sep 4, 2025 - World

Trump puts onus on Europe to pressure Putin in Ukraine conference call

Zelensky at a mic
Updated Sep 4, 2025 - Politics & Policy

RFK Jr. testifies at Senate hearing amid CDC, vaccine upheaval

RFK Jr., wearing a blue shirt and tie and a dark suit, sits behind a desk with a microphone at a Senate hearing.
Sep 4, 2025 - Health

Ousted CDC director: This "isn't reform. It is sabotage."

Susan Monarez testifies before Congress during the nomination process for CDC director in June 2025. After becoming director, she was ousted from the role less than a month later.

MAGA escalates U.S.–India tensions into cultural clash

President Trump speaks meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office on February 13, 2025.
Sep 4, 2025 - Health

GOP unease with RFK Jr. builds ahead of high-profile hearing

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Aug. 27

"We've never seen this before": Trump's drug war looks like a real war

Photo illustration of a collage featuring Donald Trump, a U.S. Navy missile destroyer, and part of a globe centered on Venezuela.

The space warfare president

Photo illustration of President Trump as an astronaut orbiting Earth

When and where to see peak fall foliage 2025

Sep 4, 2025 - Business

Trump's trade war bruises Brand USA

Illustration of a dilapidated shopping cart casting a shadow of an American flag
Updated Sep 4, 2025 - Business

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.7 billion after no winner Wednesday

Digital lottery jackpot sign showing Florida Powerball estimated jackpot $1.4 billion, Mega Millions estimated jackpot $336 million, Florida LottoX with $30 million jackpot.

Google must pay $425 million in privacy lawsuit, jury says

Google workers, one wearing a white tee-shirt and black pants and the other a red sweater and gray jeans, both with black backpacks, enter a building on the Google headquarters campus, which features the Google logo at the top. Vegetation can be seen outside.

Trump administration files appeal to Supreme Court to keep tariffs in place

President Trump holds up a sign displaying list of "Reciprocal Tariffs" in the Rose Garden

Texas Legislature approves ban on mail-order abortion pills

Close-up of white prescription bottles labeled Misoprostol Tablets 200 mcg and Mifepristone Tablets, with medical scissors in the background on a white surface.

Trump's Harvard funding freeze struck down by federal judge

Two people carry a couch and walk it past a gate. A black car is behind them, but in the foreground of the photo. Trees are seen outside the brick building

Top Democrat says intel visit canceled after Laura Loomer's online attacks

Sen. Mark Warner, wearing a navy jacket, a light blue and white checked shirt and navy tie, gestures with his right hand at a brown, wooden desk in front of a sign reading "MR. WARNER."
Sep 3, 2025 - Business

Koch family buying piece of the NFL's New York Giants

NY Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart
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