The Trump administration on Friday appealed a ruling from a federal judge in Florida who found the president effectively colluded with his own government in bringing a $10 billion suit against the IRS.
That suit, which the Justice Department pointed to as the basis for creating its $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, was highly criticized by Florida-based U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, who said the case was “brought to manipulate the judicial process.” Read more. |
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The U.S. war with Iran is flaring up across the region, threatening to pull U.S. allies into a fight that President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started five months ago.
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President Trump and his Cabinet are gathered at Camp David for their 13th Cabinet meeting of his second term. Among the new faces at the table are Jay Clayton, incoming director of national intelligence, and Keith Sonderling, secretary of Labor.
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The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seven companies.
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The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to water used by California, Arizona and Nevada, a major step toward figuring out the management of the dwindling Colorado River.
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Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) on Friday issued an apology for trying to utilize Capitol Police to shield him from a reporter’s questions on Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) health a day earlier.
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Fox News anchor Dana Perino on Friday pressed Francesca Hong, the Democratic primary front-runner in the Wisconsin governor’s race, over her association with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and past comments about law enforcement.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts stopped its decades-old free public tours, but it backtracked hours later to specify the pause would only last a few days, according to reports.
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