Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team dropped and damaged a historic World War II-era globe previously used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a source familiar with the incident told The Hill on Thursday.

While moving the artifact to the secretary’s office, Hegseth’s staff lost control of the 30-inch floor globe, causing it to crash on its base and resulting in an inches-wide gash near Antarctica, The Washington Post first reported Thursday.

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Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Kansas, went out of his way to welcome President Trump to the state earlier this week. 

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Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt acknowledged Thursday that her successor Katie Zacharia, who stepped down after less than a week as press secretary, was not a good fit for the job. 

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The political polling industry is under new fire after a second company on Tuesday acknowledged it had falsified data in a series of polls released over the past year. 

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President Trump is en route to Sioux City, Iowa, to rally Republican candidates as Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) is locked in a neck-and-neck race for an open Senate seat, and Democrats have a tighter grip on the gubernatorial race.

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Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a story it published about White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and the backstory on what led to ousted press secretary Katie Zacharia’s firing last week.

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President Trump attacked NBA superstar LeBron James for not standing still during the National Anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers season opener at Madison Square Garden this week.

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Calley Means, a senior adviser to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and an outspoken advocate for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, resigned from the Trump administration Thursday, reportedly amid frustrations over delays in the MAHA food agenda. 

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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D) has seen a surge in donations after she was the target of a controversial attack ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy.

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