Florida dad makes final FaceTime call to wife before dying in flash flood
Joshua Bennett's wife described a frantic FaceTime call from her husband as floodwaters trapped his truck on a Brevard County road before the line went dead.
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Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as Trump's chief of staff
President Trump announced Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as his chief of staff, the most significant shakeup yet since the midterms.
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Jeffrey Sachs: Peace Is Good Politics
The first duty of the new Congress is to ensure that U.S. forces are not sent back into combat in Iran or anywhere else on the whim of a president and the behest of domestic or foreign lobbies. By Jeffrey D.…Read more →
Health intel-sharing group warns industry in wake of cyberattack on French blood bank
A healthcare intelligence-sharing organization is warning its members to lock down systems following cyberattacks on cold storage systems, including a French blood bank.
Trump names Stephen Miller his new chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles
President Donald Trump announced Friday that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will step down this week, with Stephen Miller replacing her. “I am pleased to announce that Mr.
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Midterm Democrats Blue Wave to Impact Protect College Sports Act
The Protect College Sports Act passed the Senate, but the House will likely be harder.
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Hegseth Faces Impeachment Effort and Bipartisan Scrutiny After Midterm Elections
A looming impeachment push could put President Trump’s polarizing defense secretary in a standoff with Democrats and Republicans.
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Trump to replace Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff
Dramatic move comes three days after president’s Republican Party suffered bruising defeat in midterm elections
3 charged in $129 million AI scheme targeting thousands of companies
Their victims included hospital systems in Missouri and California, a bank in Rhode Island, a financial technology company in the United Kingdom, a mutual fund company in Massachusetts and a pet food company in Florida, according to court…
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Hegseth Comes Under More Fire From Trump America First Ally
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing criticism for the unpopular Iran war that he championed, with a former top Trump administration foreign policy official calling for his ouster after Tuesday’s GOP midterm election defeat.
CAIR Ends Operations in Florida as “Domestic Terrorist” Designation Takes Effect
Gov. Ron DeSantis has been attempting to put the Muslim civil rights organization out of business for nearly a year.
Women voters were driving force behind blue wave in historic midterm rebuke of Trump
Estimates suggest 64 million women voted in the elections, compared with 56 million men
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JD Vance Is Shapeshifting Again
Vice President JD Vance is trying to distance himself from Trump — and the Iran war — after Republicans’ huge midterms loss. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Nia-Malika Henderson explains what that means for 2028. (Source: Bloomberg)
Democrats take control of Georgia’s powerful utility regulator
Swept in on the blue wave, new commissioners plan to tackle power bills, clean energy, and data center accountability.
Iran turns to Putin as war, US election reshape strategic calculations
A Kremlin meeting with Iran's top security official coupled with reports of new arms deals amid looming war demonstrate Tehran's push to turn vulnerability into strategic leverage.
Why is Paraguay facing a banking and political crisis?
Ueno collapse raises questions about state influence and accountability.
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Trump Taps Stephen Miller to Replace Wiles as Chief of Staff
President Donald Trump said he was tapping longtime aide Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff and that Susie Wiles will move to his political operation.
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AI Policy Moves From Washington to the States
AI emerged as a major issue in the midterm elections, but what that means for policy — and the massive data center buildout — remains uncertain. Atlantic Council senior fellow and former Federal Reserve System Chief Innovation Officer…
AIPAC Has Lost Over 30 of Its Midterm Races So Far, In Sign of Major Shift
Roughly two-thirds of the spending by the once insuperable lobbying group this cycle went toward races they lost.
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Lawyers descend on Mississippi as vote counting continues in razor-thin Senate race
Democratic and Republican lawyers and groups trade sharp legal letters about procedures for counting ballots in tight race Democrat Scott Colom is on the verge of winning a Senate seat in Mississippi in a stunning upset, but ballots are…
What Trump’s midterms debacle could mean for US support for Ukraine
The Republican Party's crushing defeat in midterm elections has left Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky optimistic about future support for Kyiv and stronger transatlantic relations. But with US President Donald Trump retaining broad…
Reporter's Notebook: A user’s manual to upcoming leadership elections in the House and Senate
Capitol Hill leadership elections pit Hakeem Jeffries against progressive dissent, while Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan battle for GOP minority leader.
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Will a Democrat-Led Congress Slow Data Center Buildout?
As the dust settles after sweeping Democratic wins across the country, many are left to wonder — how will the power shift influence everything from the composition of the FOMC to AI development? Employ America's executive director Skanda…
Ilse Aigner tipped by party allies as next German president
German media reports suggest that Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner's chances of becoming the next president are on the up. Long favored by her Bavarian CSU, now it seems Christian Democrats nationwide plan to back her.