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Trump calls on FCC to punish 'Meet the Press' moderator Kristen Welker

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President Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to punish her over comments she made about the president's record in endorsing primary candidates.

"Kristen Welker, the Unpopular 'Hostess' of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake ...Read more

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Lula's lead narrows as son faces corruption probe ahead of Brazil election

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over Flávio Bolsonaro decreased ahead of Brazil’s October election, as the leftist leader faces fallout from corruption allegations against one of his sons.

Lula leads Bolsonaro 47.1% to 42.6% in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published Monday. He led...Read more

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Venezuelan oil will be used to refill US reserve, Trump says

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. plans to use its newfound assertion of control over billions of barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to refill the nation’s depleted emergency reserve, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

“One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is fill up the Strategic National Reserves,” Trump said in a Truth ...Read more

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Lula's lead narrows as son faces corruption probe ahead of Brazil election

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over Flávio Bolsonaro decreased ahead of Brazil’s October election, as the leftist leader faces fallout from corruption allegations against one of his sons.

Lula leads Bolsonaro 47.1% to 42.6% in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published Monday. He ...Read more

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Where does California stand in the vote-by-mail legal saga now? Here's what to know

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The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an injunction barring the Trump administration from enacting new rules for mail-in voting, raising questions about the process just weeks before California plans to send ballots to 23 million voters for the November election.

But the legal saga continues. Late Thursday, a judge issued a temporary ...Read more

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Republican-on-Republican battle for California's 40th Congressional District may hinge on message

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In the race for the realigned California’s 40th Congressional District, the messaging coming out of each campaign — and their supporters — may make all the difference come November.

Voters will have their say between Rep. Ken Calvert, a Corona Republican who has served in Congress since 1993, and Rep. Young Kim, an Anaheim Hills ...Read more

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Talarico, Simmons say amended list of Tarrant voting sites still falls short

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Tarrant County voter access is still being threatened though the proposed cut to polling locations isn’t as deep as initially suggested, Commissioner Alisa Simmons said Sunday afternoon alongside House Rep. James Talarico.

Last month, Tarrant County Commissioners Court members unanimously agreed the significant slash to the November midterm ...Read more

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Republican-on-Republican battle for California's 40th Congressional District may hinge on message

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In the race for the realigned California’s 40th Congressional District, the messaging coming out of each campaign — and their supporters — may make all the difference come November.

Voters will have their say between Rep. Ken Calvert, a Corona Republican who has served in Congress since 1993, and Rep. Young Kim, an Anaheim Hills ...Read more

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Trump urges FCC to probe media polling, punish NBC moderator

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President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against the media on Sunday with an admonition to the Federal Communications Commission to investigate polling used by news outlets and punish a prominent television news host.

Trump has long had an adversarial relationship with journalists and news organizations who publish stories he doesn’t ...Read more

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Venezuelan oil will be used to refill US reserve, Trump says

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The U.S. plans to use its newfound assertion of control over billions of barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to refill the nation’s depleted emergency reserve, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

“One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is fill up the Strategic National Reserves,” Trump said in a Truth Social post, in ...Read more

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Sorry, Mr. President. These scientists are still calling it 'Lake Ontario'

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The International Association for Great Lakes Research is standing by one of its longest colleagues — Lake Ontario.

The scientific organization, which promotes research on the Great Lakes, among other freshwater bodies of water, said it will continue to call Lake Ontario by its given name in spite of President Donald Trump's executive order ...Read more

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Trump announces US-Venezuela oil agreement covering 65 billion barrels

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The United States has entered into an agreement with Venezuela that will give American interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, according to President Donald Trump.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump, calling it “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY,” said the agreement was negotiated at his ...Read more

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Republicans see Trump's unceasing Iran war as midterm threat

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Six months into a conflict that President Donald Trump predicted would last “four to five weeks,” Republican strategists worry there’s no way to keep the Iran war from hurting the party’s prospects in November’s midterm elections.

The continuing hostilities have demoralized GOP voters, who sent Trump to the White House in order to ...Read more

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Trump keeps building his ballroom amid Supreme Court's silence

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Construction on President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom shows no signs of slowing down. And the U.S. Supreme Court shows no signs of wanting to stop it.

More than a week has passed since Chief Justice John Roberts issued an interim order letting work continue while the court considers the case. Two lower courts said Trump flouted the ...Read more

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Minnesota politics still has a front porch, and it's at the State Fair

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — House Speaker Lisa Demuth was meandering through the Minnesota State Fair with a slice of bacon on a stick when two fairgoers stopped her to talk.

“I’m a Democrat, but thank God you’re running,” Les Delton, a retired pipefitter from Minneapolis, told Demuth. He said he was tired of fraud in state government and that ...Read more

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DOJ balks at demands for details on Trump's deal in IRS case

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department is pushing back on requests for information about how it resolved President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, accusing challengers of the deal of improperly using the courts to pry loose details they aren’t entitled to receive.

At a hearing on Friday, a ...Read more

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Trump loses bid to move NY hush money case to federal court

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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump lost another bid to move a challenge to his New York criminal fraud conviction to a federal court as a judge said that payments to an adult film star don’t constitute an official act that would be covered by presidential immunity.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruled against Trump on the issue ...Read more

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Democrats' bill would nullify Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario

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WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell plans to introduce legislation next week that aims to undo President Donald Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, restoring the lake's indigenous name.

Dingell, a Democrat, told The Detroit News that she plans to introduce the "Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act" that would ...Read more

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Only 3 states approve of Trump, polls show

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BOISE, Idaho — Recent polling and projections of Americans’ approval of President Donald Trump painted a grim picture — but three states were the rare bright spots on the horizon for the administration.

In 47 states, more residents disapproved of Trump’s performance than those who approved.

But in Idaho, Wyoming and West Virginia, ...Read more

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Idaho cafe thrust into spotlight after confrontation with anti-abortion activists

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BOISE, Idaho — Jim Sheehan, the owner of a coffee shop in Driggs, has found himself at the center of a firestorm over access to abortion in Idaho.

After Sheehan, who owns Wydaho Roasters, was filmed in mid-August telling members of an anti-abortion rights group not to hold a meeting in his cafe, he has found himself the subject of national ...Read more

 

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