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Thursday, August 13, 2026

The U.S. federal government posted a budget deficit of $432.3 billion in July, a record for that month... read more


White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave that post by the end of August, President Donald Trump said. read more


The depositions ordered unsealed on Tuesday pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act formed the basis for two since-dismissed perjury counts of a superseding indictment brought against Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime sex trafficking partner, Ghislaine Maxwell. read more


Russian President Vladimir Putin could potentially attack NATO within weeks, according to a series of new United States intelligence assessments. read more


Tom Tiffany said 2020 was stolen. Now he's the GOP pick for Wisconsin governor. And there are others like him. read more


Prosecutors charge Heidi Beirich with financial crimes as part of case against the Southern Poverty Law Center read more


Wednesday, August 12, 2026

The US Secret Service has deployed the US Army's AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range air defence systems to protect President Donald Trump while he was playing golf ... read more


President Donald Trump isn't dismissing the possibility that he could declare a national security emergency in an attempt to establish new voting restrictions that have stalled in the Senate, telling an interviewer that "stranger things have happened." read more


Hours after being sworn in as attorney general, Blanche gave Donald Trump even more protections. read more


Americans' credit card debt reached $1.26 trillion, increasing by $21 billion in the second quarter of this year, according to new data Tuesday from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. read more


Jeanine Pirro has taken the highly unusual step of convening a special grand jury in Washington, D.C., less than two weeks after angering President Donald Trump by abandoning a vandalism prosecution he publicly demanded. read more


Josh Kushner and Bob Iger have purchased the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-breaking $12 billion, sources tell ESPN. read more


Trump has long claimed that the nation's capitol was a violent cesspool -- and that his National Guard policy fixed it. New reporting disputes that. read more


Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. read more


A judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. must pay a jazz musician $252,000 in legal fees and costs ... read more


President Donald Trump compared the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine to a nuclear bomb being set off inside a kid's body during a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice. read more


 

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