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Pentagon defends merit-based promotions as Democrats accuse Hegseth of politicizing military ranks

War Secretary Pete Hegseth removed four officers from an Army promotion list after a promotions board had already approved them, and the Pentagon says the decision was about merit, not politics. Democrats on Capitol Hill disagree, and the fight is…
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Body recovered from Scottsdale canal identified as missing Native woman Passion Schurz

Scottsdale police confirmed Sunday that a body pulled from an Arizona canal belongs to 28-year-old Passion Schurz, a Native woman whose family reported her missing just one week earlier, and whose advocates say was denied a statewide alert designed to…
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Cory Booker admits Democrats 'have failed this moment,' calls for new party leadership

Sen. Cory Booker went on national television Sunday and said what most Democratic voters already suspect: his party has no answer for the moment the country is living through. The New Jersey Democrat told NBC's "Meet the Press" that the…
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Supreme Court lets 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic's murder-for-hire conviction stand

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the criminal case of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the eccentric exotic cat breeder better known as Joe Exotic, leaving his murder-for-hire conviction intact and all but closing the door on his years-long effort to…
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House GOP subpoenas California air board chair after months of stonewalling on EV mandate records

The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a subpoena Monday to California Air Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez, escalating a seven-month investigation into the state's vehicle emissions regulations after what the committee called a pattern of non-cooperation from Sacramento. The…
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Usha Vance kept her Costco membership after moving into the Naval Observatory — and it says more than you think

The second lady of the United States still takes her three kids to Costco. She buys their lunchbox snacks there. She picks up the same items her family has always grabbed from the warehouse store. And when she moved into…
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Democrat who attacked Collins over Epstein files took $20,000 from foundation tied to Epstein associate

Graham Platner, the 41-year-old Democratic Senate hopeful in Maine who built his insurgent brand on attacking the "Epstein Elite," received a $20,000 grant from a family foundation whose board member appears in recently released Department of Justice files related to…
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Mamdani dodges Bernie Sanders' Bronx rally as his tax-the-rich push stalls with Hochul

More than a thousand people packed the performing arts center at Lehman College in the Bronx on Sunday to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) demand higher taxes on the wealthy. The one prominent New York progressive who didn't bother showing…
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Ken Paxton wins CPAC endorsement and straw poll as Texas Senate runoff with Cornyn heats up

CPAC has thrown its weight behind Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, with Chairman Matt Schlapp announcing the endorsement at the conference held just outside Dallas in Grapevine, Texas. A straw poll of Texas attendees wasn't even close: 67%…
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Supreme Court unanimously shields Cox Communications from billion-dollar copyright liability over subscriber piracy

The Supreme Court last week handed down a unanimous decision reversing a billion-dollar copyright verdict against Cox Communications, ruling that the internet service provider cannot be held liable for copyright infringement committed by its own subscribers. The decision, written by…
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