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House Republicans block Democrats' bid to restrict Trump's Iran war powers

House Democrats showed up to a pro forma session Thursday and tried to force through a resolution limiting President Trump's authority to conduct military operations against Iran. They failed. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), presiding as speaker pro tempore, gaveled the…
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Man accused of fatally stabbing woman on Charlotte light rail found incompetent to stand trial

The man charged with killing a 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train last August will not face trial any time soon. Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, has been deemed "incapable to proceed" after a psychiatric…
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Minneapolis City Council moves to legalize adult bathhouses, reversing a 38-year ban

The Minneapolis City Council is preparing to consider a package of ordinances that would legalize and regulate venues where consenting adults engage in sexual activity, a move that would reverse the city's 38-year-old ban on such establishments and create a…
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Clay Fuller, backed by Trump, wins Georgia special election to claim Marjorie Taylor Greene's House seat

Republican Clay Fuller won the Georgia special election runoff Tuesday night, capturing the House seat vacated by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and delivering a needed boost to Speaker Mike Johnson's razor-thin majority. Fuller, President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate, held…
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Convicted Massachusetts Democrat demands taxpayers restore his $806,000 pension

David Nangle, the former Democratic state lawmaker who pleaded guilty to fraud, bank fraud, and filing false tax returns, now wants Massachusetts taxpayers to hand him more than $800,000 in pension benefits, money the state retirement board stripped after his…
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Former FBI agent says pressure mounting on Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper as Savannah returns to 'Today'

Two months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson, Arizona home in the middle of the night, her daughter walked back onto the set of NBC's "Today", and a former FBI agent says that return is tightening the…
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NYC mental health nurse fired after filmed antisemitic tirade against Israeli tourists in Times Square

A New York City mental health nurse lost her job after she recorded herself berating a group of Israeli men in Times Square, calling them "baby-killers" and "terrorists" in a confrontation that ended only when a street performer dressed as…
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Pelosi demands Trump's Cabinet invoke 25th Amendment over Iran remarks

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged members of President Trump's Cabinet to strip him of his powers under the 25th Amendment, citing his remarks about wiping out Iran's civilization. The California Democrat posted her demand on X, escalating…
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Port Washington voters demand a seat at the table on data center tax breaks

Port Washington, Wisconsin, voters delivered a clear message Tuesday: no more massive tax giveaways without public approval. A local referendum passed decisively, requiring taxpayer sign-off before any future project worth more than $10 million can be added to a tax…
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Army Secretary Driscoll refuses to resign amid reported friction with Defense Secretary Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told The Washington Post on Tuesday that he has no intention of stepping down, a pointed declaration after weeks of reporting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has sought to remove him and install a close ally…
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