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George W. Bush reflects on friendship with Michelle Obama and the Altoids moment that went viral

Former President George W. Bush sat down with Today to talk about an unlikely friendship, and a small gesture at a funeral that captured the country's attention. In a wide-ranging conversation, Bush described his bond with former First Lady Michelle…
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Trump expects Supreme Court loss on birthright citizenship, says court is "already packed" for Democrats

President Donald Trump took aim at Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices Wednesday morning, accusing them of handing Democrats repeated victories and predicting the court will rule against his administration in the birthright citizenship case, a decision he warned would "cost America…
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Washington, D.C., metro area leads the nation in job losses as federal workforce shrinks

The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area shed roughly 103,900 jobs between January 2025 and January 2026, the largest year-over-year employment drop of any metro region in the country, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures released Tuesday show. The 3.1 percent decline dwarfs…
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Virginia circuit court blocks certification of redistricting referendum, declaring vote unconstitutional

A Virginia circuit court judge blocked certification of the state's redistricting referendum on Wednesday, ruling that both the vote and the underlying amendment process were unconstitutional, a decision that throws a major wrench into Democratic plans to redraw the commonwealth's…
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Illegal immigrant who stole Kristi Noem's purse at D.C. restaurant draws three-year prison sentence

A 50-year-old Chilean national living illegally in the United States was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison for swiping then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's Gucci handbag, and for a broader string of thefts targeting women at Washington, D.C.…
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Federal grand jury indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 fraud counts tied to payments to extremist groups

A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 criminal counts Tuesday, charging the storied nonprofit with defrauding donors through a concealed program that funneled roughly $3 million to members of the Ku Klux Klan…
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Gates Foundation slashes 500 jobs, orders external review of Jeffrey Epstein connections

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to cut up to 500 positions, roughly one in five employees, over the coming years, and its chief executive has commissioned an outside review of the organization's past dealings with convicted sex offender…
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Pentagon drops mandatory flu vaccine for troops as Hegseth expands medical autonomy push

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the Pentagon will no longer require service members to receive the annual flu vaccine, scrapping a blanket mandate that has applied across the armed forces for years and framing the move as a…
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Family grieves 11-year-old Callan Perez, killed in suspected murder-suicide at Elko airport

An 11-year-old boy is dead after what police describe as a suspected murder-suicide at Elko Regional Airport, carried out by the one person entrusted above all others to keep him safe, his own father. Callan Perez did not survive his…
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Misconduct complaint targets Judge Boasberg over alleged coordination with Biden DOJ in Trump investigations

A conservative legal organization filed a formal misconduct complaint against Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court, accusing him of improperly coordinating with Biden-era Department of Justice officials on investigations that ultimately led to criminal charges against former…
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