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FILE - U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends and interview after participating in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. national aecurity adviser Mike Waltz, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
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Trump and Putin will speak this week on Russia-Ukraine war, US envoy says

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FILE - President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks

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President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic attempt to change the federal government without congressional approval.

Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., talks to attendees after holding a town hall meeting on Friday, March 14, 2025, in Evanston, Wyo. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps)
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Angst pervades a pair of Republican town halls — one in Trump country, the other in a swing state

Read full article: Angst pervades a pair of Republican town halls — one in Trump country, the other in a swing state

In two congressional districts and vastly different political environments, two Republicans were met with far different reactions at public meetings they held late last week.

Yemenis clean debris in front of their shops after a U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
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The US and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen both vow escalation after wave of US airstrikes

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The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Pool via AP)
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The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations

Read full article: The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations

President Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang.

This image taken from video provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from a carrier in an undisclosed location before airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (U.S. Navy via AP)
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Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning

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The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say a series of airstrikes have hit the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday evening.

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later

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A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked just hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., left, greets Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, as they arrive for votes as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown

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President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September.

U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs Adam Boehler speaks during a ceremony to raise the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag at the State Department, Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump's pick for hostage negotiations envoy withdraws nomination but will continue on hostage issues

Read full article: Trump's pick for hostage negotiations envoy withdraws nomination but will continue on hostage issues

Adam Boehler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become special envoy for hostage affairs, has withdrawn his nomination to avoid a requirement that he divest from his investment business.

A visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump poses for a photo in front of a Canadian flag being held by tourists from Toronto showing their support for Canada regarding trade tariffs, in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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With Trump's zigzag actions on trade, March came in like a lion and won't be going out like a lamb

Read full article: With Trump's zigzag actions on trade, March came in like a lion and won't be going out like a lamb

On the U.S. trade front, March came in like a lion and won't be going out like a lamb.

A student from Columbia University holds up a keffiyeh as they line up to enter Manhattan federal court to attend the deportation case of Mahmoud Khalil, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
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After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent

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International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension.

Former Grand Coulee Dam worker, Stephanie Duclos, sits in front of the Grand Coulee Dam on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Coulee Dam, Wash., explaining how she was terminated from her job under the Trump administrations federal workforce reduction plan. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
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Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk

Read full article: Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk

Experts are warning that Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply water to farmers and protect communities from floods.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gives a television interview, as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Democrats confront limits of their minority power after bruising shutdown vote

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Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their new minority and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over how to best counter President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Pool via AP)
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Trump says he was being a 'bit sarcastic' when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours

Read full article: Trump says he was being a 'bit sarcastic' when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours

President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office.

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump's orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs

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An appeals court has lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win after a string of setbacks defending President Donald Trump’s agenda against dozens of lawsuits.

Quiet ranchland in east Orange County
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Florida Senate bill bans, rolls back voter-approved rural boundary measures

Read full article: Florida Senate bill bans, rolls back voter-approved rural boundary measures

Measures approved by voters in 2024 to tighten development in rural areas of two Central Florida counties would be banned under a bill currently in the Florida Senate. State Sen. Stan McClain, R-Ocala, is sponsoring SB 1118, which proposes changes to land use and development regulations.

President Donald Trump gestures from the stairs of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, March 14, 2025, (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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'Scum,' 'crooked' elections and 'corrupt' media. What Trump said inside the Justice Department

Read full article: 'Scum,' 'crooked' elections and 'corrupt' media. What Trump said inside the Justice Department

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered.

FILE - White House press secretary Ron Nessen talks with reporters prior to an appearance on separate television interview programs, March 24, 1975, in Washington. Nessen, a veteran broadcast journalist who served as Ford's press secretary, died March 12, 2025. He was 90. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90

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Ron Nessen, the veteran broadcast journalist who served as press secretary for President Gerald Ford, has died at 90.

FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at half-staff at Camp Justice, Aug. 29, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Judge rules against advocates trying to help migrants sent to Guantanamo and to stop more transfers

Read full article: Judge rules against advocates trying to help migrants sent to Guantanamo and to stop more transfers

A federal judge has ruled against immigration and civil rights advocates attempting to help migrants who had been sent to the Guantanamo Bay military base and trying to prevent further transfers.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference to address the impact of the proposed continuing resolution, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Senate unanimously approves fix to prevent $1B cuts for District of Columbia, sending bill to House

Read full article: Senate unanimously approves fix to prevent $1B cuts for District of Columbia, sending bill to House

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks from his vehicle as he walks to board his airplane prior to departing Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec, Canada, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Saul Loeb, Pool Photo via AP)
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Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country

Read full article: Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States.

FILE - Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican Governor of New Jersey, speaks, March 6, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say

Read full article: Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say

Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders say rollbacks proposed by the Trump administration endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s mission to protect the environment and human health.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)
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Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high

Read full article: Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

FILE - People listen to a speaker during an Iowa Movement for Migrant Justice rally and march, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Trump administration moves to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma over immigration laws

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The Trump administration has moved to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma for their immigration laws.

Vice President JD Vance waves following a rally where he spoke about "America's industrial resurgence," Friday, March 14, 2025, at Vantage Plastics in Bay City, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
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In Michigan, Vance says US manufacturing can rebound despite tariff jitters and falling markets

Read full article: In Michigan, Vance says US manufacturing can rebound despite tariff jitters and falling markets

Vice President JD Vance has toured a Michigan plastics manufacturing facility while promoting a promised Trump administration industrial renaissance nationwide even as jitters about rising tariffs and steep drops in consumer confidence and financial markets point to the opposite.

FILE - The Voice of America building, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Voice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse

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With the Trump administration moving quickly to assert its authority, the Voice of America says it has moved to cancel contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse wire services.

FILE - Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
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Judges don't intervene after the Trump administration says it's stopped destroying USAID records

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Federal judges in two separate lawsuits have refused to order the Trump administration not to destroy U.S. Agency for International Development records.