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Donald Trump to read scripture for national Bible event days after Christian backlash
The Oval Office reading is part of the 'America Reads the Bible' week, after conservative Christians called some of his recent posts blasphemous.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei meets White House chief of staff to try to end feud
Amodei sat down with Susie Wiles, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in the first serious attempt at diplomacy after months of conflict, CNN reports.
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Donald Trump says UFO file review has found ‘many very interesting documents’
Speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, the president said the first releases are coming 'very, very soon,' NBC News reports.
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RFK Jr. denies podcast remarks about Black children on ADHD medication as video circulates
At a House hearing, Kennedy said he never suggested the children be removed from their homes to be 'reparented,' despite video of the interview.
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Donald Trump threatens to resume bombing Iran if no deal is reached before ceasefire ends
Hours after his remarks aboard Air Force One, Iranian gunboats fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, CBS News reports.
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Donald Trump says he’s ‘OK’ with hearings for Epstein survivors, then claims they won’t testify
The president spoke to reporters outside the White House before leaving for a roundtable in Las Vegas.
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Donald Trump calls the biggest price jump in nearly four years ‘fake inflation’
At a Las Vegas roundtable, the president brushed off a Labor Department report showing a 0.9-point surge in consumer prices last month.
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Donald Trump says Zohran Mamdani is ‘destroying New York’ over new tax plan
The attack followed the mayor's support for a pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes, ending a surprisingly warm relationship between the two.
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Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills his wife and himself, police say
Fairfax County Police said both were found dead at their home early Thursday. The couple had been going through a divorce.
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Chris Hayes and Jen Psaki laugh at Donald Trump’s claim he lost his voice ‘screaming at Iranians’
Trump made the remark on Fox Business, raising questions about whether he was conducting talks with Iran directly.
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Bill Pulte showed Trump the AI image of himself as Jesus before he posted it, report says
Axios reports, citing two advisers, that the housing finance director brought the meme to the president's attention.
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US strikes another suspected drug boat in the Pacific, killing three, despite Iran pause
US Southern Command said the speedboat was operated by a 'Designated Terrorist Organization,' as strikes on Iran remain halted under the ceasefire.
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Donald Trump posts a second Jesus image days after deleting the first
The new Truth Social picture shows Jesus with his arm around Trump, captioned with a message about God 'playing his Trump card.'
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Pete Hegseth reads a ‘scripture’ at Pentagon service that came from Pulp Fiction
The defense secretary introduced the prayer as 'CSAR 25:17,' saying pilots recited it before combat search-and-rescue missions.
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Winged figure in Donald Trump’s AI Jesus image sets off end-times theories online
Few noticed the horned figure in the background at first, but it quickly set off debate among conspiracy theorists and biblical scholars.
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House Democrats introduce bill to remove Donald Trump via the 25th Amendment
Rep. Jamie Raskin's bill, backed by 50 Democrats, would create an independent commission to assess whether the president is fit to serve.
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Rolling back energy efficiency rules could cost households about $6,000, study says
An Appliance Standards Awareness Project report finds the federal rules Trump wants to cut have saved the average household about $6,000 over the past decade.
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Keir Starmer tells Parliament he ‘will not yield’ to Trump’s pressure over Iran war
The prime minister responded after Trump threatened to undo the UK-US trade deal over Britain's refusal to join the war.