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President Trump is set to ramp up his appearances on the campaign trail in support of Republicans ahead of next year's midterms, with the White House and its allies banking on his ability to turnout low-propensity voters.
Trump traveled to Pennsylvania this week for what is expected to be the start of an increasingly busy travel schedule as the calendar turns to 2026. That appearance showcased both the risks and rewards for the GOP of putting Trump front-and-center: Trump turned out an enthusiastic crowd in a key Pennsylvania county, but his remarks garnered attention for his tirades against immigrants and his dismissive comments about affordability.
There was also a moment during the speech where Trump addressed criticisms that he isn't doing enough domestic public appearances and was instead too focused on foreign travel. His response was two-fold: At first, he insisted those travels brought back investments to the U.S. but he also said there was no reason for him to return to the stump because he had won the election. |
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BY JULIA MANCHESTER AND JULIA SHAPERO |
Republicans are facing growing fissures on artificial intelligence (AI) standards as President Trump moves to impose a federal approach to regulating the growing industry.
The president Thursday an executive order that seeks to institute a national AI standard by pushing back on state AI laws.
While the president has support from several prominent Republicans on the issue, others within the party have voiced their opposition to the push to limit states' efforts to regulate AI, including Trump's one-time rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). |
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A dramatic defeat on redistricting in Indiana is the latest sign that President Trump's grip on the GOP is loosening – slightly.
Hoosier-state senators on Thursday voted emphatically against a redistricting plan that Trump had pushed with fervor. More than half the 40 Republicans in the 50-member state Senate broke with Trump, dooming the measure to a 31-19 loss.
The previous day, Trump had made the latest in a string of threats, mostly centered on how Indiana Republicans who defied his wishes would face primary challenges. |
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A new religious charter school fight is brewing in Tennessee that has the potential to challenge a deadlock vote at the Supreme Court earlier this year that denied the creation of a similar institution in Oklahoma.
A lawsuit was recently filed in Tennessee to challenge a state law that bans religious charter schools after the state attorney general issued a legal opinion in favor of such institutions, which opponents argue flagrantly violate the separation of church and state.
Back in May, the Supreme Court deadlocked on the constitutionality of a religious charter school in Oklahoma, which would have been the nation's first, after Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the case due to personal connections to one of the plaintiffs. |
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BY RYAN MANCINI AND ELLIOTT DAVIS |
At least two people were killed on Saturday in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island and a suspect is still at large, according to authorities.
The university initially said that multiple people were shot and transported to local hospitals, and later confirmed at least two deaths. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters that at least eight people were in critical, but stable condition. Brown alerted students and campus faculty of an active shooter near the Barus and Holley Engineering building at 4:22 p.m. EST. Officials told reporters that final exams were underway in the building during the afternoon. They said the suspect was dressed in black and last seen leaving the building. |
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Saturday that two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed, and several others injured, after a gunman tied to ISIS launched an ambush.
"On Dec. 13, two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed, and three service members were injured, as a result of an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria," CENTCOM wrote on social platform X. "The gunman was engaged and killed." "As a matter of respect for the families and in accordance with Department of War policy, the identities of the service members will be withheld until 24 hours after their next of kin have been notified," the statement continues. "Updates will be provided as they become available." |
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President Trump is turning up the pressure against Venezuela and its strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, seizing a massive oil tanker en route to Cuba this week and slapping additional sanctions against his leadership.
The seizure of the sanctioned ship, called Skipper, is the most recent swipe by the Trump administration against Maduro, whom U.S. officials have called an "illegitimate leader" and accused of heading a drug-trafficking cartel. The president has ordered lethal strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, in the vicinity of Venezuela, indicated that Maduro's days are "numbered" and established a massive military presence in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) region. |
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President Trump on Saturday attended the annual Army-Navy college football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, where he handled the coin toss and met with players before the game.
Before he arrived, Trump said he was asked which side he supported, he wrote in a Truth Social post. "My answer is: 'You must be joking if you think I'm going to give you that answer!'" Trump said. |
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Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said in an interview released on Saturday that "everyone has a responsibility" to dial down intensifying violent rhetoric in the wake of her husband's assassination in September.
Kirk took questions from guests of a town hall, with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as the moderator. Weiss reiterated a question to Kirk about whether political leaders are responsible in turning "the temperature down right now."
"Well, I think everyone has a responsibility to do that and I'm doing my part," Kirk answered. "I'm not in control of other people." |
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OPINION | "Affordability" is the watchword in American politics today. Inflation is squeezing families, but nothing hits harder than the cost of trying to stay alive. Yet as patients weigh whether they can afford their prescriptions, private jets owned by six of the largest U.S. drugmakers touched down at Washington-area airports at least 127 times this year, according to flight-tracking data compiled by Endpoints News. That contrast paints a telling picture.
The United States pays nearly three times what other wealthy nations pay for prescription drugs. Millions of Americans skip doses, split pills or leave prescriptions unfilled. In 2023, more than one-quarter of adults delayed or avoided care because they simply couldn't afford it. Those private planes aren't ferrying pharmaceutical executives to Washington to push for drug affordability and patient access — they're there to defend the obscene profits built on the backs of American families. |
OPINION | President Trump's signature international economic policy tool — sweeping and sudden tariffs based on declared economic emergencies — are under fire at the Supreme Court, with a decision expected in the coming weeks. Critics of the administration's trade policy are putting a lot of stock in this case, hoping that a rebuke from the court will force the administration to reverse course on tariffs.
These hopes are misplaced. The day after the Supreme Court heard oral argument, the president acknowledged that his administration may "have to develop a 'game two plan'" if the court's ruling does not go the administration's way. |
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BY BEN PROTESS, ANDREA FULLER, SHARON LAFRANIERE & SEAMUS HUGHES |
A cryptocurrency firm run by the billionaire Winklevoss twins was facing a punishing federal lawsuit. After Donald J. Trump returned to the White House, the Securities and Exchange Commission moved to freeze the case.
The S.E.C. had also sued Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, but then dropped the case altogether under the new administration.
And after a yearslong legal fight with Ripple Labs, the new S.E.C. tried to reduce a court-ordered penalty against the crypto firm, seeking to soften the blow of the punishment. |
The Whitfield County Republican Party Christmas dinner Tuesday night offered the usual trappings of a Southern GOP gathering. About 50 party stalwarts dined on fried chicken and sweet tea, opened the event with a prayer to "Dear Lord Jesus" and closed by raffling off an AR-15.
In the heart of MAGA country, this should have been a night of unity. Instead, the deep-red northwest Georgia region has become ground zero for the broader friction and confusion in President Trump's Make America Great Again coalition. |
Two gunmen shot dead nine people on Sunday at Sydney's Bondi Beach, police said. One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second arrested.
The suspect was in critical condition, authorities said. A massive emergency response was underway, with injured people loaded into ambulances.
Eleven people were confirmed wounded, according to a statement by police in New South Wales state, where Sydney is located. Two of those hurt were police officers. |
BY MICHAEL KRANISH & LORI ROZSA |
Eric Trump sounded triumphant after Florida officials recently approved giving away a prized piece of Miami real estate for his father's presidential library. "I got the library approved yesterday," Trump said on a podcast, adding that "we just got the greatest site in Florida and I'm going to be building that." Then, speaking on another program, Trump said he would take the host's suggestion to create a "fake news wing" — paid for with money from lawsuit settlements with ABC, CBS and other sources. It would run clips from "60 Minutes" and other programs that he said were evidence of the media organizations' animus against his father. |
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