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'He's not the same person': Voters crucial to Trump's win share dismay after 4 months

April 26, 2025 7:28AM ET The bloc of Donald Trump voters that was vital to getting him over the election line in first place last November were asked just four months after his inauguration for their reactions. Their answer was far from exuberant. “Ummmm,” said one. The independent voters — a crucial group of voters that effectively decided the general election — were revisited by the Washington Post. “Economically, he’s not the same person,” said Lisa Kirk, who feared “I might lose it all” a ...

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FBI director posts photo of arrested Wisconsin judge's perp walk, possibly violating DOJ policy

Updated 5:28 PM EDT, Sat April 26, 2025 CNN — FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on X Friday night of the Wisconsin judge who was arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration agents while she was handcuffed, being escorted to a vehicle by officials. The photo of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan does not show her face, but shows her being escorted by three law enforcement agents in a perp walk. The caption by Patel read, “No one is above the law.” According to the Confident ...

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Trump's D.C. Prosecutor Is Going After Wikipedia For Allegedly Spreading 'Propaganda'

Apr 26, 2025, 02:51 PM EDT | Updated 9 minutes ago The nonprofit group that runs Wikipedia was threatened by Ed Martin, the interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, in a letter accusing it of “allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread propaganda to the American public.” “Wikipedia is permitting information manipulation on its platform, including the rewriting of key, historical events and biographical information of current and previous American leaders, ...

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Trump says US ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge. "I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The Panama Canal crosses the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America, allowing ships to move more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It ...

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Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters

Updated 12:31 PM EDT, April 26, 2025 SAXAPAHAW, N.C. (AP) — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy isn’t drawing arena-size crowds like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are as he tours the country talking to voters. But in a packed concert hall in rural North Carolina, people are starting to view the Democrat as worthy of the national spotlight. Murphy and Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., have been staging events in Republican congressional districts in recent weeks, t ...

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Trump's NASA pick was once arrested, accused of passing bad checks to casinos

April 25, 2025, 6:04 p.m. ET President Donald Trump's nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 and faced lawsuits in two states for writing $2 million in bad checks to casinos, according to government records and court filings. Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded the Shift4 Payments company as a teenager and commanded the first civilian space crew in 2021 aboard a SpaceX capsule. Isaacman's nomination is scheduled for a vote ...

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US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded

April 25, 2025 5:00 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as part of an ongoing cost-cutting campaign by President Donald Trump's administration, according to three people familiar with the matter. About 215 people work for the Consumer Protection Branch, part of the Justice Department's Civil Division, including attorneys, support staff and law enf ...

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Education Department to probe New York for trying to pull school mascot of Native American

04/25/2025 07:39 PM EDT Updated: 04/25/2025 09:23 PM EDT The Education Department launched an investigation Friday into the New York Department of Education for threatening to withhold money from a local school district because of its Native American mascot. The mascot, an illustration of man wearing a feathered headdress, has been used for decades. “The U.S. Department of Education will not stand by as the state of New York attempts to rewrite history and deny the town of Massapequa the ri ...

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Rite Aids could be closing down as company eyes second bankruptcy in two years

Friday 25 April 2025 22:51 BST Rite Aid stores across the country could soon be closing down as the company reportedly considers filing for its second bankruptcy in two years. The troubled drugstore chain previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023, which resulted in more than 800 store closures. Rite Aid still operates more than 1,200 stores in the U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a form of bankruptcy under the US Bankruptcy Code that allows a debtor, typically a business or individual, ...

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Exclusive: White House wants to defund independent Social Security board, sources say

April 25, 2025 5:55 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago April 25 (Reuters) - The White House wants to defund a bipartisan board that advises the president and Congress on Social Security policy, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the Trump administration moves to cut costs and eliminate independent voices in government. The White House's Office of Management and Budget has notified staff at the Social Security Advisory Board that it plans to cut the board's annual budget from aroun ...

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Just Stop Oil activist group holds final march

13 min ago - April 26, 2025 5:46PM ET British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil held its final demonstration in London on Saturday, ending three years of high-profile climate protest stunts as they moved their focus away from civil disobedience. Several ... (Raw Story/AFP)

World Pride event organizers change venues after Trump's Kennedy Center takeover

43 min ago - April 26, 2025, 5:08 PM EDT Several LGBTQ+ pride events to be held as part of Washington, D.C.’s World Pride celebrations in May and June have been relocated from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The affected events include a ... (NBC News)

Several people killed after SUV rams into Vancouver street festival

1 hr ago - Vancouver police say several people have been killed and multiple others injured after a driver of a black SUV drove into a crowd at a street festival Saturday evening. The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Stree ... (CBC)

Trump admin brainstorms aggressive tactics to clear homeless camps in cities and forcibly hospitalize people, report

1 hr ago - Saturday 26 April 2025 21:14 BST Officials from the Justice Department who manage grant distributions are brainstorming ways to clear homeless encampments and increase the involuntary hospitalization of individuals with mental illnesses, according to ... (The Independent)

Mother of 1-Year-Old Married to US Citizen Deported, Separated From Baby

2 hrs ago - Published Apr 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM EDT Updated Apr 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM EDT Heydi Snchez Tejeda, a Cuban immigrant married to a United States citizen with whom she shares a baby daughter, was detained earlier this week and deported to Havana on Thursd ... (Newsweek)

Tesla could benefit the most from new rules on reporting of self-driving car crashes

2 hrs ago - NEW YORK — Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary. The Transportation Department announced ... (Chicago Tribune)

Meta's 'Digital Companions' Will Talk Sex With Users--Even Children

3 hrs ago - -snip- To boost the popularity of these souped-up chatbots, Meta has cut deals for up to seven-figures with celebrities like actresses Kristen Bell and Judi Dench and wrestler-turned-actor John Cena for the rights to use their voices. The social-medi ... (WSJ)

Protesters chant after arrest of judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities

5 hrs ago - By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, DEVI SHASTRI and SCOTT BAUER Updated 5:52 PM CDT, April 26, 2025 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Protesters chanted and marched Saturday outside the FBI after agents arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigrati ... (ap)

Ukraine denies Putin's claim that Russian forces regained Kursk

9 hrs ago - April 26, 2025, 9:57 AM The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim Saturday that Russian forces had fully retaken the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an offensive last year. In a statement aft ... (ABC News)

HHS layoffs undercut Trump's pledge to be 'fertilization president'

9 hrs ago - 04/26/25 12:00 PM ET President Trump has championed access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and even dubbed himself the “fertilization president” early in his second term. But Department of Government Efficiency-induced layoffs at the Depa ... (The Hill)

3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump's immigration policies

10 hrs ago - Updated 7:47 AM EDT, April 26, 2025 MIAMI (AP) — A few dozen women gathered at a posh Miami brewery on a recent evening to listen to U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart outline the Republican plans to retain their slim House majority in next year’s ... (AP)

FBI director posts photo of arrested Wisconsin judge's perp walk, possibly violating DOJ policy

10 hrs ago - Updated 5:28 PM EDT, Sat April 26, 2025 CNN — FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on X Friday night of the Wisconsin judge who was arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration agents while she was handcuffed, being escorted to a vehicle b ... (CNN Politics)

Trump's D.C. Prosecutor Is Going After Wikipedia For Allegedly Spreading 'Propaganda'

11 hrs ago - Apr 26, 2025, 02:51 PM EDT | Updated 9 minutes ago The nonprofit group that runs Wikipedia was threatened by Ed Martin, the interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, in a letter accusing it of “allowing foreign actors to manip ... (Huff Post)

National Science Foundation eliminates hundreds of grants day after director resigns

11 hrs ago - April 26, 2025, 1:17 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – Approximately 700 scientific research projects funded through the National Science Foundation were canceled on April 25 amid scrutiny from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. It ... (USA Today)

Trump says US ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free

12 hrs ago - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge. "I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, ... (Reuters)

'He's not the same person': Voters crucial to Trump's win share dismay after 4 months

12 hrs ago - April 26, 2025 7:28AM ET The bloc of Donald Trump voters that was vital to getting him over the election line in first place last November were asked just four months after his inauguration for their reactions. Their answer was far from exuberant. &# ... (Raw Story)

Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters

12 hrs ago - Updated 12:31 PM EDT, April 26, 2025 SAXAPAHAW, N.C. (AP) — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy isn’t drawing arena-size crowds like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are as he tours the country talking to vot ... (AP)

Harvard labor unions rally behind non-citizens and workers amid Trump attacks

13 hrs ago - Sat 26 Apr 2025 08.00 EDT Labor unions and allied organizations representing students, staff, researchers and faculty at Harvard University are holding a rally on 27 April on campus to raise awareness and support for the role workers at the universit ... (The Guardian)

Trump administration blocked plan to retrieve Abrego Garcia from El Salvador: Report

14 hrs ago - Saturday 26 April 2025 17:11 BST Trump administration officials reportedly worked on a plan to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. from El Salvador before the White House performed a dramatic U-turn, according to The Atlantic. At first, Abreg ... (The Independent)

US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act

15 hrs ago - 44m A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge David Briones in El Paso, Texas, issued the ... (msn/AP)

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