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Trump cursed at Netanyahu in call over Lebanon escalation, sources say
President Donald Trump cursed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a roughly 15-minute phone call on Monday, multiple sources familiar with the call told ABC News, with the president angered by Israel’s escalation in Lebanon and its potential to imperil the administration’s ongoing negotiations with Iran. Trump accused Netanyahu of being ungrateful and called…
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Hegseth blocks promotion of several Navy officers to 1-star rank
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions to one-star admirals of several senior Navy officers who had already been selected for promotion by a board of senior Navy admirals, three sources familiar with the move told ABC News. Secretaries of Defense have the authority to intervene in promotion lists for reasons of cause, but it…
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Iran live updates: Iran walks away from talks, Tasnim says
The Israeli military has warned residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, to flee their homes amid potential impending strikes. The Israeli military said it will target locations in the suburb of Dahiyeh if Hezbollah “continues launching rockets towards Israeli cities and towns.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier instructed the military to strike…
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Trump is facing a new inflation warning from the bond market, adding to his midterm challenges
WASHINGTON — The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government — causing interest rates to climb in ways that are worsening affordability pressures, hampering economic growth and creating a new risk for Republicans in November’s midterm elections. The energy price spike triggered by the Iran war has seeped into…
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Sen. Booker says he’s ‘absolutely expecting’ more Republican opposition to Trump
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that he expects Republican opposition to President Donald Trump’s policy agenda to grow after his administration’s recent push to create a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, among other actions. “We fought a revolution to stop exactly this — a ruler from taking public funds and doing whatever they want with…
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4 of 5 victims of Virginia bus crash were traveling to a family wedding, relative says
A family of four from Massachusetts who were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Virginia were traveling to a wedding with a carload of homemade desserts for the celebration. The family wedding will go forward Sunday in South Carolina, but it also will be a time to mourn the loss of Dmitri…
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Trump announces rally after artists pull out of 250th anniversary celebration
Less than 48 hours after Freedom 250 unveiled the entertainment lineup for its “Great American State Fair” in Washington, D.C., a growing number of announced performers publicly said they would not participate. And now President Donald Trump said he’s going to step in to fill that void. Trump announced Saturday in a social media post…
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Federal judge orders Trump’s name be removed from Kennedy Center, blocks closure
A federal judge said Friday that President Donald Trump can’t close or rename the Kennedy Center, ruling that it cannot be officially named for anyone else unless Congress approves it. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the rebranding of the Kennedy Center as the “Trump Kennedy Center” violates the law, and ordered that Trump’s…
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In a city with an iconic skyline, the Obama presidential museum aims to reshape Chicago architecture
CHICAGO — The granite monolith soars above a leafy stretch of Chicago’s South Side, a nearly windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the state-of-the art presidential museum held within. Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening on Juneteenth, more than a…
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‘I don’t care about the midterms’: Trump says he’s in no rush to reach deal with Iran
President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday that he isn’t concerned about making a deal soon with Iran, adding that he doesn’t “care about the midterms” in what he said he thinks is the regime’s calculation that he has to negotiate a deal before what are expected to be highly-competitive elections in November.…