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Republicans eye efforts to quiet Epstein uproar but can’t quash it

House Republicans who were at odds all week over the Trump administration’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein disclosures are holding their breaths to see if the tsunami of criticism from their base over the matter is finally subsiding. GOP members on the House Rules Committee voted in favor of a resolution directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release…

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Syria, Israel agree to ceasefire, says US envoy

The U.S. envoy to Syria announced on Friday that the country and Israel reached a ceasefire deal. “We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and together with other minorities build a new and united Syrian identity in peace and prosperity with its neighbors,” Tom Barrack posted on the social media…

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Venezuela frees 10 Americans in swap for deported migrants

The Trump administration announced Friday it helped facilitate a prisoner swap, securing the release of 10 U.S. citizens held in Venezuela in exchange for the return of more than 250 Venezuelan men the U.S. had sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador. The Venezuelan men have spent months in El Salvador’s most notorious prison, known…

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Indiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants

Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.    Hegseth announced the decision in a Tuesday letter to Rep. Herb Conaway (D-N.J.), the House Committee on Armed Services and other members of Congress outlining that both locations…

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Trump sues after Wall Street Journal’s Epstein story 

President Trump sued The Wall Street Journal for defamation on Friday after the newspaper published a story detailing an alleged letter Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. The 18-page complaint says the story has caused “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” for the president, demanding billions of dollars in damages.  “Defendants concocted this story to malign…

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Amazon emissions ticked up in 2024 amid data center push

Amazon’s emissions increased 6 percent last year, as the e-commerce and cloud computing giant continued to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts and build out its data center footprint.  The company’s total emissions ticked up from 64.38 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023 to 68.25 metric tons in 2024, according to its annual…

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Trump Turnberry course ‘worthy’ of British Open: DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau, a two-time U.S. Open champion, suggested Friday the Trump Organization’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland host the British Open.  “It’s one of the best golf courses in the world, and I’d love for it to be a part of the rotation,” DeChambeau told reporters, according to The Associated Press. “Albeit I haven’t played…

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