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Axelrod: Harris ‘setting herself up’ for 2028 presidential run

Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Wednesday said former Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be preparing for another White House bid after last year’s November loss, following her announcement that she will not run for California governor.   Harris released a statement on Wednesday saying she had “given serious thought to asking the people of…

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Watch: Trump signs executive order on sports council, fitness test

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test and setting up a White House sports council. Trump hosted several professional athletes for the event, including golfer Bryson DeChambeau, who will chair the new President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, the White House confirmed. The order is expected to direct…

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Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion in government funding for 2026

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Thursday amounting to more than $1 trillion in government funding for fiscal 2026, ahead of a late September shutdown deadline. The committee approved about $852 billion in discretionary funding for defense programs and roughly $200 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and…

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Democrats accuse GOP of racism in proposed Texas map

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of “rigging” the system to keep a grip on power — and purposefully disenfranchising millions of minority voters in the process. “The truth of the matter is: Somebody has to have the courage…

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5 new details from hearing on DC crash that killed 67

New details are emerging about the deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter in January near Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people. Three days of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings, along with thousands of pages of documents, suggest that the Black Hawk helicopter may have been relying on…

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Trump demands pharma companies slash drug prices in next 60 days

President Trump sent letters Thursday to 17 of the world’s largest drug companies, telling them to take more steps to slash the prices of prescription drugs to match the lowest price in certain foreign countries.  The letters represent an escalation of the administration’s push for lower drug prices by launching a “most favored nation” model, which…

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Military walks back plan to discontinue some weather data

The military is walking back its previously announced plans to discontinue some weather forecast data after public pushback. The Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will still distribute data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program beyond Thursday, according to a statement. The government previously said the data would be discontinued after Thursday. The Defense…

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