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- February 12, 2025
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Trump Secures Release Of Second American While Revealing Details Of Russian Prisoner Swap

The White House revealed an American is one of three hostages released from Belarus on Wednesday. The news comes the day after Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained in Russia since 2021, landed back in the U.S. on Tuesday. When asked by reporters on Tuesday whether the U.S. had given up anything in return for […]

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- February 8, 2025
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President Trump Revokes Joe Biden’s Security Clearances

In a bold move, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has revoked former President Joe Biden’s security clearances, citing a lack of necessity for Biden to have continued access to classified information. Trump made the announcement shortly after referring to a report that raised concerns about Biden’s mental health, which, according to […]

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- February 7, 2025
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Naval Academy Revokes DEI To Align With Trump Executive Orders

A significant step forward… The head of the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland revealed the school is “taking steps to close all agency Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders,” according to an email obtained by Fox News. The message sent to staff by Vice […]

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- February 4, 2025
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Report: Trump Reinstates ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign Against Iran

President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order reinstating a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran on Tuesday, coinciding with a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. Trump voiced that he was “torn” on signing the order and admitted he was “unhappy to do it,” noting that the executive order was very […]

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- January 17, 2025
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Dangerous Winter Temperatures Force Swearing-In Ceremony Indoors

President-elect Donald Trump‘s highly anticipated swearing-in ceremony, originally set to take place outdoors as part of Monday’s historic inauguration, has been moved indoors due to concerns over the dangerously cold temperatures expected. As CNN reports: Plans are underway to have Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance sworn into office inside the US Capitol Rotunda, the sources said. Discussions regarding where […]

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- January 13, 2025
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CNN Commentator Predicts ‘All’ Trump Nominees Will Be Confirmed

CNN’s Manju Raju predicted President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees will cruise through the confirmation process. Raju’s colleague Jim Acosta kicked off a segment on Monday morning by noting that “13 of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks will be on Capitol Hill this week for their confirmation hearings before the Senate,” including Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State-designate Marco Rubio. “Manu, […]

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- January 11, 2025
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Donald Trump Seriously Considered Fox News Anchor As His Running Mate

In the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump reportedly considered a surprising and unconventional choice for his vice-presidential running mate: Maria Bartiromo, the prominent anchor of Mornings with Maria on Fox Business Network. According to a new book by Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt, Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power, Trump was “dead […]

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- January 9, 2025
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Virginia Man Arrested After Torching Attempt Near US Capitol

United States Capitol Police have identified the man arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to light a car on fire while President-elect Donald Trump was paying his respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Virginia man Adrian J. Hinton, 35, is the suspect, police announced on […]

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- January 7, 2025
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Trump Ups The Ante As Don Jr. Heads To Greenland

President-elect Trump ramped up his calls for the U.S. to take ownership of Greenland in an amusing social media post on Monday. Trump’s message comes as his son Don Jr. is personally traveling to Greenland on Tuesday but is not expected to meet with any government officials. In a Truth Social post, President-elect Trump said that he […]

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- January 6, 2025
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Congress Certifies Election As Snowstorm Hits Northern Virginia

On Monday afternoon, lawmakers convened on snow-covered Capitol Hill to officially certify Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory. Trump captured the presidency with 312 electoral votes to Harris’s 226 — a total that was confirmed during the certification on Monday, marking the final step in the election process before Trump formally takes back the White House […]

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