Articles filed under Politics
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Trump lashes out at Pope Leo again ahead of Rubio trip to RomeMay 05, 2026 6:41 pm - Ahead of a visit to Rome by Secretary of State Marco Rubio aimed partly at defusing tensions between the White House and the Vatican, President Donald Trump unleashed new criticism at Pope Leo XIV.
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GOP bill would fund $1B in White House security upgrades for Trump’s ballroomMay 05, 2026 6:25 pm - Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project after a man was charged with trying to assassinate him at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last week.
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Drugmaker asks Supreme Court to restore abortion pill access by mailMay 02, 2026 6:09 pm - A drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to immediately pause a lower-court order reinstating a requirement that a commonly used abortion pill, which has often been accessed through the mail, can only be picked up in person.
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Roots of political violence aren’t as simple as Trump makes them soundMay 02, 2026 3:38 pm - To hear Donald Trump tell it, the attempts on his life are a measure of his singularity as a president.
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The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedentMay 02, 2026 3:38 pm - The criminal indictment of former FBI director James B. Comey for allegedly threatening President Donald Trump appears to fall short of a standard articulated by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a 2015 opinion, when the Supreme Court pointedly distinguished a genuine threat from mere speech, legal analysts say.
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Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal siteMay 02, 2026 3:38 pm - President Donald Trump’s expansion of the wall along the southern border with Mexico has damaged a rare Native American archaeological site in the Arizona desert, area residents said Thursday, as the administration moves to rapidly build hundreds of miles of additional barriers in a $46.5 billion project.
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Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be ready to fly Trump as Air Force One this summerMay 01, 2026 8:22 pm - The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, the service announced late Friday.
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Trump returns to public events, delivering profane speechMay 01, 2026 7:45 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday that he was eager to deliver his first public speech since he was hustled from a hotel stage Saturday, after an attempted shooter breached the perimeter of the White House correspondents’ dinner.
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Appeals court limits abortion pill access nationwideMay 01, 2026 7:18 pm - A federal appeals court is temporarily reinstating a requirement that abortion pills be picked up in person instead of sent through the mail — a victory for anti-abortion advocates.
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A long-standing Senate tradition is being quietly underminedMay 01, 2026 6:48 pm - For months, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has resisted pressure from President Donald Trump to get rid of the filibuster, the long-standing rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation through the chamber.