Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led statesFeb 10, 2026 4:27 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states. Full details have not b...
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FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election 'defects,' affidavit saysFeb 10, 2026 3:25 pm - ATLANTA — The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton C...
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UK leader Starmer averts a leadership challenge for now but remains damaged by Epstein falloutFeb 10, 2026 8:11 am - After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he was saved by a pugnacious fightback and by hesitation among his rivals in the governing Labour Party about the consequences of a leadership coup.
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Judge blocks Trump’s $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including IllinoisFeb 09, 2026 7:08 pm - A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in child care and family planning funding to five Democratic-led states, including Illinois.
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Norwegian ambassador resigns as she faces scrutiny over contacts with EpsteinFeb 09, 2026 9:38 am - A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
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UK leader Starmer fights for his job as Mandelson-Epstein revelations spark a crisisFeb 09, 2026 7:35 am - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s position hung by a thread on Monday as he tried to persuade his Labour Party lawmakers not to kick him out of his job after just a year and a half in office.
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Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreakFeb 06, 2026 9:18 am - Over two days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the same answer.
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Trump won’t apologize for racist post depicting Obamas as primatesFeb 06, 2026 9:06 am - President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
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Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different storyFeb 06, 2026 7:43 am - Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products.
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Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugsFeb 05, 2026 6:43 pm - The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans.