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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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Trump to downsize US military presence in GermanyMay 01, 2026 7:51 pm - The Pentagon on Friday said that it is withdrawing about 5,000 troops from Germany amid a feud between President Donald Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the U.S. war in Iran.
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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.
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What is ‘Ozempic personality,’ and why does it make life feel ‘meh’?May 01, 2026 3:11 pm - Doctors say they’ve begun hearing accounts about GLP-1 medication: a kind of emotional flattening, a dulled response not just to food but to other sources of joy such as reading, listening to music, dancing, gardening — or even sex. Online, the phenomenon has taken on a name — anhedonia — and, more colloquially, “Ozempic personality.”
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Mapping where the redistricting fight stands and where it’s headedMay 01, 2026 12:27 pm - The redistricting arms race sparked by President Donald Trump’s push to draw new congressional lines in Texas has both parties scrambling to rethink the political map.
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Go with your gut: Gastroenterologist offers IBS treatments that actually workMay 01, 2026 10:48 am - The biggest misconception I see about irritable bowel syndrome as a gastroenterologist is that people think we don’t know what the actual underlying problem is. The second biggest misconception is that we don’t have effective ways to treat it.
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Is Red Lobster’s revamped ‘Endless Shrimp’ deal worth it? A food critic tried it.May 01, 2026 8:38 am - It’s easy to understand the appeal of Red Lobster’s “Endless Shrimp” special, a promotion in which diners are guaranteed as many shrimp as they can stuff in at one seating. But just how good a deal is it? Some premeal math told us how many shrimp we would each have to eat to make this a bargain: 23.