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16+ min ago   (18+ words) Five of six desalination plants supplying over 80 percent of Israeli drinking water are offline, forcing nationwide rationing...

33+ min ago   (604+ words) Trump’s plan to “make D.C. beautiful again” means more policing for the city’s residents. The expenditures are enormous: $16 million toward a failed paint job on the National Mall reflecting pool. $5 million for bronze horse statues. Over $900 million toward White…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (104+ words) “The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would ‘if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet,'” the Associated Press reports. “The military’s statement said…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (90+ words) “Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Kremlin troops not to fire on Kyiv for three days as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner prepare to visit,” Bloomberg reports. The Guardian: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner land in Moscow aiming…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (144+ words) “Republicans’ confidence in the economy has plummeted over the last six months at a pace unseen since Covid — reminiscent of the declines during the global financial crisis nearly two decades ago,” Axios reports. “Usually, the president’s party is upbeat about…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (284+ words) “Donald Trump’s attempts to limit mail-in voting are causing chaos for electoral officials across the U.S. as the first mail ballots are sent out ahead of November’s critical midterm elections,” the Financial Times reports. Think You Know Politics? A…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (166+ words) “President Donald Trump’s fervent support for artificial intelligence data centers has put him at odds with voters who increasingly oppose them and comes despite direct warnings that his stance threatens to deepen Republicans’ peril in the November midterm elections,” Bloomberg…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (83+ words) “President Trump is hitting the campaign trail and doing the last thing many Republicans want: making the 59 days to the Nov. 3 midterms a referendum on him,” Axios reports. “At the same time, they know it’s inevitable.” “Most Republicans are too…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (692+ words) The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by a member of the House of Representatives, Miriam Onuoha, challenging the recognition of Uchenna Agasu as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Isiala Mbano/Okigwe/Onuimo…...

26+ min ago   (47+ words) President Donald Trump’s former attorney Ty Cobb shocked MS NOW’s “the Weekend” panel into silence Saturday morning when he called his former client ‘a rapist” on cable television, before millions of viewers.Cobb, who worked for Trump in his first…...