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Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk

Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization that Charlie Kirk turned into a political juggernaut, will convene its flagship conference on Thursday for the first time since the assassination of its charismatic founder, testing the durability of a fractious movement that helped return President Donald Trump to the White House. Kirk served as a unifying figure on the American right, marshaling college students, online influencers and Republican politicians. But now the party's populist wing is skirmishing over the meaning of “America First” and the future of a decad

EU leaders gather to discuss a massive loan to Ukraine

FACT FOCUS: Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats

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Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws

Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Matilda, whose last name is being withheld at the request of her family, was enjoying a petting zoo at the festivities on Sunday just before she was killed along with 14 other people in a mass shooting targeting Jews. The suspects, a father and son, were inspired by the Islamic State group, Australian authorities have said. Beamin

US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion

Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump’s comments on land and oil reveal his true motives

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Unreliable data mask just how bad the air quality crisis is in India

Recent remarks about pollution from two Indian officials have increased frustration among residents who say policymakers are unwilling to acknowledge the severity of India's air quality crisis. When Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told Parliament earlier this month that India’s capital, New Delhi, has seen 200 days with good air quality readings, pollution experts and opposition leaders said he chose a figure that overlooked the worst pollution months. A week later, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the air quality index — a measure of air pollution

US military says strike on alleged drug boat kills 4 in eastern Pacific

LinkedIn ‘Wrapped’ is reminding people just how crummy the job market is

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Judge blocks ICE policy restricting congressional oversight visits

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from enforcing new rules limiting congressional oversight visits, finding that Democratic lawmakers are likely to succeed in their claim that the policy violates federal law governing congressional access to detention facilities.Judge Jia M. Cobb granted lawmakers’ request to stay the policy, finding that ICE’s oversight visit rules are “contrary to law and in excess of DHS’s statutory authority.” The rules, Cobb said, unlawfully prevent members of Congress from conducting unannounced oversight vi

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Stumbles in the search for a Brown University shooter led to the wrong man

On Sunday morning, as investigators rushed to prepare a search warrant for a hotel room in Coventry, Rhode Island, FBI Director Kash Patel broke the news on social media celebrating that a person of interest had been detained in the Brown University mass shooting.Around the same time, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced the man’s detention from a podium, telling residents they can “breathe a little easier.”It turned out to be the wrong man.Patel’s announcement, made in a post on X, highlighted the role of the FBI in using cellphone tower data to find the alleged person of interest.

New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ offer pointed descriptions of predecessors

Sleepy. Divisive. A fan of young Trump: A look at the new plaques on the Presidential Walk of Fame

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Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagon's escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military. “This is just about sending a message to retired service members, active duty service members, government employees — do not speak out against this president or there will be consequences,” Kelly told reporters after a classified briefing from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others about deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in L

Senate sends Trump annual defense policy bill without changes to address bipartisan concerns on aircraft safety

The Senate passed the annual defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.Democrats and Republicans in the Senate voted overwhelmingly, 77-20, to approve the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes nearly $900 billion in funding for military programs, including a 3.8% pay raise for service members, and sets out the nation’s defense policy agenda.The House of Representatives approved the package last week, and Trump is expected to sign it, having previously urged its passage.Among the massive bill’s more controversial measures is a provis

Fani Willis counterattacks as Republican Georgia senators question her Trump prosecution

Rob and Michele Reiner's son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss

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Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel

President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas. The remarks came as the nation is preparing to settle down to celebrate the holidays, yet Trump was focused more on divisions within the country than a sense of unity. His speech was a rehash of his recent messaging that has so far been unable to calm public anxiety about the cost of groceries, housing, utilities and

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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for The Associated Press, died Wednesday in Newport Beach and was surrounded by friends and family, said his son Andrew Arnett. He had been suffering from prostate cancer. “Peter Arnett was one of the greatest war correspondents of his generation — in

Jared Isaacman confirmed as NASA chief after monthslong tug-of-war

US government admits Army and air traffic controller failures in deadly midair collision near DC

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The Latest: Trump addresses the American public in a live speech from the White House

President Donald Trump delivered a speech live from the White House on Wednesday night where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond. The president’s predecessor, whom Trump continues to lambaste regularly, figured prominently at the start of his address. Trump pointed to the immigration situation under former President Joe Biden’s presidency, as well as inflation and culture issues. “This is what the Biden administration allowed to happen to our country,” he said, adding: “When I took office,

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Susie Wiles offered unflattering assessments of her colleagues to Vanity Fair. In return, they showered her with praise

Of all the blunt assessments White House chief of staff Susie Wiles shared with Vanity Fair over the past year, perhaps her sharpest words were aimed at Attorney General Pam Bondi.In remarks the magazine published Tuesday, Wiles said that Bondi “completely whiffed” in her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files — an issue that has animated many of President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and generated months of political headaches for the White House.Bondi, however, quickly stood by her “dear friend” and fellow Floridian, joining others in publicly closing ranks and inste