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Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case. Trump blasted Cuellar for “Such a lack of LOYALTY,” suggesting the Republican president might have expected the clemency to bolster the GOP's narrow House majority heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Cuellar, in a television interview Sunday after Trump's social media post, said he was a conservative Democrat willing to work with the

Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as 'disloyal' for not switching parties

Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record

Hamas official says the group ready to discuss 'freezing or storing' its weapons

Swing-district Republican sounds alarm over GOP’s affordability agenda: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, one of a handful of House Republicans who won in a district that then-Vice President Kamala Harris carried last fall, has a stark message for his party as the deadline to extend expiring health care subsidies and the midterm elections approach.“If you don’t have a better plan, then get on board with ours,” Fitzpatrick said. “But doing nothing is not an option.”In a wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Manu Raju for “Inside Politics Sunday,” Fitzpatrick leaned into areas where he broke sharply with his party’s leaders, including his desire to find a health

How Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro defied all predictions

Why Indiana GOP voters want their senators to defy Trump’s threats

Trump blames Maduro for migrants, but a war in Venezuela could create millions of refugees

When President Donald Trump has been asked about the reason he’s pressuring Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to step down and threatening military action against the country, he consistently blames the South American leader for two things: drugs and migrants.“We just have to take care of Venezuela. They dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country from prisons,” Trump told reporters last month in the Oval Office, though there’s no evidence migrants from Venezuela disproportionately served prison time.As the Trump administration continues its strikes on alleged drug vesse

Who are the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees?

Jasmine Crockett scrambles Democrats as she weighs a last-minute Texas Senate run

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Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force 'as he sees fit'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended strikes on alleged drug cartel boats during remarks Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, saying President Donald Trump has the power to take military action “as he sees fit” to defend the nation. Hegseth dismissed criticism of the strikes, which have killed more than 80 people and now face intense scrutiny over concerns that they violated international law. Saying the strikes are justified to protect Americans, Hegseth likened the fight to the war on terror following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “If you�

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Hegseth defends action in the Caribbean amid mounting questions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s military actions against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, saying they show “the strength of American resolve.”“Right now the world is seeing the strength of American resolve in stemming the flow of lethal drugs to our country,” Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. “Here, again, we’ve been focused and here we’ve been clear: If you’re working for a designated terrorist organization and you bring drugs to this country in a boat, we will find you and we will

National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

Suspect arrested in stabbing on the same Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed

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How the Supreme Court emboldened Democrats in California and elsewhere redrawing US House maps

��s congressional map is offering hope to California Democrats as they prepare to defend their map in court this month – and emboldening other states to move ahead.The high court allowed Texas to use a congressional map giving Republicans a better chance at five additional US House seats, staying a district court’s ruling that the new boundaries were likely unconstitutional because they were drawn based on race.Texas Republicans argued that partisan gain, not race, drove their decisions. In a short order issued Thursday, the Supreme Court’s majority wrote that the lower court “failed t

Netflix has a big unanswered question. That may kill its Warner Bros. deal

Netflix’s shocking $72 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. and HBO is the rare corporate mega-merger that can shift the tectonic plates of an entire industry and permanently change the way all of its participants do business.In other words: It’s the kind of deal that could force antitrust regulators to put away their rubber stamps and take out their magnifying glasses.Hollywood is at a precarious moment, upset by rapidly changing consumer behavior fueled by significant growth of tech rivals, including YouTube, TikTok and, well, Netflix. That has created massive uncertainty for legacy movie and

No. 2 Indiana beats No. 1 Ohio St. 13-10 to end Big Ten title drought, lock up top playoff seed

Music, comedy and a whole lot of Trump. And then finally, an actual World Cup draw

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Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory

Talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators over a proposed peace deal with Russia ended in Miami this weekend, with few new developments and lingering questions over security guarantees and territorial issues, according to Ukrainian officials.As the talks concluded, the Kremlin welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new security strategy, saying it dropped the language of past US administrations describing Russia as a threat.The marathon Miami meeting began on Thursday between US special envoy Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian officials Rustem Umerov an

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British documentary photographer Martin Parr dies at 73

One of Britain’s most acclaimed photographers, Martin Parr, died on Saturday at age 73, his foundation said on Sunday.A prolific photographer and collector, Parr obsessively documented his surroundings for over 50 years.During this time, his vibrant photos of people set against backdrops of seaside towns, village fairs and public swimming pools captured the attention of an international fan base and celebrated the quirks and intricacies of everyday British life.The documentary photographer died at his home in Bristol, in southwest England, the statement posted on the website of the Martin Pa

Fire rips through Indian nightclub killing at least 25 including several tourists

Dulles was supposed to be the airport of the future. So why does everyone, including Trump, hate it?

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A Bollywood film is turning India’s monument to love into a symbol of division

After a lifetime spent reciting the eternal love story of the Taj Mahal, veteran tour guide Vishu Das says his faith is shattered.“The story we have been telling all these years – what if it turns out to be a lie?” he asks, distraught as he looks at the monument from a nearby rooftop. His desperation leads to a radical suggestion: “Could we not just run a DNA test on the Taj Mahal?”The moment ends with a bleak conclusion: “We are spreading a lie.”This is a scene from Indian director Tushar Goel’s controversial film “The Taj Story,” released in October, which challenges the

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The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court 's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump's time in the White House. The justices could take the next step in a case being argued Monday that calls for a unanimous 90-year-old decision limiting executive authority to be overturned. The court's conservatives, liberal Justice Elena Kagan noted in September, seem to be “raring to take that action.” They already have allowed Trump, in the opening months of the Republican's