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Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S. Audits as Republicans Block $1.8 Billion Fund
Despite rejecting funding for Trump allies, GOP lawmakers allowed administration to grant president potentially lucrative tax protections.
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Top NewsSenate FISA Surveillance Deal Collapses After Trump Names Bill Pulte to Intelligence Post
Democrats withdrew support for renewing key surveillance authorities following the president's controversial intelligence appointment, throwing national security programs into uncertainty.
Top NewsJob Market Crisis Leaves Young College Graduates Struggling to Launch Careers
Despite overall labor market improvements, entry-level hiring has stagnated, threatening to scar an entire generation of workers with permanent career setbacks.
Top NewsTwo NIH Scientists Charged With Smuggling Mpox Virus Into the U.S. Through Detroit Airport
Federal prosecutors say a senior government virologist and a colleague carried 113 undeclared vials — 17 containing inactivated monkeypox virus — and lied to border officers.
Top NewsDemocratic Senate Candidate in Maine Faces Allegations of Disturbing Behavior
Multiple women describe Graham Platner as charming but intimidating, raising questions about his viability in crucial Senate race.
Top NewsScientists Achieve Revolutionary Gene Editing Breakthrough in Human Embryos
Researchers use advanced CRISPR technique to precisely edit embryo genes for the first time, raising both hope and ethical concerns.
Top NewsJustice Department Orders Prosecutors to Pursue 90 Immigrant Vote Fraud Investigations
Federal officials reveal the scale of the administration's efforts to investigate alleged voting violations by non-citizens across the country.
Top NewsJohn Bolton Reaches Plea Deal Over Classified Information in Trump-Era Case
Former national security adviser agrees to plead guilty to illegal retention of classified documents, facing potential fine and up to five years in prison.
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New York's Attorney General Opens Antitrust Probe of Compass After Its $1.6 Billion Anywhere Deal
Investigators are examining whether the nation's largest residential brokerage has too tight a grip on the New York housing market. Compass shares tumbled as much as 12% on the news.
Top NewsJohn Bolton Reaches Plea Deal Over Classified Information Retention
Former Trump national security adviser agrees to plead guilty to illegal retention charges, facing potential fine and up to five years in prison.
Top NewsTrump's 250-Foot DC Arch Project Faces Overwhelming Opposition at Planning Meeting
Nearly 1,700 public comments received by National Capital Planning Commission, with almost all opposing the controversial monument proposal.
Top NewsHouse Advances New Sanctions on Russia and Aid to Ukraine Against GOP Leadership Opposition
Six Republicans and an independent joined Democrats to force measure to floor after party leaders blocked additional Ukraine assistance.
Top NewsHouse Passes Iran War Powers Resolution in Bipartisan Rebuke to Trump
Measure directing end to U.S. engagement in Iran adopted with handful of Republicans crossing party lines, signaling growing opposition to president's unilateral war powers.
Top NewsOnce Among the Cities Most Dependent on the Colorado River, San Diego Now Has Water to Sell
A massive bet on desalination and aggressive conservation has left Southern California's second-largest city with a surplus — and thirsty agencies in Nevada and Arizona are lining up to buy it.
Top NewsWorld No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka Suffers Stunning French Open Collapse, Blowing a Set and a 5-3 Lead
Diana Shnaider, ranked 23rd, stormed back from the brink to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 and reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland Garros.
Top NewsHouse Set to Vote on Limiting Trump's War Powers in Iran as Republican Leaders Run Out of Delay Tactics
After postponing the measure in late May, GOP leadership faces inevitable vote on directing president to halt U.S. engagement in Iran. The measure was previously on track to pass with bipartisan support.
Top NewsFormer Federal Judges Challenge Trump Administration in Unprecedented Legal Briefs Trading on Judicial Prestige
Critics argue it's unseemly for retired judges to leverage their former positions, but coalition filings appear to be gaining influence in federal courts. A Florida judge has ordered Trump to respond to fraud allegations from 35 former federal judges.
Top NewsSWAT Teams Surround Downtown Bakersfield Chase Bank as Armed Man Holds Hostages in Daylong Bomb-Threat Standoff
Police say the barricaded suspect may have an explosive device strapped to his body. At least two captives have been released unharmed as FBI negotiators keep him on the phone into a second day.
Top NewsHouse Prepares to Vote on Limiting Trump's War Powers in Iran
Republican leaders ran out of time to delay a measure that would direct the president to halt U.S. engagement in Iran after repeated postponements.
Top NewsTrump Endorsement Falls Flat as Iowa Governor Pick Loses Primary
Representative Randy Feenstra was defeated by political outsider Zach Lahn despite receiving the president's backing just days before the vote.
Top NewsCBS News Fires '60 Minutes' Correspondent Scott Pelley After Heated Staff Confrontation
Veteran journalist dismissed one day after clashing with new executive producer over the show's future direction.
Top NewsActing Attorney General Drops Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund After Republican Opposition
Todd Blanche tells lawmakers the Justice Department will not proceed with controversial compensation fund while preserving IRS audit protections for Trump family.
Top NewsHiker Finds Body of Missing Los Alamos Lab Worker at Center of Probe Into Mysterious Nuclear-Linked Deaths
The remains of Melissa Casias, a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee who vanished nearly a year ago, were found in a New Mexico forest as Congress investigates a string of deaths and disappearances tied to nuclear and rocket secrets.
Top NewsTrump Signs Executive Order Seeking Government Oversight of AI Models
The order marks a significant shift from the administration's previously hands-off approach to artificial intelligence regulation.
Top NewsTrump Names Housing Finance Chief Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
The appointment of Pulte, who has no known intelligence background, signals a dramatic shift in leadership of America's spy agencies.
Top NewsNew Proposal Would Block Federal Grants for Programs That Don't Support Trump's Agenda
The administration proposal would allow officials to withhold funding from organizations that support what it calls "anti-American" values, raising concerns about politicization of federal grant programs.
Top NewsTrump Signs Executive Order Granting Government Oversight of AI Models
The order signals a shift from the hands-off approach the White House had previously taken toward artificial intelligence, following debates over how to gain control without disrupting innovation.
WatchTop NewsTrump Weighs 'Final Determination' on Iran Deal That Would Reopen Strait of Hormuz
President Trump is deciding whether to approve a memorandum that would extend the U.S.-Iran ceasefire 60 days, reopen the world's most critical oil chokepoint, and launch nuclear talks. Tehran says contradictory U.S. positions are stalling the agreement.
Top NewsFederal Judges Across Country Criticize Justice Department Lawyers for Lack of Candor
Courts that have long assumed government attorneys are trustworthy are now openly questioning their honesty in an unprecedented breakdown of institutional trust.
Top NewsTrump Abandons $1.8 Billion Fund After Political Backlash From Critics and Allies
The controversial fund, which critics called a scheme to reward the president's political allies with public benefits, has been dropped following widespread opposition.
