Could a 50-Year-Old Case Thwart Trump’s Attacks on the News Media?
The precedent said that “official harassment of the press” is forbidden by the First Amendment.
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16.07.2026
How Nike’s Diversity Efforts Made It a Trump Target
A civil-rights investigation, which grew out of a 26-page memo by a political appointee, provides a road map for the White House’s assault on D.E.I.
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16.07.2026
Trump Is Expected to Revisit Election Fraud Claims in Speech: What to Know.
Repeated investigations and audits have debunked claims by the president and his allies of widespread fraud or manipulation in 2020 or other elections.
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16.07.2026
White House Faces Stiff Pushback on Subjecting Grants to Political Review
Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.
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16.07.2026
The Army Veteran Killed Outside His ‘Trump House’
Kerry Sheron could often be found waving and nodding to those who passed his home, which stood out in Escondido, Calif.
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16.07.2026
Evette and Wilson Advance to Runoff in South Carolina Republican Primary for Governor
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson, the state attorney general, now head to a runoff in the Republican contest for governor. President Trump vowed to “fight” for Ms. Evette in the second round.
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10.06.2026
Trump Says Bill Pulte Will Take Over as Intelligence Chief on June 19
The president also plans to keep Mr. Pulte as the head of a federal housing agency, heightening tension with Congress and complicating the renewal of a powerful spying authority.
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10.06.2026
Blanche Was Once Seen as Tempering Trump’s Tactics. Now He’s All In.
The ascendancy of Todd Blanche shows how the practices that were initially deemed out of bounds even in President Trump’s Justice Department seem to be the order of the day.
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10.06.2026
U.S. Strikes Iran After Trump Vows to Retaliate for Downed Helicopter
The retaliatory U.S. attacks came on Tuesday as Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon while targeting Hezbollah.
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10.06.2026
Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund
Two sets of lawyers noted that while senior department officials said the fund would not move forward, they declined to offer assurances that this would hold in the future.
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10.06.2026
Trump Says Iran Shot Down U.S. Helicopter and Vows to Retaliate
U.S. Central Command said the incident was under investigation. The pilot and gunner were safely rescued.
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09.06.2026
A South Carolina race tests the strength of a Trump endorsement.
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09.06.2026
Infantino’s Yearslong Effort to Woo Trump for the World Cup
Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, has unabashedly courted the president’s favor. Soccer officials privately ask, who really benefits?
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09.06.2026
Trump Previews Fall Strategy With Baseless Claims of California Vote Fraud
The president is using the slow count of mail ballots in California to renew his effort to cast doubt on election outcomes he doesn’t like, despite a lack of evidence of any widespread fraud.
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09.06.2026
Trump Wants to Call the Shots. But in Iran, He Keeps Hitting His Limits.
President Trump is grappling with his own version of the sort of Middle East crisis that beset his predecessors, and that he promised to avoid.
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09.06.2026
Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight
As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president’s maximalist demands. Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear.
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09.06.2026
Netanyahu Called Off Iran Strikes After Trump Claimed Progress in Nuclear Talks, Officials Say
Multiple officials said that the president told Israel’s leader that the United States and Iran were within days of a breakthrough that would clear the way for talks on a long-term nuclear deal.
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09.06.2026
Trump’s Coast Guard Address: ‘Good Looking Men’ and Deja Vu
President Trump’s commencement address was a mixture of jokes and praise for the seafaring life of the Coast Guard graduates. But there were detours into choppy waters.
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21.05.2026
Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Enters Caribbean as Trump Pressures Cuba
The carrier arrived in the southern Caribbean on the same day that the Justice Department announced charges against Raul Castro.
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21.05.2026
Thomas Massie, a Trump Critic, Causes Latest Midterm Fight Over Israel
In primary races across the country, debates over Israel are taking center stage, dividing Democrats and Republicans alike.
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21.05.2026