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Trump Admin. Blames Journalist For Self-Inflicted Security Breach Mar 26, 2025

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Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending potentially classified information that appeared in a group chat about US military strikes in Yemen that a journalist was included in. Under sharp questioning from outraged Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly denied that the chat contained classified information.

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War Plans Mistakenly Sent To Reporter Mar 25, 2025

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US officials reacted with shock— and in many cases, horror — to revelations in The Atlantic that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed operational plans and other likely highly classified information about US military strikes on Yemen to a group thread on a messaging app to which a reporter had accidentally been added.

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Trump Revokes Security Clearances For Biden, Harris, Others Mar 22, 2025

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President Donald Trump, in a late-night Friday memo, directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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NYT: Pentagon To Brief Musk On Potential China War Plans Mar 21, 2025

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Elon Musk will pay a visit to the Pentagon on Friday after the tech billionaire received an invitation from Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department said. The New York Times reported earlier Thursday that Musk will be briefed on the US military’s top-secret plan for any war that might break out with China.

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AG Bondi On Anti-Tesla Vandalism: “We Are Coming After You” Mar 20, 2025

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Tesla has recently been the target of protests in several cities across the US and Canada. On Tuesday, a person dressed in black shot and set fire to several Tesla vehicles at a repair facility in Las Vegas, police said, in what the FBI is investigating as a possible act of domestic terrorism.

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Trump On Justice Roberts Rebuke: “He Didn’t Mention My Name” Mar 19, 2025

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Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against the federal judiciary on Tuesday in a highly unusual statement that appeared to be aimed at the president’s call to impeach judges who rule against him.

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Gaza Truce Shatters As Israel Resumes Strikes Mar 18, 2025

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The Israeli strikes have killed at least 86 people and wounded over 100, according to the Palestine Red Crescent. The Gaza Civil Defense said people were “trapped under the rubble of homes that were bombed in various areas.” CNN stringers in Gaza reported the sounds of strikes in multiple locations.

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Activist Groups Call On Schumer To Resign Over Shutdown Vote Mar 15, 2025

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Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. The stopgap measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.

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House Dems Fume As Schumer Signals Senate Will Avert Shutdown Mar 14, 2025

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Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming.

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CNN Poll: Most Americans Disapprove Of Trump’s Handling Of Tariffs Mar 13, 2025

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President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans.

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