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Trump to transform spaceflight from spectacle to status quo targeting 3 launches per day
The Trump administration has unveiled a new space policy aiming to dramatically increase US space traffic, targeting nearly three rocket launches or reentries per day by 2030. A White House policy document released on Thursday directs federal agencies to expand America’s launch and reentry infrastructure, framing the push as essential to maintaining US leadership in…
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Marco Rubio overtakes JD Vance by shocking figure in new poll as 2028 momentum builds
A new Emerson College/The Hill poll suggests Secretary of State Marco Rubio has edged ahead of Vice President JD Vance in hypothetical 2028 presidential match-ups, outperforming him in three separate tests against leading Democratic contenders. The finding feeds into ongoing speculation about a rivalry between the two men to succeed Donald Trump, even as the…
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Sanford backs Norman over Graham in South Carolina Senate runoff: ‘Stakes are simply too high’
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) announced Friday he is backing GOP Rep. Ralph Norman (S.C.) in the race to serve a full term in the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) seat. Sanford, who generally refrains from offering political endorsements, said in a statement shared on social media that he felt “compelled to offer”…
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Interior spares California, Arizona, Nevada from most dramatic short-term Colorado River water cuts
The federal government has unveiled its short-term plans for Colorado River water cuts from California, Arizona and Nevada — issuing a plan that’s largely in line with what the states themselves have proposed and sparing them from more dramatic cuts for the time being. The Interior Department announced Friday that it would require these states,…
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Trump lawyer to liberal think tank: Retract National Guard report that defames president
President Trump has demanded a liberal think tank retract a critical report on his National Guard deployments by Friday evening, threatening to file a $5 billion defamation suit if it doesn’t. In a nine-page letter sent Monday by Trump’s personal attorney, which was reviewed by The Hill, he claimed the Center for American Progress (CAP)…
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White House Derides Rosie O’Donnell As A “Nasty Woman” After She Skewers Trump During Jimmy Kimmel Guest Host Gig
The Trump White House publicly attacked Rosie O’Donnell, calling her a “nasty woman” and a “total slob” whose brain has been “completely destroyed by Trump Derangement Syndrome,” after she used a week guest-hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! to repeatedly mock the president. The exchange highlights the long-running feud between O’Donnell and Trump and comes at…
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Watch live: Vance seeks to sell Trump agenda to Ohio voters
Vice President Vance is heading back to his Ohio hometown Friday afternoon, as he looks to sell President Trump’s economic agenda to voters ahead of the November midterms. Vance will deliver remarks at Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works, a steel plant where his grandfather worked for nearly four decades. He is expected to tout the administration’s efforts…
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“I don’t think anything could have prepared me for it”: Ex-councillor reveals true extent of racist abuse
She said there was “no policy that I could champion, no initiative that I could celebrate” without receiving abuse in the lead-up to the local elections in May
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Beatty files emergency request to stop Trump’s name from returning to Kennedy Center
Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump’s name up in three places at the arts complex.
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Labour holds Penistone East, Swalwell probed as Leavitt exits Trump team
Labour’s John Roberts won the Penistone East council by-election in Barnsley on 20 August, taking 1,728 votes (51.6%) on a turnout of 38.58%. Reform UK’s Eunice Asante received 795 votes and the Conservative candidate, Steven John Burkinshaw, 387. Although Labour already held two of the ward’s three seats, the contest filled a vacancy created by…