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Trump: Released missionary hostage coming home to US
President Trump said Sunday that Kevin Rideout, an American who has been held hostage in Niger, was reunited with his family after months of imprisonment overseas. Rideout, a 50-year-old pilot for a Christian missionary organization, was released from captivity in the West African country with the help of the eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar,…
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Californians divided on billionaire tax, new poll shows
A recent poll shows Californians are split on the one-time tax that would charge the state’s 200 billionaires with a 5 percent tax on their net worth, a measure set to appear on the ballot in November. The Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, found in a survey released Friday that…
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Fauci declines to sit for transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson
Former White House COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) he will not appear for a transcribed interview with the senator’s investigations subcommittee regarding Fauci’s role in the government’s pandemic response. In a letter sent to Johnson Friday, Fauci’s attorneys said the infectious diseases expert intends to continue asserting his Fifth Amendment…
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Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll sex abuse case
The US president has already paid the writer over $5m in damages in the assault and defamation case.
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Trump says people opposed to ballroom are disloyal to country
President Trump told reporters on Monday that critics who are opposed to his proposed White House ballroom are disloyal to the country. “The people that are opposing the ballroom are people that in my opinion are very disloyal to our country,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “And I think we’re doing well. I think…
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White House fires back at ‘theater kid’ Ossoff
Multiple White House officials on Monday took Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to task for his harsh criticism of President Trump at a campaign rally over the weekend. White House communications director Steven Cheung said Ossoff “has to be the biggest … loser in politics,” and referred to the lawmaker using a crude play on his…
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Late-Night Went Really Dark This Summer
Jimmy Fallon has spent most of the summer as the sole torchbearer for late-night on broadcast television. The Tonight Show host has been palling around with Katseye, trying on QVC wigs, starting his own microdrama, interviewing almost everyone involved in The Odyssey and making fun of the President. He has, essentially, held down the fort…
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French PM heckled over wildfire response as blazes continue across Europe
The prime minister announced on Monday €12m worth of aid to French regions that had been worst affected by the fires.
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Ministers drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after rural homes backlash
Government concedes ‘significant opposition’ requires new approach on quotas for medium-sized development sites Ministers have dropped plans to relax affordable housing rules for developers in England after a backlash from housing experts who warned it could drastically cut the number of cheaper homes available in rural areas. The government said on Monday it would not…
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Watch: Trump meets with teen lifeguard at White House
President Trump will meet with Ryder Williams at the White House Monday afternoon, after the teen saved a 10-year-old from drowning last month in California. “We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor,” Trump wrote…