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Feds Order Steep Colorado River Water Cuts as Reservoirs Hit Record Lows The U.S. Department of the Interior finalized a two-year operating framework this weekend cutting Colorado River water deliveries to Arizona, California and Nevada by a combined 1.25 million acre-feet annually starting in 2027, after the seven states that draw from the river failed…

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Supreme Court Lets Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom Keep Rising Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay allowing above-ground construction of President Trump’s planned White House ballroom to continue while the full Court considers the administration’s emergency appeal [1, 2]. The order pauses a preliminary injunction issued by a federal district…

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Trump to Wave Green Flag as $35 Million IndyCar Race Shuts Down the Capital Washington, D.C. hosts its first-ever IndyCar street race this weekend, with Sunday’s marquee Freedom 250 Grand Prix running 147 laps around the National Mall past the Capitol and national monuments. President Trump is scheduled to take a ceremonial lap in the…

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FBI Raids Ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell’s Home in Sexual Misconduct Probe Federal agents stopped former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday and seized his electronic devices, including an iPhone and a MacBook Pro, while executing a search warrant. Agents followed up Sunday by searching Swalwell’s Washington, D.C., home as…

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Trade War Erupts: Trump Slaps 50% Tariffs on Canada as Deal Collapses at Midnight Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada collapsed Friday night just before a midnight deadline, triggering 50% U.S. tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods — including dairy products, alcoholic beverages, cement and hockey equipment — that took…

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Trump Rallies for Under-Prepared Senate Pick as SC Republicans Split Over “It’s Not My Thing” Debate Flub President Trump campaigned in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Friday to boost Sen. Darline Graham ahead of Tuesday’s Republican Senate runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman, praising her focus on “the price of groceries, the price of food, the…

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Missouri Judge Kills Voters’ Chance to Overturn GOP’s Redrawn Congressional Map A Missouri judge ruled Friday that the state can use its newly redrawn, Republican-favored congressional map in the November midterm election. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green upheld Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’s earlier decision blocking a referendum that sought to let…

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Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes’ Top Editors Over “Insubordination” After They Defended Editorial Independence The Pentagon on Friday fired publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte from Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has long operated with editorial independence despite being funded by the Department of Defense. The firings cite insubordination…

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Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom Gets a Lifeline From the Supreme Court — And a Fight That’s Far From Over The Supreme Court on Friday allowed construction of President Trump’s White House ballroom to continue for now, with Chief Justice John Roberts issuing a temporary stay blocking a lower court injunction that would have halted the…

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Trade War Reignites as US-Canada Talks Collapse Minutes Before Midnight Deadline Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada fell apart Friday night, just before a midnight deadline for 50% tariffs to take effect on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products. The new tariffs went into force early Saturday morning after last-ditch talks in…

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