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FILE - The Federal Reserve Board Building is seen as it undergoes renovations, June 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
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Under fire by Trump over costs, Chair Powell seeks watchdog review of Fed building overhaul

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is asking an inspector general to review the cost of the central bank’s building renovations that White House officials have attacked as “ostentatious."

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Newark, N.J., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The Latest: Trump promises a ‘major statement’ on Russia-Ukraine war as he hosts NATO leader

Read full article: The Latest: Trump promises a ‘major statement’ on Russia-Ukraine war as he hosts NATO leader

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

Girls read an Amelia Bedelia book during the East Providence Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp at Emma G. Whiteknact Elementary School on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Providence R.I. (AP Photo/Sophie Park)
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More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding

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More than 20 states have sued President Donald Trump’s administration over billions of dollars in frozen funding for after-school care, summer programs and more.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., gives remarks to a crowd at St. Paul First Baptist Church on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Laurens, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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‘Who’s got next?’ Democrats already lining up for 2028 presidential race in early voting states

Read full article: ‘Who’s got next?’ Democrats already lining up for 2028 presidential race in early voting states

The voters in early presidential nominating states are used to seeing contenders months or even years before most of the country.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Trump to meet NATO secretary-general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.

FILE - President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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US manufacturers are stuck in a rut despite subsidies from Biden and protection from Trump

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Democratic President Joe Biden handed out subsidies to chipmakers and electric vehicle manufacturers.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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'Beautiful' or 'Ugly,' Trump's big bill shapes the battle for House control in 2026 midterms

Read full article: 'Beautiful' or 'Ugly,' Trump's big bill shapes the battle for House control in 2026 midterms

Debate over President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package is over on Capitol Hill.

President Donald Trump, right, presents the Golden Ball award to Chelsea's Cole Palmer at the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Trump marks one-year anniversary of assassination attempt at the FIFA Club World Cup final

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President Donald Trump marked the one-year anniversary of a failed attempt on his life and watched Chelsea dominate Paris Saint-Germain in the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say

Read full article: Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say

The Justice Department has fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

Read full article: Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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A year after Trump’s near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man

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One year after Donald Trump's near-assassination at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man.

Cranes unload shipping containers from trucks at Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1, rattling major US trading partners

Read full article: Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1, rattling major US trading partners

President Donald Trump has announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1.

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event on May 31, 2023, in Salix, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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DOGE sprouts in red states, as governors embrace the cost-cutter brand and make it their own

Read full article: DOGE sprouts in red states, as governors embrace the cost-cutter brand and make it their own

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has spawned state-level DOGE initiatives as Republican governors and lawmakers aim to show that they're in step.

People wait outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California.

Cranes and shipping containers are seen at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Trump's sudden shifts make his policies baffling to countries trying to negotiate lower tariffs

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In the past week, President Donald Trump has managed to make his erratic trade policies even more baffling to countries desperate to negotiate an escape from his wrath.

FILE - Daniel Bongino speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
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Fallout over Epstein files cascades, roiling relations between AG Pam Bondi and FBI’s Dan Bongino

Read full article: Fallout over Epstein files cascades, roiling relations between AG Pam Bondi and FBI’s Dan Bongino

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base.