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With Midterms Approaching, Trump Implores Republicans: Pretend I’m on the Ballot!

22 août 2026 à 03:12
President Trump was in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey. But his own political future was on his mind, too.

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President Trump appeared at a rally with Senator Darline Graham ahead of the South Carolina Senate runoff.

Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots

22 août 2026 à 13:31
The plan, which complies with President Trump’s executive order to curtail mail voting, will only go into effect if the Supreme Court rules in the order’s favor.

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A worker sorting ballots in 2025.

Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

21 août 2026 à 22:12
The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

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Travelers arriving from international flights outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit at Kennedy International Airport in New York last year.

Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom

21 août 2026 à 20:01
Mr. Newsom, the governor of California, normally has harsh words for President Trump. But he called the new children’s savings accounts “one of the best things” the president has done.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California gave an unusual endorsement for an endeavor led by President Trump — investment funds for American children born during Mr. Trump’s presidency.

Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

Par : Minho Kim
21 août 2026 à 22:37
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

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Service members reading Stars and Stripes in Cu Chi, South Vietnam, in September 1969. The publication has a long history of independent reporting on the U.S. military.

America Ends a Summer of Lightning-Fast Primaries and Political Speed Dating

21 août 2026 à 17:17
Plot twists in several states have led to rapid-fire races that have felt more reminiscent of European-style snap campaigns than traditional American marathons.

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Senator Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina

U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say

21 août 2026 à 16:56
The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.

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A plane carrying deportees from the United States at Roberts International Airport in Liberia on Thursday.

5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia

21 août 2026 à 19:36
At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

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The Bamy Hotel, where migrants are held, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now

21 août 2026 à 16:42
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.

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The construction site for the new White House ballroom in March.

Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts

21 août 2026 à 14:51
The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.

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The GEO Group signed a five-year contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate a detention facility in Winton, N.C.

Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

21 août 2026 à 12:22
Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.

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The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of up to 50 percent last year.

Gazebos From Uzbekistan: The Latest Foreign Gifts in Trump’s Washington

21 août 2026 à 11:54
The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes.

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Workers moving materials for Uzbek gazebos at West Potomac Park on Tuesday. President Trump’s expansive plans for the area also include reflecting pools, dining facilities and an amphitheater.

Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

21 août 2026 à 20:54
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

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A report by the Center for American Progress determined that there was “no evidence” that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country had affected the crime rate.

Push for Online Gun Sales Meets a Surprising Opponent: Small Gun Dealers

21 août 2026 à 10:07
The Trump administration wants average Americans to be able to buy guns online and have them shipped to their doors. Small gun stores warn it could upend the industry and risk public safety.

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Colin Overbey, the manager for Dunn’s Attic in Ormond Beach, Fla., is one of hundreds of people lobbying the A.T.F. to halt proposals that could alter the gun industry.

Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways

21 août 2026 à 05:04
The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.

U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

21 août 2026 à 10:02
Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”

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Samuel Tunick faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search last year.

Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power

21 août 2026 à 05:01
In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at Palazzo Chigi in Rome last month.

How Harvard’s Epic Fight With Trump Is Costing the University

21 août 2026 à 08:52
The federal government has slowed Harvard’s funding, despite the university’s legal victories. The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus.

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The Trump administration has found new ways of trying to pressure Harvard to comply with its wishes.

Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected

21 août 2026 à 00:01
The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.

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Visitors on a balcony with a view of the Danube that Viktor Orban, the former prime minister, had built off his offices at a former monastery in Budapest.
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