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Trump Unveils $22.5 Billion Redesign of Dulles Airport

The project would make the airport easier to navigate and include a new United lounge, officials said. It’s part of the president’s plans to remake the Washington area.

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The main AeroTrain station at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., in 2025.
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Fauci’s Pardon From Biden Would Not Shield Him From New Offenses

Republicans have argued that the pre-emptive pardon Dr. Fauci received from former President Biden ought to preclude him from invoking the Fifth Amendment. But the pardon applies only to what happened before it was issued.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci during a news conference at the White House in 2021. Mr. Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon for Dr. Fauci on the last day of his term as president.
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Biden Acknowledges Keeping Classified Materials in Newly Released Tapes

Recordings from 2016 and 2017 show that Joseph R. Biden Jr. knew he had retained classified materials but reveal little that was not already documented in a special counsel’s report.

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“I just found all the classified stuff downstairs,” Joseph R. Biden Jr. told his ghostwriter in a February 2017 conversation.
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Secret Service Agent in JD Vance’s Detail Under Investigation

The Secret Service said that a member of Vice President JD Vance’s team was accused of “compromising operational and information security.”

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Secret Service agents assisting Vice President JD Vance in Switzerland last month. A member of Mr. Vance’s security detail has been placed under investigation, according to the Secret Service.
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As Part of Nuclear Deal, Trump Demands Saudi Arabia Join the Abraham Accords

The president’s new condition could create a roadblock to the agreement his administration announced this week.

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President Trump with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the White House last year.
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Trump Lifts Ban on Direct Flights to Lebanon

The prohibition had been in place since 1985, when it was imposed in response to Hezbollah’s hijacking of TWA Flight 847.

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President Trump with President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon at the White House on Tuesday.
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Judges Reject Biden’s Effort to Keep Memoir Recordings Private

The former president is fighting the Justice Department’s effort to release tapes and transcripts.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. during a South Carolina Democratic Party fund-raising event in February.
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Trump Administration Restricts Green Cards for Immigrants on Public Assistance

The move is a significant change that could deter hundreds of thousands of immigrants from using such programs to meet basic needs.

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People lining up last year outside the Los Angeles building that houses offices for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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Tourist Helicopter Struck Geese Before Crashing in Hudson River, Documents Show

Officials discovered remains from at least two birds on the helicopter’s rotor blades, according to documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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City police divers searching for helicopter wreckage in the Hudson River in April 2025.
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