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Nancy Mace Announces Run for Governor of South Carolina

The Charleston-area congresswoman was once a moderate Republican, but has more recently presented herself as a loyal supporter of President Trump.

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Representative Nancy Mace spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
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In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans

Working to exploit a G.O.P. rift, Democrats are aggressively pushing charges of a coverup in the case of the accused pedophile, which many of them once dismissed as a conspiracy theory.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, and Representative Katherine Clark, Democrat of Massachusetts, arriving for a news conference on Wednesday.
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Trump Order on International Criminal Court Likely Violates First Amendment, Judge Rules

The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.

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President Trump has accused the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, of targeting the United States and Israel.
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Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, after visiting Alcatraz Island on Thursday.
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