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The longest-serving legislative leader in US history will be sentenced on corruption charges

Michael Madigan’s stunning political collapse is expected to culminate Friday when the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history is sentenced on federal bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud convictions tied to a scheme to push legislation in exchange for jobs and contracts for his associates. Madigan will appear in U.S. District Court Friday in Chicago, where Judge John Robert Blakey will determine his sentence. Madigan’s attorneys are seeking probation, contending the government’s sent
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Melania Shuns Trump’s Attempt at Shameless Flattery at White House Picnic

Melania Trump smiled in her trademark silence after husband Donald Trump joked she could replace him as president. The pair appeared together for the second day running, hosting the annual White House congressional picnic on Thursday. The happy couple also walked the red carpet at the opening night of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night, where the first lady was also of few words. Addressing the crowd of Republican lawmakers from the White House overlooking the south lawn, Tr
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Republicans lay groundwork for ‘total tax cliff’ at end of Trump’s term

Congressional Republicans are laying the groundwork for a tax cliff at the end of President Trump’s term in office. While the conference is pushing to make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, additional measures geared toward working-class Americans are being slated for expiration at the end of 2028. “It means that’s going to be an…
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Democrat tears into ’embarrassment’ Hegseth: ‘Get the hell out’

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) on Thursday lambasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him an “embarrassment” and demanding he resign over a range of issues including sharing sensitive military attack plans via an unsecure Signal group chat, deploying Marines to Los Angeles amid protests, and his views on Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I have called for…
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Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff

Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration at the ballot box. But that decision came back to bite the roofing boss when ICE detained a third of his workforce. The six men, all from Nicaragua, were pulled over in a work truck on May 27 while heading to a job—and carted off to jail. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies helped transport the men to a local detention facility “for deportation.”
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Trump on ‘No Kings’ protests during military parade: ‘I don’t feel like a king’

President Trump was asked Thursday to respond to planned counterprotests that will coincide with a military parade in the nation’s capital to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. When asked to respond to the anti-Trump “No Kings” demonstrations expected around the country, Trump quipped: “I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through…
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Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions at a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday about his use of Signal chats to discuss military operations. Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee repeatedly got into heated exchanges with Hegseth, with some of the toughest lines of questioning coming from military veterans as many de
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Trump says Rand Paul invited to picnic while Massie slams him over invites

President Trump said Thursday that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is, in fact, invited to the White House for the Congressional Picnic after the GOP senator and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) both said they were “uninvited” from the event amid their opposition to Trump’s tax cut and spending package. Paul said late Wednesday he planned to…
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Appeals court delays order that would have blocked Trump from continuing to deploy National Guard in California

A federal appeals court Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom. A panel of three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay of the lower court’s order and set a hearing for June 17. Two of the judges on the panel were nominated by President Donald Trump, and one was nominated by former President Joe Biden.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Step Out Together in Los Angeles

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner continued to put on a united front with their latest outing. Garner, 53, and Affleck, 52, were photographed together at LAX as they picked up their son Sam, 13. (The exes also share children Violet, 19, and Seraphina, 16.) Affleck wore a black suit with a white button-up and black
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Trump merchandise sold at Fort Bragg for president's speech now under review

The Army is reviewing how pro-President Donald Trump merchandise wound up being sold on one of its bases this week at a service-sponsored event orchestrated by the White House and the president's supporters. Earlier this week, Trump spoke at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in celebration of the Army's 250th birthday. At the event, vendors were spotted selling Trump merchandise -- including "Make America Great Again" hats and other "America First" swag.
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