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Concerns grow over missteps in Nancy Guthrie investigation
Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway. It’s been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie was abducted. With no suspects in custody as of…
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Why Pam Bondi and Jeanine Pirro can’t stop embarrassing themselves.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images and Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images. Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a newsletter that never once had lunch on Jeffrey Epstein’s island. [Epstein file…
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The top political stories of the week : NPR
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and other Republican members of the committee talk to reporters following a closed-door, remote deposition from convicted child sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell on Capitol Hill on Monday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Lawmakers’ quest to uncover information related to the investigation of convicted sex offender and financier Jefferey…
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Trump says change in power in Iran would be ‘best’ after sending 2nd aircraft carrier to region
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran. Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and after he confirmed earlier in the day that he’s deploying a second aircraft carrier group to…
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Trump’s DOJ Tried to Indict Democratic Lawmakers. A Grand Jury Refused.
A little over a year into his second presidency, President Donald Trump has yet to turn America into a pure, uncut authoritarian nightmare — but not for lack of trying. Back in January 2025, if you asked a liberal what the new Trump administration would do in the worst case scenario, they would probably have said things like: • Bring…
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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations | Mississippi
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the Floodlight newsroom shows. Thermal footage captured by Floodlight via drone shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Mississippi, despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance. State…
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Trump promised RFK Jr. would ‘restore faith in American health care.’ A year in, trust has plummeted
“Our public health system has squandered the trust of our citizens,” President Donald Trump said on February 13, 2025, the day his nominee to run the nation’s health agencies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was sworn in. “They don’t trust us. They don’t trust anybody, frankly. They’ve gone through hell.” Trump promised that Kennedy would “lead our campaign of historic reforms…
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Fetterman lone Democrat to support DHS funding bill, as shutdown looms
A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appeared certain Thursday as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break and negotiations with the White House over Democrats’ demands for new restrictions had stalled. Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote in favor of advancing a bill that would have provided…
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Trump, EPA’s Zeldin revoke landmark climate change ruling
The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change. California, with its ambitious goals for cutting emissions, immediately announced it will sue the administration to block the decision. Share via Close extra sharing options The repeal of the 2009…
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El Paso, Texas: Communications breakdown over airspace closure sparks finger pointing across Trump administration
The Federal Aviation Administration’s abrupt and unexplained closure of airspace above El Paso, Texas, early Wednesday has given way to a blame game inside the administration, with key senior officials asserting they hadn’t been alerted to the decision beforehand, according to several people familiar with the matter. The White House, which was furious with the FAA for the decision, blames…
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