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Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head
Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., nominee to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner, a White House official and…
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DOJ opens investigation into New York AG’s office that brought fraud case against Trump
Federal prosecutors are in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the matter. The probe is focused on whether James’ office used its authority to violate Trump’s legal rights through its civil lawsuits against the…
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NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 : NPR
A full supermoon rises behind a mountain in the village of Dodekametro, in the region of Arcadia in Greece, on July 10. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch…
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Trump orders increased federal law enforcement presence in DC over crime rate
WASHINGTON — Federal agents are expected to have a much stronger and visible presence on the streets of Washington starting Friday following several days of President Donald Trump’s bashing the city’s crime rate. “President Trump has directed an increased presence of federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Thursday, calling…
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Suspected gunman dead after killing woman, injuring two Pennsylvania State Troopers
THOMPSON, SUSQUEHANNA CO. (WOLF) — A shooting in Susquehanna County on Thursday left two Pennsylvania State Troopers in the hospital, a woman shot dead, and the reported suspect killed by authorities. Two Pennsylvania State Troopers were shot on Thursday while responding to a call in Susquehanna County, authorities said. The suspect, now identified, was shot and killed by other responding…
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Suspect who ‘ambushed’ 2 state troopers in Pennsylvania is dead, official says
A man who ambushed and shot two Pennsylvania state troopers Thursday died and the troopers were hospitalized, officials said. The attack took place in the rural area near Thompson shortly after 11 a.m., state police Col. Christoper Paris told reporters after he and Gov. Josh Shapiro met with one of the wounded officers in a hospital. Troopers Joseph Perechinsky and…
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Senior FBI official who resisted Trump demands is ousted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior FBI official who served as acting director in the first weeks of the Trump administration and resisted demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, investigations is being forced out of the bureau, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The circumstances of Brian Driscoll’s ouster were…
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Putin says he hopes to meet Trump as the White House presses for a peace deal on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he hopes to meet next week with U.S. President Donald Trump, possibly in the United Arab Emirates. The news came on the eve of a White House deadline for Moscow to show progress toward ending the 3-year-old war in Ukraine. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov had said earlier a summit could possibly take…
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U.S. soldier accused of trying to give Russia sensitive Army tank info for citizenship
Federal authorities have arrested an American soldier who allegedly tried to share classified information about the Army’s M1A2 Abrams tank with Russia, the Justice Department said. Taylor Adam Lee — a 22-year-old active-duty Army member stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas — was arrested Wednesday and charged under the Espionage Act with attempted transmission of national defense information to a…
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United Airlines grounds flights nationwide due to tech issues
United Airlines flights on major routes were grounded Wednesday because of a technology issue, the airline said, and additional flight delays continued into the night. An alert on the Federal Aviation Administration website said all United flights destined for Chicago were halted at their departing airports. The agency said Denver, Newark, Houston and San Francisco airports were also impacted by…
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