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A Republican News Outlet
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Hours after meeting Putin in Moscow, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner briefed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy near Dublin. Both sides said the largest prisoner exchange of the war is coming.
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After meeting Putin at the Kremlin, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said European representatives will join the next round of Ukraine peace talks. “We’ve set a new meeting,” he said.
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President Trump said he asked Vice President JD Vance to focus on corruption in Democrat-run cities and states, and wrote, “We don’t need a deal with Iran.”
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President Trump congratulated John Thune on “another year of leadership” and urged Senate Republicans to terminate the filibuster.
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In a message for National Native American Heritage Month, President Trump honored Native Americans who have served in uniform and highlighted land, housing and education steps taken by his administration.
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President Donald J. Trump on Thursday called on Senate leadership to “IMMEDIATELY move on the 350 Billion Dollar Reconciliation Bill,” saying it would give the nation’s troops “the DECISIVE ADVANTAGE they deserve.”
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President Trump on Thursday honored the families of America’s service members for National Military Families Month and highlighted the Military Spouse Commission he created in August.
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President Trump said tariffs on Mexico will be “IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED” unless Mexico stops migrant caravans moving north, adding, “There will be no leniency!”
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President Trump on Thursday shared Eli Lilly and Company’s groundbreaking on a $3.5 billion plant in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, a site expected to create 850 high-wage jobs and about 2,000 construction jobs.
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President Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday that he wants to “get Cuba done” before leaving office, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the lead, and said he would have “no hesitation” about using force against Iran.
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President Trump on Thursday saluted America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners, pointing to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and an aggressive deregulatory agenda.
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President Trump said former Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang, who resigned Thursday as Nvidia’s chief executive. “A Legend replaces a Legend!” the president wrote.
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The Senate confirmed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook as a federal judge on Thursday and voted to end debate on two of President Trump’s appeals court nominees.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed President Trump’s upcoming APEC trip and agreed on the importance of leader-level talks to advance peace and denuclearization, the State Department said.
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President Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, arrived in Moscow on Thursday after U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, where a large prisoner exchange was agreed to in principle.
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First Lady Melania Trump, who took part in the Veterans Day wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery, shared a reflection on the Americans who gave their lives and the sentinels who guard the tomb.
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First Lady Melania Trump visited Fort Rucker to honor soldiers and military families. “The sacrifices of military families don’t make the headlines, but you are the foundation for the world’s most capable military,” she said.
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Former Gov. Paul LePage won Maine’s 2nd Congressional District after the state’s ranked-choice tabulation, finishing the final round with 50.81 percent of the vote.
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At the Kremlin, President Putin asked Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to convey his gratitude to President Trump for organizing contacts between Russia and Ukraine.
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ICE carried out 483,200 deportations in fiscal 2026, the most in the agency’s history, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal to Specialist Thomas Iglesias, the Army sentinel who reminded his party to keep silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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New results cut Mary Peltola’s lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan to 3,975 votes, and a judge rejected her campaign’s request for rejected-ballot records.
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White House counsel Will Scharf warned that a process designed only to abuse or instill fear may cross into “blatant criminality.” A U.S. attorney also issued a records-preservation directive.
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President Trump said Venezuelan oil revenues will reach “hundreds of billions very soon,” and on Truth Social cited “Victories in Venezuela and Iran.”
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On Truth Social, President Trump disputed two New York Times reports, saying a C-SPAN call was scheduled at the network’s request and that a lawsuit at his Bedminster club did not involve him.
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President Trump marked Veterans Day at Arlington, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and posting his remarks on Truth Social.
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Israel’s security cabinet instructed the military to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported, as President Trump said Iran “cannot have a Nuclear Weapon.”
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A three-story building collapsed Wednesday afternoon in Flatbush, Brooklyn, killing one person and injuring 12, the Fire Department said.
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President Trump announced three federal judicial nominations on Truth Social and called on the Senate to confirm 161 pending nominations, including 25 federal judges.
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Senate Republicans reelected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as their leader on Tuesday. President Trump called him “a very fine man.”
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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio defeated Rep. Steve Scalise, 106–73, and will lead House Republicans in the next Congress.
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House Republicans blocked a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. On Truth Social, President Trump said the effort “has miserably FAILED.”
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President Trump said a ruling by Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz of the Southern District of Florida was “a huge victory” in his case against the BBC.
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President Trump said on Truth Social that Sen. Dan Sullivan had won the Alaska election and alleged fraud and confusion in the count. Those claims are the president’s.
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President Trump said he had “an excellent conversation” with Qatar’s prime minister about Iran, and that a nuclear weapon for Iran is “non-negotiable.”
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President Trump announced on Truth Social that David MacNeil, founder of WeatherTech, will serve as special envoy for manufacturing.