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An exchange between a legislator and the leader of Texas’ state law enforcement agency made us wonder whether federal law uses “illegal alien” to describe any individual living in the U.S. without ...

As polling showed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed ahead of his Democratic primary competitor, an ad blamed him for President Donald Trump’s 2024 election. “With our democracy on the line ...

President Donald Trump said he’s instructed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises. He said this was “based on my very good relationship” ...

A jogger runs up a boat ramp that is normally underwater in Folsom, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2022. Widespread drought in large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times ...

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President Donald Trump delivered a rare primetime address about an issue that has consumed him for years — the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. In his nearly 30-minute speech, ...

Here are the 37 instances we could find in which President Barack Obama or a top administration official said something close to, “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan,” referring to health ...

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After the end of his speech at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Biden turned around and gestured toward the onlookers to his right, who rose to applaud him. He wasn’t trying ...

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