Insurrection Act: How it's been used and what Trump wants to do with it
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The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are holding an event Friday taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence
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President Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump
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A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall
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While Republicans believe the plans encourage fraud, Democrats worry that raising premiums will prompt lower-income enrollees to drop coverage.
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Two Republicans who initially supported the measure flipped after extensive lobbying by the Trump administration.
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Chances of a democratic transition are slim.
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Minnesota's attorney general says he'd challenge such an action in court.
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The White House press secretary discussed the appeal of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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The Department of Health and Human Services told grantees their projects were no longer aligned with agency priorities, then backtracked under pressure.
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The case is a test of abortion protections California has passed.
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The CBC’s political wing is endorsing Espaillat after excluding him from the group almost a decade ago.
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A spokesperson for the incoming Democratic governor said they do not intend to ask for mass resignations.
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Much of the president’s signature defense shield isn’t even supposed to be based on land.
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