President Donald Trump said the New York Giants should "without question" hire former Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, adding that the 63-year-old should take the job.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio declares the "America First" era means global bureaucracies will no longer get "blank checks" from the U.S.

After María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, offered her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said it cannot be “transferred to others.”

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Brian Heywood, a Seattle-area hedge fund founder, has spent millions to put conservative initiatives in front of Washington lawmakers and voters. Next up: parental rights and transgender athletes.

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Iranian hospitals reportedly overwhelmed as anti-government protests rage, with doctors treating gunshot wounds to heads and eyes amid nationwide unrest.

President Donald Trump dismisses idea of capturing Vladimir Putin, says he's "disappointed" that the Russia-Ukraine war remains without a resolution.

Four Venezuelan oil tankers reportedly return to port after operating in "dark mode" as the U.S. seizes vessels amid Trump's push to acquire oil.

President Donald Trump signs executive order blocking courts from seizing Venezuelan oil revenues in U.S. Treasury accounts, citing national security concerns and policy.

Greenland leaders firmly reject President Donald Trump's proposed U.S. takeover as the American administration vows action regardless of their wishes.

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USDA notified state’s governor of decision, citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businesses

The Trump administration announced it is suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state.

The secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins, shared a letter on Friday on social media that was addressed to Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, notifying them of the administration’s decision and citing investigations into alleged fraud conducted by local non-profits and businesses.

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In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump made a point of keeping distance from certain hard-line immigration policies, even as he continues to demonize and shut out immigrants.

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The Trump administration has repeatedly ordered work to stop on offshore wind farms along the East Coast, pushing at least two projects to the brink of collapse.

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President Donald Trump warned Iran that “you better not start shooting” at mass protests spreading across the country, “because we’ll start shooting, too.” There would be no U.S. “boots on the ground,” Trump said Friday, but “if they start killing people like they have in the past, we’ll be hitting them very hard where it hurts.” Read More

Funding was paused because health department said benefits were going to people in country illegally

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot block federal money for childcare subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting low-income families with children from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now.

The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced on Tuesday to freeze billions of dollars in funds for three grant programs was having an immediate impact on them and creating “operational chaos”. In court filings and a hearing earlier on Friday, the states contended that the government did not have a legal reason for withholding the money from them.

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The California governor is powered by smoothies and bursting with thoughts about U.S. politics.

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Videos emerging despite internet and mobile phone blackout show demonstrations continuing despite reports of escalating crackdown

Demonstrators have continued to take to the streets of Iran, defying an escalating crackdown by authorities against the growing protest movement.

An internet shutdown imposed by the authorities on Thursday has largely cut the protesters off from the rest of the world, but videos that trickled out of the country showed thousands of people demonstrating in Tehran overnight into Saturday morning. They chanted: “Death to Khamenei,” in reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and: “Long live the shah.”

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Demonstrations that began as outrage at the state of the economy have spread to cities across the country, amid an escalating crackdown by the authorities.

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After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research.

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A tough issue for stabilization in our politics and public institutions.

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