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Air Force One, with Trump aboard, turns around after ‘minor electrical issue’ is identified

air force one, National News, turns around after 'minor electrical issue' is identified, with Trump aboard /

By Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner and Dennis Romero Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday night after the crew identified “a minor electrical issue” after takeoff, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. President Donald Trump was seen boarding a new, smaller aircraft after landing. It will take the designation Air Force One, according to protocol noted by the Air Force. […]

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Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan leaves her post as a top federal prosecutor

National News, Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan leaves her post as a top federal prosecutor /

By Ryan J. Reilly and Gary Grumbach WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday night that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan is leaving her post as a top federal prosecutor in Virginia. “Her departure is a significant loss for the Department of Justice and the communities she served,” Bondi said in a statement. “While we will feel her absence keenly, we are

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DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon for covering anti-ICE protest inside church, vows charges against protesters

DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon for covering anti-ICE protest inside church, National News, vows charges against protesters /

By Megan Lebowitz WASHINGTON — The Justice Department “will pursue charges” related to a protest in a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said Monday, specifically calling out ex-CNN journalist Don Lemon for his coverage of the event. In an interview with conservative influencer Benny Johnson, Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for

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Inside a year of firings that have shaken the Trump Justice Department: ‘A great deal of fear’

Inside a year of firings that have shaken the Trump Justice Department: ‘A great deal of fear’, National News /

By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Ben’Ary was driving one of his children to soccer practice on an October evening last year when he paused at a red light to check his work phone. He was in the middle of a counterterrorism prosecution so important that President Donald Trump highlighted it in his State of the

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The U.S. political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday

National News, The U.S. political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday /

By The Associated Press As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon’s legacy. In the year since Donald Trump’s

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HBCU basketball players connected to FBI gambling indictment

HBCU basketball players connected to FBI gambling indictment, National News /

Federal prosecutors have charged several men’s college basketball players — including those with ties to HBCUs — in a widening point-shaving conspiracy that authorities say spanned multiple schools and involved hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit wagers. According to an indictment filed this week in federal court, the alleged scheme reached into Division I programs across the

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Black lawmakers warn constituents that proposed funding formula changes could hurt Mississippi’s HBCUs

Black lawmakers warn constituents that proposed funding formula changes could hurt Mississippi’s HBCUs, National News /

By Candace Wilder Proposed changes to how the state funds its eight public universities could harm historically Black institutions, some lawmakers said. The funding formula updates, which legislators discussed with higher education officials in December, would tie state money to post-graduation student success such as the number of Mississippians attaining jobs and completing some form of education

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Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to Minneapolis protests

National News, Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to Minneapolis protests /

By Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to rising tensions between protesters and federal personnel in Minneapolis. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their

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Venezuela’s opposition leader gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal

National News, Venezuela's opposition leader gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal /

By Peter Nicholas and Monica Alba WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lost out on the Nobel Peace Prize, yet in a rare confluence of geopolitics and chance, he wound up with the 18-karat gold medal nonetheless. María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 prize, presented her medal to Trump during a private meeting at the White House on Thursday in appreciation for deposing

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Federal prosecutors resign over concerns about probe into Minneapolis ICE shooting, source says

Federal prosecutors resign over concerns about probe into Minneapolis ICE shooting, National News, source says /

By Julia Ainsley, Daniella Silva, Ryan J. Reilly and Michael Kosnar At least three prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota have resigned over their concerns with the direction of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a person familiar with the resignations told NBC News on Tuesday. The

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