WNBA Suspends Seattle Co-Owner Over Profane Tirade Against Teen Fans Supporting Cunningham
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Harry and Meghan Could Be on Hook for ‘Eyewatering’ Millions for Failed Lawsuit as Tabloid Goes for the ‘Jugular’
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Trump Threatens To Withdraw Blanche’s Nomination as Republican Senators Seek To Nix President’s Audit Immunity, Anti-Weaponization Fund
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Owners Fear Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Intimidation Campaign Could Open Their Homes To Squatters
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The majority owner of the Seattle WNBA team apologized for comments made courtside by one of her minority partners.
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Justice Gorsuch, Contra J.D. Vance, Emphatically Disputes That America Is a Christian Nation
The iconoclastic Coloradan has emerged as a champion of religious liberty at the high court.
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Abortion Opponents Push for New EPA Restrictions on Mifepristone, Citing ‘Significant Levels’ of Drug in American Waterways
The head of Students for Life says the study proves ‘some of us are drinking other people’s abortions.’
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Iran Withstands Barrage of Attacks, Raising Doubts About America’s Target List
‘We bombed the Taliban for 20-plus years, and they still had capacity,’ a war scholar tells the Sun.
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One defense tech company chief is advising civilian commercial entities to coordinate with the military for protection.
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UEFA Weighs World Cup Boycott Over Infantino’s $20 Billion Private Equity Push Funded by Joshua Kushner
Global fury erupts after secret Kushner-backed privatization scheme is revealed.
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Russia Charges Telegram Founder With Aiding Terrorism for Allowing Ukrainian Intelligence Accounts
Russia has put the billionaire founder of the encrypted messaging app on an international wanted list.
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Ahead of Zelensky’s White House Visit, Some MAGA Cheerleaders, in Turnaround, Emerge as Backers of Ukraine
Trump now indicates that he thinks that Kyiv has an edge over Russia in the long-running war.
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Senate Forges Ahead on Graham’s Russia Sanctions and Tariffs Bill, Though House Democrats Throw Cold Water on Proposal
The bill would grant Trump the ability to levy steep tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, including some American allies.
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Judge Rules He Has No Say Over Blogger Who Called Kash Patel a ‘Googly-Eyed’ ‘Chud’
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Cornyn Cancels Meeting With Blanche as Texas Senator Ramps Up Pressure To Reverse Trump’s IRS Immunity
Blanche’s confirmation vote in the Judiciary Committee may end up being delayed.
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Senator says head of America’s Covid response would face “repercussions” for his lack of answers.
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Pulte’s abrupt appointment scrambled lawmakers’ plans for a swift reauthorization of spy powers.
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Justice Department Investigates Harvard’s Financial Aid Program for Alleged Discrimination Against Americans
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Columbia University Legal Group Makes Case for Forcing Publication of Jack Smith’s Secret Mar-a-Lago Report
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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Void E. Jean Carroll’s $83 Million Verdict Imposed for ‘Extraordinary and Egregious’ Defamation
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