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U.S. appears cool on Iran proposal to end war and reopen Hormuz without a nuclear deal
- The United States showed little immediate enthusiasm for a new Iranian proposal that would end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz without resolving the impasse over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program . Iran's latest offer looked "better" than past pitches, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday, after it was discussed by President Donald Trump and his national security team. But there was little ...

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Jimmy Kimmel says joke was not call for assassination as Trumps call for his ouster after shooting
- Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmel's ouster , the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Days before an armed man charged a security checkpoint at Saturday's dinner, Kimmel aired a skit on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" mocking the annual dinner and addressing the first lady. "You ...

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King Charles to meet with Trump and deliver address to Congress today
- in the U.S. on Monday afternoon, in the king's first visit to the country as monarch. The king's speech on Capitol Hill will be the first address to Congress by a British monarch in 35 years. The king and queen are in the U.S. to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year. It comes at a time when the U.S. war with Iran and the president's criticism of NATO threaten ...

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This California Tax Proposal Has Billionaires Freaking Out
- Members fuel our mission to deliver the unvarnished truth about the powerful, the popular and the personal. Become a member today and help support the journalism everyone deserves. Already a member? Backers of a new tax on California billionaires appear to have gathered more than enough signatures to put the proposal on the ballot this fall, escalating a battle between the state's labor unions and its richest ...

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Trump letting lawyers 'moonlight' as pivotal judges with three weeks of training: report
- As part of the scramble by the Donald Trump administration to deport immigrants as quickly as possible after they have been swept off the street by heavily armed ICE agents , a huge recruitment campaign is reportedly underway to pack the courts with compliant judges, many of whom have zero experience in immigration law . According to a Washington Post investigation , the Justice Department has fired more than 100 ...

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