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Three reasons why Trump won't fire Pete Hegseth over boat strike scandal — for now
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump's desire to avoid anything resembling the chaos of his first term is keeping Pete Hegseth safely in the Pentagon, writes Andrew Feinberg ... at least for the next few months. F or reporters who covered President Donald Trump's tumultuous first term, the last week has ...

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Critics Warn "Trump Accounts" Won't Address Most Families' Needs
- On Tuesday, Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, announced that they will donate $6.25 billion to fund investment accounts for 25 million children in the U.S. The money would bolster "Trump accounts" launched by the White House in July by providing each eligible child with $250 for their account's growth. The program has faced widespread criticism for providing rich families with yet another ...

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Pete Hegseth endangered troops by sharing war plans in Signal chat, report says
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The classified report, conducted by the Inspector General, was sent to Congress Tuesday night risked endangering U.S. troops by sharing highly-sensitive information about military operations on a Signal group chat earlier this year, a report has found. The classified report, ...

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House Republicans Subpoena Jack Smith But Don't Want A Public Hearing
- WASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have rejected Jack Smith's offer to testify in public, demanding instead that he come to Capitol Hill later this month for a closed-door deposition. Smith led the two prosecutions of President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents after he left office and for trying to overthrow the 2020 election result. Trump has who should be in prison. The deposition is ...

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Health insurance costs could spike, as bipartisan ACA deal looks less likely
- Affordable Care Act subsidies that help millions of Americans pay for health insurance will expire in less than a month. But razor-thin margins in Congress, partisan division and competing plans are making it less and less likely that lawmakers will find a bipartisan deal to keep the assistance going - which means some households will probably face spiking insurance costs next year. Senate Republicans promised ...

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Trump Admin Threatens Blue State SNAP Funds Unless They Turn Over Recipient Data
- The Trump administration is threatening to strip away funds used to provide food assistance to poor Americans in Democrat-led states beginning next week, unless they provide information identifying who receives benefits. At a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said states would be denied the ability to access billions of dollars that Congress has appropriated to administer the ...

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Europeans Accuse Putin of Feigning Interest in Peace After Talks With US Envoys
- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and its European allies accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough. The Russian leader "should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to support a just and lasting peace," said U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. ...

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Jack Smith subpoenaed for closed-door testimony before House committee in probe of Trump prosecutions
- Washington — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena Wednesday to former special counsel Jack Smith as part of the committee's probe into the federal prosecutions of President Trump. Jordan wrote in a letter to Smith and his lawyers that the panel wants him to answer questions from House investigators at a closed-door deposition on Dec. 17 and requested ...

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Trump administration halts immigration applications from 19 'high-risk' countries after National Guard shooting | US News
- US Citizenship and Immigration Services director Joseph Edlow says "nothing is off the table" following the incident near the White House. The Trump administration has paused immigration applications submitted by nationals from 19 countries that were banned from travel earlier this year, according to a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy document. The agency, tasked with processing and approving ...

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White House Doubles Down On Its Ugliness In Reply To Sabrina Carpenter
- This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? The White House on Tuesday attacked after for using her music in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest video. In a reference-filled attempt to diminish ...

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More than 100 immigration judges fired or pushed out since Trump took office
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article At least eight judges purged from New York City after another five judges in San Francisco were terminated has fired or forced out roughly 100 immigration judges since the president took office, including more than a dozen in the last two weeks alone. The administration purged at ...

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Donald Trump Pardons Democratic Politician: 'Your Nightmare Is Finally Over'
- This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? President Donald Trump said he will issue a preemptive pardon for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Wednesday, effectively voiding Cuellar's 2024 indictment for ...

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Schumer Torches Trump For Pardoning Ex-Honduras President: 'Shameful And Dangerous'
- This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) torched President Donald Trump on Tuesday for pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. ...

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Republican Files Bill to Eliminate Dual Citizenship, Force Renunciations
- A Republican senator has introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship, in the latest attempt by the right to attack immigrants and tighten the rules around what is permissible with regards to American citizenship. Sen. Bernie Moreno, a Republican from Ohio, introduced the legislation , entitled the "Exclusive Citizenship Act," on Tuesday. The bill makes the sweeping assertion that people with ...

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Police, jail officers testify at Luigi Mangione evidence hearing
- Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The alleged shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was in court Tuesday for the second day of his evidentiary hearing. Luigi Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting Thompson, 50, on a sidewalk in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. Thompson was on his way to a UHC shareholders' meeting. Mangione was arrested five days later at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pa. Altoona police officer Joseph Detwiler, ...

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The 4 most shocking moments in Netflix's Diddy docuseries
- Netflix's four-part docuseries chronicles the rise and fall of Combs, also known as Diddy, as he goes from hip-hop mogul and . He was acquitted of the most serious charges, including RICO conspiracy and sex trafficking by force or fraud, and is set to be Not only does the series feature interviews with many who have been inside Diddy's inner circle, including Bad Boy Records cofounder Kirk Burrowes, actor Mark ...

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Zohran Mamdani Makes An Unusual Move For A Mayor-Elect
- This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joined Starbucks baristas on a picket line Monday to celebrate a $38.9 million settlement the city reached with the ...

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