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Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke won't seek reelection, becoming latest GOP retirement
- — Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana announced Monday he will not run for reelection, becoming the latest Republican to retire ahead of what could be a tough midterm cycle for the party. "I have made the decision to leave office at the end of my fourth term and not seek re-election," Zinke said in a . "I do not take this decision lightly and have informed President Trump, the Governor, and senior leadership of this ...

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US sanctions Rwanda's military and top officials over support for M23 rebels in Congo
- KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions Monday on the Rwandan Defence Forces and four of its senior officials for supporting the March 23 Movement, an armed group responsible for human rights abuses in the central African nation of Congo. was signed in December by Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Washington, alongside U.S. President Donald Trump. at the time ...

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Supreme Court questions denying gun rights to marijuana users in test of the 2nd Amendment
- limit the reach of the Second Amendment and deny gun rights to "habitual" users of drugs, including marijuana. But most of the justices sounded skeptical. They questioned whether marijuana users are so dangerous they should not have firearms. They noted too that President Donald Trump signed a recent executive order to reclassify marijuana as a lesser controlled substance. "Why is this a test case?" asked Justice ...

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Supreme Court preserves only GOP-held congressional district in New York City for 2026 elections
- on Monday sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of the only GOP-held congressional district in New York City do not not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections, despite a court ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents. Over the dissent of the court's three liberal justices, the conservative majority halted the state court ruling that had ordered New York's redistricting ...

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US appeals court denies Trump bid to delay tariff refund lawsuits
- Beiyi SEOW 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Companies have filed hundreds of lawsuits seeking refunds on tariffs paid to US President Donald Trump's administration (Mandel NGAN) A US federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's push to delay legal proceedings linked to tariff refunds, allowing the battle to proceed in a lower court. The Supreme ...

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