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Kamala Harris 'thinking about' running for president again in 2028
- said she is "thinking about" running in the 2028 presidential election. "I might, I might. I'm thinking about it," the former vice-president and 2024 candidate told the crowd at a gathering of the National Action Network (NAN), a civil rights organization founded by Al Sharpton, on Friday in New York City. Expanding on her response to Sharpton's question about a potential presidential bid, she added: "I served for ...

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Pete Hegseth's Pentagon 'failed to comply' with court order it didn't bother appealing: Judge
- After the New York Times succeeded last month in smacking down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's press restrictions as yet another violation of the First Amendment , the newspaper told a court that the government quickly issued a new policy rather than complying. Now the judge is lashing out at the "dangerous" game being played with a free press "in a time of war." The first lines of U.S. District Judge Paul ...

Source: lawandcrime.com
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Chinese, Taiwanese will unite, Xi tells Taiwan opposition leader
- China's President Xi Jinping met Taiwan's opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, telling the visiting delegation he had "full confidence" that Taiwanese and Chinese people would be united. Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng is the party's first leader to visit China in a decade, but her trip has sparked debate in Taiwan with critics accusing her of being too pro-Beijing. China severed high-level ...

Source: digitaljournal.com
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See planned images for Trump's Washington triumphal arch
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, unveiled on Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch and crown, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions — all gilded. The 12-page plan released by the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts shows the arch will stand 250 feet tall (76.2 meters) from its base to the tip of the winged ...

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Former staffer accuses Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her while she was intoxicated
- A former aide to Rep. Eric Swalwell, a top Democratic candidate for governor of California, told the San Francisco Chronicle that she had sexual encounters with him when he was her boss and alleged that he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. The woman worked for Swalwell from 2019 until 2021, NBC News confirmed. The woman's lawyer declined to comment and NBC News has not verified ...

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Court poised to block Trump tariffs again, teeing up new fight
- You can now listen to Fox News articles! The Court of International Trade on Friday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump 's use of a little-known emergency trade law to justify his sweeping, 10% global tariffs — teeing up a familiar, if technically new, legal fight focused on when and how a sitting president can act to unilaterally impose steep import fees on most U.S. trading partners. During nearly ...

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White House warns staff against insider trading on prediction markets after suspicious Iran war bets
- The White House warned staffers not to use insider information to place bets on prediction markets as critics grow suspicious of lucrative trading activity around the Iran war. A White House official confirmed to The Post that the warning was sent to all staffers in an email from the White House Management Office on March 24. A day earlier, anonymous accounts made a blitz of trades just 15 minutes before President ...

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