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Five Shot at a Gym a Mile From the White House, Suspect Holed Up Upstairs
AOC Fires Her Fundraisers Twice in Months. Chuck Schumer Should Sweat.
Trump Calls Wind Turbines 'Major Losers' While Skipping the Climate Summit Entirely
Cindy Hyde-Smith Told Voters to 'Pick Another Protein.' They Picked Another Senator.
Heating Oil Could Jump 70% This Winter, Thanks to Your Friendly Iran War
Hinojosa Said 'Texas Is Not for Sale.' Two Days After Winning, It's 'Our Terms.'
Start with the parents who sat across from Annie Andrews in an exam room and asked what an inhaler was going to cost. Those are the voters who just handed a Senate seat to a pediatrician.
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Olympian Drug Lord's Cartel Fixer Gave Him 'Rotating Code Words' for Checkpoints
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Tariff Refunds Have Outrun Tariff Revenue Since May, a $15 Billion Net Loss
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Ozone Hole Hits Decade-High Size, and the Fix Was a Treaty We All Agreed On
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Energy Drinks Linked to 11x More Cardiac Arrest Reports. Enjoy Your Monster.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Moves to Army Base After Iran Threat
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Commerce Secretary Got Classified Memo on Nvidia CEO's 'Suspected Chinese Spy' Pal
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GOP Spends 15 Months on Epstein, Concludes Trump Did Nothing Wrong
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