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Takeaways: Susie Wiles pulls back the curtain on the Trump administration in revealing interviews

By BILL BARROW White House chief of staff Susie Wiles offered an unusually candid look inside President Donald Trump’s administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday by Vanity Fair magazine, delivering details and reservations that presidential aides usually save for memoirs. Related Articles Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump’s crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro Fellow Wisconsin judge...

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New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants

By JOSH FUNK New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday, and he threatened to withhold $73 million in highway funds unless the system is fixed and any flawed licenses are revoked. Related Articles GOP chairman threatens Clintons with contempt of Congress in Epstein inquiry US accuses Rwanda of violating the peace deal as M23 rebels seize a key eastern Congo...

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Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

By JONATHAN J. COOPER President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy. Related Articles Amtrak’s 18,000 workers to receive $900 bonuses, funded by executive cuts Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised New coins will...

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Amtrak’s 18,000 workers to receive $900 bonuses, funded by executive cuts

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Thursday evening. Related Articles Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised New coins will commemorate 250th anniversary of American independence. Here’s how they’ll look Trump pardoned them for Jan. 6. Now they want millions of...

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New York Times, after Trump post, says it won’t be deterred from writing about his health

By DAVID BAUDER The New York Times, attacked by President Donald Trump for reporting about his physical condition, said on Wednesday that it wouldn’t be deterred by “false and inflammatory language” that distorts the role of a free press. Related Articles Scores of government statisticians are gone, leaving data at risk, report says FDA investigating possible adult deaths from COVID vaccines Trump’s ‘gold card’ program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person Trump...

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EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming’s causes. Scientists call it misleading

By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even though scientists calculate that nearly all of the warming is due to human activity. Related Articles DOJ ends monitoring of illegal dumping in Houston in retreat from environmental justice UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land...

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Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

By MATTHEW DALY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law. Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful. Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and...

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US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks. It is the 22nd strike the U.S. military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs. There were four casualties in Thursday’s strike, according to the social media post, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people. Related Articles Grand...

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Trump is fighting the Institute of Peace in court. Now, his name is on the building

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. Related Articles Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Republicans as debate over intensifying AI race rages US opens massive $796M consulate in Irbil to strengthen Kurdish ties A dozen former FDA leaders lambast claims by the agency’s current vaccine...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Republicans as debate over intensifying AI race rages

By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met separately with President Donald Trump and Republican senators Wednesday as tech executives work to secure favorable federal policies for the artificial intelligence industry, including the limited sale of Nvidia’s highly valued computer chips to U.S. rivals like China. Related Articles Trump is fighting the Institute of Peace in court. Now, his name is on the building US opens massive $796M consulate in Irbil to strengthen Kurdish ties A dozen former FDA leaders...

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