US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says

US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says

The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, amid rising tensions between the administration and the South American nation. “It’s been a very interesting day, from a news standpoint. As you probably know, we just seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela,” Trump…

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Third Judge Grants Justice Department's Motion to Unseal Grand Jury Materials from Government's Epstein Files

Third Judge Grants Justice Department’s Motion to Unseal Grand Jury Materials from Government’s Epstein Files

The federal judge who presided over the 2019 criminal case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became the third judge to grant a Justice Department motion to unseal grand jury materials and other undisclosed evidence from government investigative files. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York on Wednesday issued a…

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Divided Fed to announce interest rate decision

Divided Fed to announce interest rate decision

The Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate adjustment on Wednesday, potentially cutting borrowing costs for the third time this year in an effort to boost sluggish hiring. Top Federal Reserve officials have shown an unusual degree of public disagreement over a potential interest rate cut. Inflation has risen in recent months along with…

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Teen soccer players arrested after alleged theft of $2,000 worth of Dick's sporting goods

Teen soccer players arrested after alleged theft of $2,000 worth of Dick’s sporting goods

Eight teenagers from a Philadelphia youth soccer team were arrested and charged with felonies after they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Florida, just hours before their championship game. The United Thoroughbreds players, ages 14 and 15, had traveled to Polk County from Pennsylvania, where they stole $2,296.07…

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Trump reverses the publication of the video of the attack on a ship and distances himself from the controversy

Trump reverses the publication of the video of the attack on a ship and distances himself from the controversy

President Donald Trump, after initially saying he had “no problem” releasing video of the Sept. 2 attack on a suspected drug ship in the Caribbean Sea that killed two survivors, is now changing course and deferring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “I didn’t say that,” Trump claimed when ABC News chief political correspondent Rachel Scott…

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Supreme Court hears major challenge to campaign spending limits

Supreme Court hears major challenge to campaign spending limits

As candidates and political parties prepare for the 2026 midterm election campaign, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether long-standing legal limits on coordinated spending, enacted to prevent corruption, violate the First Amendment. The case was brought by Republican campaign committees for Senate and Congress along with then-Sen. JD Vance and former Rep. Steve…

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Seven civilians killed and thousands displaced amid border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia

Seven civilians killed and thousands displaced amid border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia

LONDON – At least seven civilians have been killed and about 20 others injured in Cambodia amid fresh border clashes with neighboring Thailand, according to Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense. This week’s Thai attacks, stemming from a long-running border dispute between the two Southeast Asian nations, have also forced more than 20,000 people from their…

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