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Trump wants 'unconditional surrender,' won't seek Iran deal

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President Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to negotiate an end to the war with Iran in a post on social media that demanded Tehran capitulate as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. and its allies would select a “GREAT &...Read more

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Trump demands 'unconditional surrender' of Iran and 'acceptable' leaders

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President Donald Trump Friday demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran and installation of “acceptable” leaders as conditions to end the weeklong war with Tehran that has spread across the volatile Middle East.

“There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender … and the selection of a great & acceptable leader(s)...Read more

Trump administration immigration policies have received pushback from leaders of sanctuary jurisdictions, as well as protesters. AP Photo/Ryan Murphy

When Washington and the states are in conflict, the ultimate winner is not always certain

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The Trump administration’s aggressive policies on immigration are receiving pushback not just on Capitol Hill but across the country. Democratic leaders in multiple states are refusing to cooperate with immigration arrests.

In response, the federal government is refusing to share evidence with state investigators in the deaths of ...Read more

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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump

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Three FBI interviews that contain graphic sexual and physical assault allegations against President Donald Trump were released Thursday by the Justice Department.

The reports were follow-up interviews a woman gave to the FBI in 2019, when the agency was investigating Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking crimes.

There is no...Read more

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Crowded Democratic primary emerges in Illinois' 2nd District race to replace US Rep. Robin Kelly

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CHICAGO — The candidates are as varied as the Democratic Party itself: a legacy name shadowed by controversy, a big-money-backed moderate, a dyed-in-the-wool progressive and seven more.

But the crowded field in the March 17 Democratic primary vying to represent the Illinois 2nd Congressional District agrees on much. They promise to expand ...Read more

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GOP looks to move on from Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia

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WASHINGTON — In the two months since former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from her seat in Congress, Georgia Republicans have been going out of their way to minimize her presence in the race to replace her.

Seventeen candidates, including a dozen Republicans, are set to face off March 10 in a special election for the 14th District in ...Read more

The neighborhood had nearly double the youth arrest rate of the other 76 Denver neighborhoods combined. Royalty-free/Getty Images

How Denver’s Northeast Park Hill community reduced youth violence by 75%

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Northeast Park Hill, a Denver neighborhood, has a long history of violence. During Denver’s summer of violence in the early 1990s, it was considered ground zero for gang conflict.

From the late 1990s through 2014, violent crime in Northeast Park Hill declined from its peak in the early ’90s but remained persistently higher than ...Read more

Canceled flights due to the Iran war have made it difficult for Americans to leave countries in the Middle East. Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days

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As the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, American citizens living in or visiting the Middle East found themselves stranded in countries facing bombing attacks by Iran. The State Department on March 2, 2026, urged Americans in 14 Middle Eastern countries to leave via “available commercial transportation, due to serious safety risks.�...Read more

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Trump says Havana wants deal, change may come to Cuba in as little as two weeks

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President Donald Trump sounded confident Thursday that change might come to Cuba in as little as two weeks, and said the country’s leadership is intent in cutting a deal with the United States.

As he welcomed Inter Miami players, the 2025 Major League Soccer champions, to the White House, Trump told one of the club’s owners, Cuban-American ...Read more

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Gavin Newsom, legislative leaders support efforts to shore up election integrity

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, and Senate President pro Tem Monique Limon publicly entered the fight to preserve election integrity after President Donald Trump called on the Republican Party to “nationalize” elections last month.

Trump floated the idea of Republicans taking over election procedures...Read more

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Trump says Cuba 'is going to fall' and wants to cut a deal with the U.S.

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President Donald Trump sounded confident Thursday that regime change might soon come to Cuba and said the country’s leadership is trying to cut a deal with the United States.

“Cuba’s going to fall, too,” he told the news outlet Politico in a phone interview. “We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from ...Read more

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GOP leadership urges Gonzales to give up reelection bid

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WASHINGTON — House Republican leadership Thursday called on Rep. Tony Gonzales to withdraw his reelection bid after the Ethics Committee opened an investigation into his alleged affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.

The statement from Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., is a turning point in a weeks-long controversy surrounding the future of...Read more

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Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump's newest tariffs

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WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the tariffs President Donald Trump adopted in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that invalidated much of his worldwide tariff scheme.

State law enforcement officials from Arizona, California, New York, Oregon and 20 other states asked a court to block...Read more

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Trump suggests Paxton's defiance in Senate race could push him to endorse Cornyn

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President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton’s insistence that he will stay in the Republican U.S. Senate race even if Trump endorses his rival, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

After Paxton said he won’t drop out of the May 26 runoff, the president reportedly suggested Paxton’s defiance could backfire by ...Read more

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Republican NC elections board member resigns days after primary election

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Bob Rucho, a Republican member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, announced his resignation Thursday, just one day after a conservative activist called for his removal for past comments he made about Senate leader Phil Berger’s reelection campaign.

Berger, who faced a tough Republican primary campaign against ...Read more

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Vote studies: 2025 sets new mark for partisanship on Capitol Hill

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WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump back in the White House and his party controlling the House and Senate, 2025 was the most partisan year for Congress in the history of our study in terms of floor votes, and it wasn’t even particularly close.

A whopping 85.3% of roll call votes were party unity votes — those with a majority of each...Read more

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Companies stare down $100,000 fee with new H-1B visa rules

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The Trump administration’s overhaul of the U.S. visa system for highly skilled immigrants is about to get its first major test.

The annual lottery for H-1Bs, the most popular visa for white-collar professionals looking to build a career in the U.S., gets underway with new rules this month. For the first time, successful sponsors for ...Read more

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Blue states push to ban ICE at the polls amid federal voter intimidation fears

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Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration agents from being near polling places and other election sites, amid persistent worries that President Donald Trump will use federal law enforcement or the military to disrupt the midterm elections.

Measures to restrict federal agents from operating at or near election-related ...Read more

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Trump insists he must play role in picking new Iran leader as war rages on

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President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he must personally play a role in picking a new leader of Iran as the war against Tehran raged on with no end in sight.

Trump compared the selection of a new leader in Tehran to the U.S. military action in Venezuela that replaced President Nicolas Maduro with his onetime lieutenant Delcy Rodriguez.

�...Read more

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Lev Parnas launches bid for Florida's 27th Congressional District

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MIAMI — Lev Parnas, a key figure in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced Wednesday that he is campaigning for the Miami congressional seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar.

During a livestream, Parnas, 54, said he was running for office because he knows Trump’s system from the inside. He helped build ...Read more

 

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