Trump Is Giving a Primetime Speech on Election Integrity
The man who spent four years calling the last election rigged is about to give a lecture on how to keep voting clean.
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TSMC is dumping another $100 billion into Arizona
It turns out Arizona is becoming the world's unofficial chip factory, and the price tag just went up by a casual nine figures.
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Speedrun: Trump fires Seattle prosecutor 54 minutes after swearing-in
If you think your first day at a new job was stressful, spare a thought for the guy who barely had enough time to find where the office coffee machine was.
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It's Been 5 Days of Ping-Pong Missiles Between the USA and Iran
Things in the Strait of Hormuz are getting messy as the USA and Iran trade strikes for the fifth straight day.
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Trump slapped a 25% tariff on Brazil because of a presidential grudge match
If you had "trade war sparked by a jailed foreign ex-president's coup trial" on your bingo card, congratulations. You win.
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The US and Iran are playing a high-stakes game of battleship in the Strait of Hormuz
Just when you thought global shipping couldn't get more chaotic, Washington and Tehran have decided to spend their week trading massive airstrikes over a tiny strip of water controlling a fifth of the world’s oil.
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A Tanker Just Caught Fire Near the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran is Smirking
Just as the U.S. and Iran are trying to negotiate, someone shot a projectile at an oil tanker. If you had "maritime extortion" on your geopolitics bingo card for this week, congratulations.
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National Guard patrols are chasing and shooting people in Memphis now
Remember when deploying the military to police American streets was just a dystopian movie trope? Welcome to real life, where a federal task force in Tennessee just ended with actual soldiers fatally shooting a civilian on patrol.
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Senate Heat for Todd Blanche and ICE Pauses Traffic Stops
It's a big day in Washington: the new top cop Todd Blanche is heading to the hot seat, while ICE is quietly telling agents to stop pulling cars over.
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More than 100 House Democrats just voted to slash military aid to Israel
Usually, voting on military aid to Israel in Congress is about as controversial as declaring mother's day. Well, not anymore.
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DNI Nominee Jay Clayton Won't Say Joe Biden Won in 2020
Getting a job in the intelligence community apparently requires some serious semantic gymnastics. Trump's DNI pick just did backflips to avoid saying who won the 2020 election.
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Todd Blanche plays defense against his own team
Getting grilled by your political enemies is just another Tuesday in Washington. But getting sweat-tested by your own team? That’s the special kind of fun Todd Blanche just unlocked.
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