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August 15, 2026
On Monday, August 10, Todd Blanche took the oath of office as attorney general, administered by federal appeals court judge Emil Bove, another of…
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August 14, 2026
Today the Trump administration asked the United States Supreme Court to let it build Trump’s ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be.
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August 13, 2026
Today Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted to put Trump’s name back on the Kennedy Center, this time in letters saying the building was…
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August 12, 2026
In Minnesota yesterday, close Trump ally Mike Lindell, the former chief executive officer of MyPillow, lost the Republican primary for governor to…
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August 11, 2026
Days off have been thin on the ground in 2026 as the news comes at us like a firehose.
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August 10, 2026
Remember when Mondays in August were lazy, quiet summer days?
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August 9, 2026
On August 9, 1974, Richard M.
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August 8, 2026
At 4:00 this morning, just before they left for a five-week recess, Senate Republicans confirmed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the position of…
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August 7, 2026
On Tuesday, August 4, Erin Banco, Mike Stone, and Jonathan Landay of Reuters reported that the U.S.
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August 6, 2026
Sixty-one years ago, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B.
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August 5, 2026
On August 5, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a new tax to help fund the United States government during the Civil War.
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August 4, 2026
On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the…
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