Sexual encounters with prostitutes is no longer a deal-breaker for FBI applicants

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When it comes to FBI personnel problems during Director Kash Patel’s tenure, the principal problem has been the aggressive political purge that has unfolded...
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Hegseth’s personnel policies at the Pentagon generate another avoidable scandal

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It’s been quite an August for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Against a backdrop of policy failures in an ongoing war, the former Fox News...
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Democrats’ Clyburn backs Supreme Court expansion, as reform effort gains momentum

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As the U.S. Supreme Court has shifted sharply to the right in recent years, there’s ample evidence that Americans’ attitudes toward the high court...
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Federal judge rejects Marco Rubio’s speech-based deportations policy

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As a rule, there are a handful of triggers for deportation under the Trump administration. These have been evident for the past 20 or...
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Trump seeks investigation into pollsters as his approval rating shows weak public support

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Brendan Carr, the Project 2025 co-author whom Donald Trump tapped to lead the Federal Communications Commission, has eagerly used his powerful position to advance...
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Friday’s Mini-Report, 8.28.26

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Today’s edition of quick hits. * Heartbreaking devastation near the Nepal-Tibet border: “After three days of searching for survivors of a massive flash flood that...
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Hope Florida scandal to test voters’ tolerance for Republican scandals

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Florida voters have demonstrated a remarkable tolerance for Republican scandals in recent years. This is a state that not only voted for Donald Trump...
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Trump eyes new Space Force service academy, on par with West Point and Naval...

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In theory, Donald Trump’s event Friday in Texas should’ve been entirely straightforward. The president was at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he...
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Trump’s Venezuela oil deal clashes with history, economics and GOP orthodoxy (for starters)

At an event in Las Vegas earlier this month, Donald Trump offered some rather candid comments about his perspective on Venezuelan oil. “We’re taking...

D4vd pleads not guilty in Celeste Hernandez murder case

Singer D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges during an arraignment hearing Monday in the...

Lionel Messi says he’s retiring from playing internationally for Argentina

He said he wrote his retirement letter after the World Cup final in July, but waited to publish it because his father was facing...