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DOJ Deletes Study Alleging Rise In Far-Right Terrorism In US
Published Sep 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM EDT The Department of Justice appears to have deleted a study which documented the frequency of far-right violence in the U.S. from its website. The removal was first reported by 404 Media. There is an archived listing of the study available online, but it no longer appears to be hosted on the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs page, where it was previously. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice declined to comment on this article. Why ...
GOP shuts down House Democrats' effort to subpoena banks handling Jeffrey Epstein money
Updated Sept. 17, 2025, 5:16 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – House Republicans rejected an effort to subpoena four banks that reportedly flagged about $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions linked to disgraced financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, made a motion during the group's first oversight hearing pressing FBI Director Kash Patel since he took over the bureau in February. “These four bank ...
ABC Pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Indefinitely After Host's Charlie Kirk Comments
Sep 17, 2025 3:21pm PT Disney's ABC said it would take Jimmy Kimmel's popular late-night show off its schedule "indefinitely" after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S., Nexstar Media, said it intended to pre-empt airings of the program following remarks the host made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Nexstar said Wednesday that its "owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt "Jimmy ...
Donald and Melania Trump's unusual sleeping arrangement during UK state visit laid bare
Donald and Melania Trump's unusual sleeping arrangement during their stay at Windsor Castle has been revealed by insiders. The US President will reportedly sleep in a separate suite to his wife while in the UK for a state visit, with the couple also sleeping in their own sheets carried over the Atlantic. Members of Donald Trump's team purportedly looked over the room where the leader of the free world would be staying and judged the royal bedding to not be up to it. The President's squad are sai ...
Kash Patel Melts Down In Congressional Hearing When Asked About Trump's Name Being In the Epstein Files
Sep 17th, 2025, 1:36 pm Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and FBI Director Kash Patel sparred during a heated House hearing exchange on the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday. Swalwell repeatedly pushed Patel about whether or not President Donald Trump was given notice that his name is in the files, as has been reported, resulting in Patel attacking Swalwell’s time in office. Swalwell began by asking, “Director, the first time you saw Donald Trump’s name was in the Epstein files. Did you close the fi ...
Republicans Go Nuclear Again To Confirm 48 Trump Nominees At Once
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Treasury to phase out paper checks, citing cost and security
Posted 1:10 PM, Sep 17, 2025 The Treasury Department will stop sending monthly paper checks after Sept. 30. This will impact those receiving Social Security benefits. This also means tax returns will no longer be sent via mail. The Social Security Administration says fewer than 1% of Social Security recipients currently receive paper checks. Those individuals will need to opt in to direct deposit or a prepaid debit card option to continue receiving their benefits. "We’re proactively s ...
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Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook
6 min ago - 11m WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to let him move ahead with firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook - a move without precedent since the central bank's founding in 1913 - in ... (msn/Reuters)
The Taliban's internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut down
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Democrats unveil funding alternative to counter GOP in shutdown brawl
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NYT chief executive warns Trump is deploying 'anti-press playbook', FT says
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Liberal nonprofit groups push back against Trump's crackdown after Kirk's killing
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DOJ Deletes Study Alleging Rise In Far-Right Terrorism In US
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Hollywood comes to Kimmel's defense after ABC pulls late-night show
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Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code
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Democrats release counteroffer to avert shutdown while House moves ahead on GOP plan
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The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill
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More immigrants are being locked up alone. And the practice is growing.
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Why seniors who want covid shots should consider getting one this week
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Trump administration cannot proceed with overhaul of US health agencies, court rules
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