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In January, Kim Keon Hee was sentenced to 20 months for accepting gifts from the Unification Church, which sought political favors.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson's "hell week" is already veering off course, with GOP infighting derailing his packed agenda. Why it matters: Another GOP revolt is colliding with imminent deadlines to prevent a key surveillance tool , as well as money to pay Department of Homeland Security workers, from lapsing. - Johnson (R-La.) is trying to jam three contentious measures into one pre-recess week: A long-term extension of Section 702 of FISA, the farm bill, and the Senate-passed budget reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol. - But his own Republicans are threatening to vote down the rule setting up debate on all three of those bills, with conservatives still demanding changes. State of play: The House is effectively frozen…
Assassination attempts against sitting presidents have tended to compound their political problems and isolate them from the public.
The court filing links the security breach at the White House correspondents’ dinner to the lawsuit over President Trump’s ballroom project.
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Musk’s posts on his X social media platform have pushed his narrative that OpenAI has lost its way.
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People recovering from opioid addiction risk relapse when they can't get their medications after natural disasters. A group of doctors is calling for lawmakers to ease access to the meds.
In an unsanctioned mission, the Foreign Service officer helped evacuate about 200 South Vietnamese citizens from Saigon days before the city fell in 1975.
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King Charles will address a joint meeting of Congress during his first visit to the United States as the British monarch.
The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it's exiting OPEC after more than 50 years — a blow to the powerful alliance of big oil producers. Why it matters: The UAE is the group's third-largest producer, and the departure will make it tougher for OPEC to control output and prices. - The country has previously bristled at production quotas under OPEC's market-management strategy. - But the departure came as a surprise. Driving the news: The UAE pointed to rising energy demand over the medium- to long-term. - The decision "reflects the UAE's long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile, including accelerated investment in domestic energy production," the country's energy ministry said. - The move "reinforces its…
Data obtained by The New York Times shows that the Education Department resolved 30 percent fewer discrimination complaints in 2025 compared with the previous year.
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