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Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund -- The judge also barred the government from moving forward with the fund's creation while litigation is pending to challenge it.

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Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran deal but hasn't yet decided -- President Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers on Friday but has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with a deal.

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Live updates - Trump met with aides to make 'final determination' on deal to extend Iran cease-fire. Here's what happened. A senior administration official told the Associated Press that the roughly two-hour meeting with national security aides had concluded.

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Trump's physician says the president is in 'excellent health' and is 'fully fit' to serve -- A report released late Friday says President Trump underwent a CT scan and other preventive assessments conducted by 22 specialists.

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Trump is using the presidency to 'get what he wants' for an extreme makeover of the nation's capital

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Collins responds to Platner saying that she 'voted to send me to Iraq'

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Maine's governor race isn't any regular race. Here's how it became the primary to watch.

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'I don't know what happened': Jill Biden was 'frightened' by Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance

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Boys don't need looksmaxxers and alpha males. They need men who show up. -- Our sons and brothers swim daily in a toxic soup of influencers and others who emulate cartoonish concepts of manhood.

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Honing reelection pitch, Healey frames governor's race as Trump referendum in Democratic convention speech - In a roughly half-hour address to thousands of friendly party delegates, Governor Maura Healey positioned herself as the only candidate willing to actively oppose President Trump.

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HEALTH -- Kennedy unveils efforts to combat Lyme disease, saying Americans are living in 'a science fiction nightmare' -- The health secretary has made combating the tick-borne disease a significant focus of his role.

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Trapped in The Dark Web -- Her boyfriend created illicit images of her teen daughter. In Massachusetts, that's not a crime. -- Massachusetts is one of five states where it's not against the law to use AI to create illicit images of children.

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Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump's name on building, blocks closure

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Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers' questions about Trump's involvement in Epstein files release

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ICE officer wanted for shooting a man during the Minneapolis crackdown is arrested in Texas

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What to know about the artists backing out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

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South Carolina Democrats expected to celebrate after failure of Trump-backed redistricting push

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Former Iowa superintendent to be sentenced for claiming to be a US citizen before likely deportation

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Iran negotiators agree to extend cease-fire and start nuclear talks, per AP. See how the day unfolded.

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