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Trump and Xi Hail “Truly Great Friendship,” Outline Agenda on Trade, Security and Super Intelligence
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping publicly highlighted their personal friendship and outlined talks on trade, security and super intelligence as Xi made his first visit to the White House in more than a decade.
CISA Releases 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan
CISA has released its 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan, offering voluntary guidance and resources to state and local officials focused on protecting voting systems, election facilities, voter registration, and tabulation from cyber and physical threats ahead of the midterms.
Judge Orders White House to Temporarily Restore Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A federal judge early Thursday ordered the White House to immediately restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico under a 14-day temporary restraining order.
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Democrats Sue to Block Armed Federal Agents at Polls, Seek DHS Voter Integrity Checklist
Democratic groups filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday to prevent the Trump administration from sending armed federal agents to polling places, drop boxes, or other voting sites during the midterms. The suit argues such deployments would amount to illegal voter...
New Mexico’s Largest School District Used Federal COVID Funds for DEI Training
America First Legal released records showing Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico’s largest district, spent hundreds of thousands of federal COVID-19 recovery dollars on “anti-racism” training from the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB), a group...
Firm Behind Trump Social Accounts Sues Ex-Partner Over Alleged Embezzlement
X Strategies, the political consulting firm that runs several of President Trump’s top social media accounts, has filed a federal lawsuit against its former chair and chief financial officer, Derek Utley. The company, co-founded in 2017 by Alex Bruesewitz and Utley,...
Agent in Jack Smith Probe Says He Was Kept in Dark on Congressional Phone Data
A retired Justice Department inspector general agent who worked on the Arctic Frost investigation that later became part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probe of President Trump testified that prosecutors never told him the phone records he was subpoenaing belonged to...
ShinyHunters Claims It Breached FBI and Stole Employee Data
The digital extortion group known as ShinyHunters said Tuesday that it breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stole data on almost all FBI agents and people who applied for jobs with the agency. The group said it targeted the FBI in response to a May 2026...
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