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Fetterman says WHCA dinner shooting 'not staged' as poll shows 1 in 3 Democrats think it was

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Monday shamed his party following a statistic that showed 1 in 3 Democrats believe the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting was staged. “Assassinations + political violence are real. My party can’t be the tin foil hat brigade,” Fetterman wrote in a post on X. “I was there a table...

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Supreme Court extends pause on abortion pill restrictions through Thursday

Abortion pills will remain available through the mail until at least Thursday after Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would have blocked access nationwide while a lawsuit is argued.  The earlier order from the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had reinstated a requirement that women must visit a healthcare provider in-person to...

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GOP's Landry says Louisiana should be 'unshackled' from election litigation

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) said his state should be “unshackled from the decades of litigation" after a notable Supreme Court decision involving the Pelican State that limited the scope of part of the Voting Rights Act. “Our voters are tired of it. I mean, does not Louisiana deserve some clarity?” Landry said in an...

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Trump odds of voter revolt over economy hinge on Iran war impact

President Trump's odds of facing a midterm election revolt over the economy may hinge on whether a vulnerable U.S. job market can withstand the conflict in Iran. The April jobs report, released Friday, defied expectations with a gain of 115,000 new workers and a stable unemployment rate at 4.3 percent. After more than a year of steep...

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Cruise Ship Hit by Hantavirus Leaves Canary Islands and Sails Toward Netherlands

The last evacuees disembarked in the Canary Islands, and a smaller crew is now en route to Rotterdam, where the ship will be disinfected, officials said.
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RFK Jr.: 'We're not worried' about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday the U.S. has the hantavirus "under control." During a press conference in the Oval Office about mental health, a reporter asked President Trump whether he regretted withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) in light of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship that had more...

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