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FBI Director Kash Patel denies drinking allegations in heated Senate exchange

WASHINGTON | FBI Director Kash Patel angrily lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker at a budget hearing Tuesday, calling allegations that he drinks excessively on the job and has been unreachable to his staff at times “unequivocally, categorically false.” “I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations and fraudulent statements from the media,” Patel told […]

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Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated David Cummins to head the Transportation Security Administration — which has had a rocky few months as employees went without paychecks and security lines grew long at airports across the country. Cummins, who worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor that works with local and […]

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Colorado bill would require quick release of police-shooting videos to families

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Video and audio footage showing a police officer’s deadly use of force would need to be released to the family of the person killed under a bill on track to pass the Colorado Legislature. The Colorado House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 26-290 on […]

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Trump’s proposed ‘Golden Dome’ estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump’s plan to put weapons in space — pitched as a “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program — is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion over a 20-year period, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag he […]

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Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump’s end game

WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress nearly two weeks ago, notably […]

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French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

PARIS | A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed. Three people […]

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Tax cuts collide with inflation as voters weigh Trump’s economy in the midterms

RALEIGH, N.C. | Standing behind a downtown bar, Evan Duke smiled when he thought about no longer paying federal income tax on the hundreds of dollars in tips he earns on a busy night pouring beers and mixing drinks. But the 30-year-old said he cannot afford health insurance and worries about how higher costs for […]

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Federal judge rules ICE in Colorado violated order limiting warrantless arrests

DENVER | A federal judge ruled Tuesday that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant. U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have violated his November order that barred them from arresting anyone without a warrant unless they had […]

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PERRY: Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman signals a city moving to a higher state

What a difference a year makes in Aurora. This time last May, a small-and-mostly-gone-now part of the Aurora City Council was clappy-happy that Donald Trump was doing exactly what he promised he’d do if elected. He was rounding up thousands of brown immigrants and opening the throttle on local bogus claims that rogue Venezuelan death […]