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Trump pleads with his nemesis amid intra-MAGA infighting
President Donald Trump is scrambling to save his endorsed candidate in South Carolina’s Aug. 25 Senate runoff. Sen. Darline Graham now faces Rep. Ralph Norman, and the race is allegedly splitting the MAGA world, The Washington Post reports. After multiple embarrassing primary losses this cycle, Trump is turning to surprising allies, including former South Carolina…
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Wall Street slips from its record high following the latest weak update on the economy
The U.S. stock market edged back from its all-time high Friday after the latest report on the economy to come in surprisingly weak, this time about how much shoppers are spending at retailers. Such data could keep interest rates low, which is something Wall Street loves, but it also raises the risk of a slowing…
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People are betting on wildfires on Polymarket. What could go wrong?
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The 2026 wildfire season on the West Coast is shaping up to be an especially bad one: In Oregon, more than 2 million acres have already burned, breaking a record set…
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Pirro’s ‘criminal activism’ suspect says she’s homeless and being ‘stalked’ by feds
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro called a homeless woman’s spray-painting of the World War II Memorial “criminal activism,” though the suspect’s videos show her standing in a fountain begging to be rescued. Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was charged Friday with two federal felonies after allegedly spray-painting the memorial’s Atlantic Theatre Pavilion on Aug. 13.…
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Fast Takes: China bloc’s ‘wedge’ drive, DNC out to void your vote and more
Conservative: China Bloc’s ‘Wedge’ Drive “Moscow is expanding its violation of Western sovereignty in new and volatile ways,” warns Commentary’s Seth Mandel, while Chinese spyware was just found in “spy drones used by Britain’s elite special forces,” surely not “the only case in which Chinese parts are sending data back home.” But “testing the West’s…
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Phoebe Gates’s Stanford classmates say she wasn’t a good coder
Phoebe Gates’ Stanford classmates are helping Page Six crack the code. Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter may be in hot water over her shopping startup Phia, raising questions about how qualified she is to run a tech business when her own coding experience appears limited. One of Gates’ Stanford classmates revealed the billionaire heiress apparently…
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‘Coordination, not subordination’: Sheinbaum attacks U.S. ‘meddling’ in Mexico’s politics
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday vented long-simmering frustrations with the Trump administration, accusing Washington of “meddling” after the State Department revoked the visa of the son of her predecessor and mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Mexican leader denounced as “political” an ongoing series of U.S. visa cancellations targeting prominent figures…
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Hegseth broke a dubious military record with his ‘buffoonery’: ex-GOP operative
Former GOP operative Steve Schmidt tore into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on his Warning show, as the slow-moving crisis continues to unfold on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. Hegseth, who styles himself the “Secretary of War” due to a Trump administration executive order, has just broken a record that was “not meant to break” in…
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CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman accused of sexual harassment in lawsuit
A former ABC News journalist is suing former colleague CBS News Chief Correspondent Matt Gutman over inappropriate remarks he allegedly made when they worked together several years ago. Samira Said, a field producer for ABC News for four years, included the claims related to Gutman in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles…
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‘Oh my God!’ Wife of USS Lincoln sailor ‘infuriated’ after Trump accused families of lying
A U.S. service member’s wife had a blunt response on Friday for President Donald Trump after he dismissed reports of poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, even as families expressed serious concerns about their loved ones. CNN anchor Jake Tapper spoke with the unnamed woman, who shared that she could not identify herself over…