Rep. Ritchie Torres quietly leaves Progressive Caucus amid tensions over Israel-Hamas war

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Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 29, 2023.
Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 29, 2023.

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Malia Obama made her directorial debut at Sundance with a short film about a grieving son. Reviewers weren't impressed.

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Malia Obama at the premiere of "The Heart" at Prospector Square Theatre last month during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

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Trump spent months thrashing Ron DeSantis. Now he's put his onetime protégé on his VP shortlist.

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Donald Trump (left) and Ron DeSantis (right).
Former President Donald Trump (left) said in a Fox News town hall on Tuesday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (right) was on his vice presidential shortlist.

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An incredible new map could help bring down America's sky-high home prices

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Russia accused a Russian-American ballerina of treason after she donated $51 to Ukraine

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A person holding US dollar bills (left) and Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners (right).
The Russian Federal Security Service said on Tuesday that they had detained a 33-year-old Russian-American woman. The agency accused her of raising funds to support Ukraine.

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New York Attorney General says she'll seize the Trump Building if Donald Trump can't pay his $355 million fine

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The Trump Building (left) and Donald Trump (right).
"We are prepared to make sure that the judgment is paid to New Yorkers, and yes, I look at 40 Wall Street each and every day," New York Attorney General Letitia James said of Donald Trump and his Manhattan skyscraper, The Trump Building.

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Trump is racking up $2.6 million in interest for every month that he hasn't paid his $355 million fine

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Former President Donald Trump racks up $2.6M in interest every month he doesn't pay his $355 million fine.

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Indicted ex-FBI informant admitted Russian intelligence officials passed along the Hunter Biden bribery story, prosecutors say

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Hunter Biden (left) and his father President Joe Biden (right).

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DNC chair says the idea of replacing Biden as the Democratic nominee and winning the presidential election is 'certifiably crazy'

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President Joe Biden greets Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, at the organization's summer meeting.

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A GOP congressman says he has 'zero concerns' about the wave of departures from the House: 'We probably need a few more retirements'

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Rep. Bob Good of Virginia.

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