AOC says she's not convinced Kevin McCarthy will actually keeps his hands off cuts to Medicare and Social Security: 'The math does not add up'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

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Exclusive: The FBI's McGonigal labyrinth

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"What are you, a drug dealer now?" Charlie McGonigal's then-girlfriend recalls asking him when, she says, he bought a second phone to continue communicating through an encrypted app.

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Some GOP lawmakers aren't quite ready to take Medicare and Social Security out of the debt limit battle — even after Kevin McCarthy said the matter is 'off the table'

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California.

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China flew spy balloons over the US while Trump was president, but nobody realized until after he left office, reports say

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Former President Donald Trump (left) and a suspected Chinese spy balloon before it was shot down off the coast of Garden City, South Carolina, on February 4, 2023.

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Betsy DeVos and former GOP lawmakers who helped construct versions of the legislation Biden is using to cancel student debt just told the Supreme Court his plan 'obviously violates' the law

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Betsy DeVos.

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200,000 student-loan borrowers will be 'severely harmed' if a judge rules in favor of 3 companies who want to block them from getting $6 billion in debt relief, a new legal filing says

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Students from George Washington University wear their graduation gowns outside of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2022

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Who is Nikki Haley? Her career spans governor, ambassador, book author, and Trump supporter

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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting on November 19, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nikki Haley speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting on November 19, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Worried about World War III, Trump says he wants an 'impenetrable' shield like Iron Dome to protect the US from hypersonic weapons. A missile defense expert says it's a long shot.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with congressional leadership in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on November 28, 2017 in Washington, DC.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with congressional leadership in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on November 28, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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Trump's return to Instagram and Facebook could doom Truth Social

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Were you on MySpace, reader? I wasn't. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I was barely a human yet when it was big. But I've lurked on platforms like YikYak, Stumbleupon, Clubhouse — back when they were still a thing.

Now that Trump can return to Facebook, Truth Social could be all but doomed

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Donald Trump (left) and a phone displaying his social media app, Truth Social.
Donald Trump and a phone displaying his social-media app, Truth Social.

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