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CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin publicly confirmed for the first time that her organization received an inquiry from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), seeking detailed information about about its March trip to Cuba. The inquiry, which is often called an administrative subpoena, comes as the Trump administration signals a broad effort to … Read more

In a recent podcast appearance, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed admitted to destroying property in a liquor store in Detroit over remarks about the length of his beard, a sign of religious observance among Muslim communities. “He says, ‘Are you Muslim?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘Well, your beard is too short.’ I said, … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Coast Guard will be ending admissions for college students wanting to commission as officers that take race into consideration as part of the Trump administration’s continued anti-diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, Fox News Digital has learned. “The Trump Administration is more focused than ever on eliminating unconstitutional DEI policies like this one,” … Read more

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers during a closed-door interview that “redaction errors” were made in the release of the Epstein files. Bondi, whom Trump fired last month, said she didn’t lead every aspect of the review of the Epstein files and delegated oversight of the process to then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Announcement coincides with reports of influx of federal agents to Delaney Hall, site of protests and hunger strike Top New Jersey officials announced on Friday that the state police will be taking over policing functions from federal immigration officers outside the contentious Delaney Hall facility, as reports surface of an influx of federal agents making … Read more

The F-15 fighter that was shot down over southwestern Iran last month and set off a dangerous rescue mission was probably struck by a Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile, sources say.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump from officially renaming the Kennedy Center. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper found the board did not have the authority to rename the facility on its own.

NBC News’ Garrett Haake and Sahil Kapur report on the intensifying midterm races across the country as White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller slams Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico with crude and false attacks. Democratic strategist Taryn Rosenkranz and former White House official Ashley Davis join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

A federal judge on Friday ordered that President Donald Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, said the iconic venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress, ruling that the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees overstepped its “statutory bounds by unilaterally … Read more