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The Florida Bar said Friday that it is not investigating the former Justice Department attorney, walking back an earlier statement saying a probe was underway.

Former President Joe Biden told mourners at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s memorial service Friday that he is “a h— of a lot smarter than most of you,” a pointed remark that stood out during his tribute to the late civil rights leader. Biden made the comment while recounting how he was mocked as a child for … Read more

Former US representative who broke barriers as first woman president of state senate dies after five-month cancer battle Former US representative Colleen Hanabusa, who was the first woman to serve as president of the Hawaii state senate, has died. She was 74. Hanabusa died early on Friday after a five-month battle with cancer, said Mike … Read more

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. is “doing very well” in Iran, nearly a week after the military coordinated with Israel on airstrikes in Tehran that left its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dead. “Somebody said, ‘How would you score it from zero to 10?’ I said, ‘I’d give it a 12 to … Read more

In today’s edition, we dig into why Democrats are still setting their sights on Kristi Noem even after President Donald Trump fired her as homeland security secretary.

In an interview with NBC News, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore reflected on how Jesse Jackson shaped his life, and he had harsh words for fellow Democrats who he said aren’t standing up to government overreach.

When War Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked recently whether U.S. forces would ever move to secure enriched uranium reportedly stored at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear complex, he declined to say, citing operational security. The exchange highlighted a question the U.S. and Israel’s air campaign alone cannot answer: even if U.S. strikes degrade Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, who … Read more

Democratic senators are asking whether Noem, her senior adviser Corey Lewandowski or any other DHS employee financially benefited from the agreements.

Davidson said she found it difficult to remain, ‘given the external forces that are at work that are just so far beyond my control’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, a mainstay at the Kennedy Center, is leaving … Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the conversations