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  President Donald Trump took major flak as he tried to claim credit for lower prices at a regional grocery store chain. The Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle, which operates about 200 supermarkets between Maryland and Indiana, dropped its prices on July 9 on beef, American cheese and more than 300 other products through Labor Day. … Read more

  While the Trump administration publicly shared details on an Iranian attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan last Friday that killed at least two U.S. service members, it withheld information on three other Iranian strikes from the week prior that hurt many members of the U.S. military, officials revealed Monday to The New … Read more

For more than a year, Captain Katie Benn has been on administrative absence from the U.S. Army, pulled from her deployment after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender individuals from serving in the military. When faced with the decision last spring to voluntarily leave the military with an honorable discharge and about … Read more

  Argentine President Javier Milei ignited howls of laughter after firing off a celebratory tweet — moments after his nation suffered a pulverizing loss to Spain in the 2026 World Cup championship. The Donald Trump ally apparently neglected to unschedule a victory tweet Sunday and announced to his followers plans to celebrate the Argentine National … Read more

  The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has left Senate Republicans scrambling to untangle a mess that the late South Carolina Republican had been wrestling with as the chair of the Senate Budget Committee. According to a report from Politico, it will be up to his replacement, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), to jump “directly into … Read more

  Republicans are staking their “last big gamble” on advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda this week – the final stretch before Congress splits until mid-September – but GOP infighting could send the effort “up in smoke,” Punchbowl News reported Monday. The House is set to leave for a five-week recess Thursday, putting pressure on GOP … Read more

  U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s felony case against a three-time Olympian faces dismissal after her own prosecutor showed defense attorneys the alleged crime scene — where the evidence no longer exists. David Hearn, the 67-year-old Olympian, was indicted July 2 on a single felony count of destruction of property — accused of pulling up two … Read more

Former federal prosecutor Joyce White Vance argued that this week’s most consequential legal stories aren’t isolated events — they’re a single, coordinated pattern of democratic erosion the press keeps covering in pieces. In a Substack analysis cross-posted to Bluesky and X, Vance identified five interlocking stories she insists must be read as a whole continue … Read more

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is finding he is fending off his Democratic opponent for Sen. John Cornyn’s US Senate seat with one hand tied behind his back — because wealthy GOP donors the party depends upon consider him toxic. Major Republican donors are openly revolting against funding Paxton’s campaign, viewing him as damaged … Read more

  Donald Trump’s much-hyped prime-time address to the nation , centering on his 2020 election loss last week, fell flat with his own party’s lawmakers who are pretending it never happened, according to a report. Despite White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s breathless promises that the speech would be “shocking,” the address generated minimal continue … Read more