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Trump says giving EU until July 4 to fulfill trade deal or will raise tariffs

May 7, 2026 3:14 PM EDT Updated 52 mins ago WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der ‌Leyen on Thursday and would give the EU until July 4 to fulfill its side of the trade deal before hiking U.S. tariffs to much higher levels. "I’ve been waiting patiently for the EU to ⁠fulfill their side of the Historic Trade Deal we agreed in Turnberry, Scotlan ...

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USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail

May 7, 2026, 2:03 PM LAS VEGAS -- Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition. In 1927, Congress passed a law barring the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they were from licensed dealers in an effort to curb crime. In January, the Department of Justice revisited the 1927 ...

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US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns

... The department told The Associated Press on Thursday that the revocations would begin Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about 2,700 American passport holders, according to figures supplied to the State Department by the Department of Health and Human Services. The revocation program, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support — the thresh ...

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Tennessee Republicans pass map splitting up state's lone majority-Black district

May. 7, 2026, 2:25 PM EDT Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature passed a new congressional map splitting up the state’s lone majority-Black district, swiftly responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s major redistricting ruling last week. The redrawn district lines, which Gov. Bill Lee is expected to sign into law, put Republicans in position to gain a seat in this fall’s midterm elections and secure full control over Tennessee’s congressional delegation. The new map carves up a Memphis-based s ...

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FBI defends Kash Patel after report alleging he gifts custom whiskey bottles

Thu 7 May 2026 14.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 7 May 2026 14.32 EDT The FBI said that agency director Kash Patel “followed all applicable ethical guidelines” after a report in the Atlantic alleged that he distributed customized bourbon whiskey bottles as gifts. In an article published on Wednesday, the Atlantic described Patel as travelling with a stock of “personalized branded bourbon” that he allegedly hands out frequently to people around him. The report says the bottles feature the brandi ...

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Undeterred by polls and courts, Trump honors ballroom donors at White House

(Washington Post) The White House hosted a reception Wednesday night for the organization that manages donations to President Donald Trump’s ballroom, highlighting the president’s unceasing drive for a legally embattled project that polls show is broadly unpopular. Amid a war with Iran, surging gas prices and backlash to his immigration policies, Trump dedicates extensive time to the ballroom. He made calls for a new ballroom a key focus of his remarks following the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner last month, arguing that it was needed for security.

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'Wow!' Trump Posts Chart Boasting That His War Against Iran Has So Far Been Shorter Than WWII, Vietnam

(Mediaite) President Donald Trump posted a graphic on Truth Social on Wednesday, boasting that his ongoing conflict with Iran had so far been shorter than World War II, the Vietnam War, the Civil War, and the War of 1812. “Wow. Study this Chart! President DJT,” wrote Trump. In the attached “Length of Wars” chart, Trump’s “Iran Excursion” was listed at the bottom at just six weeks, even though the conflict has actually been going on for more than nine weeks.

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Jet-Fuel Prices Are Spiking and Trump's Advisers Are Worried

(Wall Street Journal) Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu delivered a warning to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a recent visit to Washington: Already-high airfares will surge if the war in Iran doesn’t end soon. Sununu, a Republican who represents some of the biggest airlines as the president of the industry group Airlines for America, has for weeks sounded the alarm to Trump administration officials about the economic fallout from high jet-fuel prices.

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Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political

(AP) Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” he said. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”

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'I'm Sure': Trump Border Czar Says ICE Agents Certainly Detain U.S. Citizens -- 'But We Don't Deport Them'

13 min ago - May 7th, 2026, 6:13 pm Trump border czar Tom Homan admitted on Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have most likely detained U.S. citizens while sweeping for undocumented migrants. During a gaggle outside the White House, a repo ... (MEDIAite)

Accused WHCD shooter seeks to disqualify Pirro, Blanche because they attended event

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Louisiana presses US Supreme Court to halt abortion pill mail delivery

44 min ago - May 7, 2026 5:38 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago May 7 (Reuters) - Louisiana urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to prevent abortion pills from being prescribed through telemedicine and distributed by mail, as the Republican-led state presses its ca ... (Reuters)

Attorney for SPLC expecting a superseding indictment in fraud case

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Iran-backed groups targeted U.S. facilities in Iraq 600 times, U.S. official says

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Kash Patel ordered polygraphs of more than two dozen members of his team, sources say

1 hr ago - May. 7, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail, as well as other staff, and has been described as being in panic mode to save his job and find leaker ... (MS NOW News)

State Department reviewing all Mexican consulates in U.S. as tensions grow

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RFK Jr allies worry he is being 'marginalized' by Trump and his voice is drowned out: report

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Clyburn rips South Carolina redistricting push: 'We cannot let them succeed'

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A quarter-century later, Giuliani tries to join 9/11 health program

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Lawmaker calls for Memphis to secede from Tennessee following redistricting

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IATSE Goes on Strike Against 'CoComelon: The Melon Patch' Children's Series

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Federal judge finds DOGE's elimination of humanities grants "unlawful"

9 hrs ago - Washington — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration's mass elimination of humanities grants to three of the nation's major scholarly groups was "unlawful" and "unconstitutional." In April 2025, the Department of Government ... (CBS)

Canvas hack strands university students during finals week

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CIA Says Iran Can Outlast U.S. Blockade On Strait Of Hormuz For Months: Report

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Man who sprayed vinegar at Rep. Ilhan Omar during town hall pleads guilty to assault

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'Trump's roving censor': Top Senate Democrats demand Brendan Carr end Disney review

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Judge conditionally agrees to cancel Comey appearance in Trump threat case

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New wave of ICE deployments could impact more than 40 states

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US says it carried out self-defense strikes after Iranian attack

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