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President Donald Trump says U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

1:42 PM on Monday, August 3

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt a $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities in a lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel

1:25 PM on Monday, August 3

Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February

12:27 PM on Monday, August 3

The House Ethics Committee has recommended that Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina be censured after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides

12:19 PM on Monday, August 3

More than 20 states and the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of millions of recipients of a benefits program for low-income families

12:10 PM on Monday, August 3

The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

12:07 PM on Monday, August 3

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” meant for his political allies

11:57 AM on Monday, August 3

A left-leaning group is spending $6 million to organize Latino voters in Texas

11:41 AM on Monday, August 3

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering

9:19 AM on Monday, August 3

Some Cubans are sleeping on Havana's famous seaside boulevard, the Malecón, in the face of crippling blackouts stretching up to 20 hours during suffocating summer heat

8:04 AM on Monday, August 3

A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security can proceed with building a border wall through a levee system in a small Texas town

7:44 AM on Monday, August 3

Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, a critic of the war in Ukraine, has left Russia after crackdown that barred him from running in this year's parliamentary election

7:36 AM on Monday, August 3

A court case has opened challenging South Africa’s new law that allows the government to seize private land

7:31 AM on Monday, August 3

Virginia residents will vote in a statewide primary on Tuesday to choose nominees for U.S. Senate and U.S. House

5:30 AM on Monday, August 3

5:10 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump says newly planned talks between the U.S. and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes

4:55 AM on Monday, August 3

Washington state will hold a primary Tuesday for the U.S. House and other offices as firefighters battle wildfires that have devastated the Spokane area and forced local election officials to operate under a state of emergency

9:05 PM on Sunday, August 2

President Donald Trump says new talks with Iran are the “last chance” for Tehran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country

8:26 PM on Sunday, August 2

Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s bid to lead the Justice Department say they will vote to advance his nomination