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(WASHINGTON) -- Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday took the extraordinary step of seeking an order from the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case to bar Trump from making statements that could pose a significant risk to law enforcement.The request follows Trump's efforts to seize on…

(NEW YORK) -- Kenyan President William Ruto is the first African leader to make an official state visit to the United States in over 15 years.On Thursday, the White House held a state dinner, honoring Kenyan President Ruto with stunning Washington, D.C. views, a high-class menu, and a dose of…

(SHREVEPORT, La.) -- Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Friday he has signed a first-of-its-kind bill making abortion pills controlled substances into law.The law puts the abortion pill regimen -- mifepristone and misoprostol -- in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications."Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained…

(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo what the Pentagon is describing as "a scheduled, elective and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure related to his previously reported bladder issue" on Friday night that will lead him to temporarily transfer his authorities to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.Austin will…

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his anti-immigrant rhetoric at a rally in the South Bronx, where he claimed, without evidence, that migrants coming to the U.S. are forming an "army."The comments are part of the dark narrative Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is advancing on the…

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) -- The GOP civil war has reached a new beachhead: blood-red Missouri.The state's Republican attorney general primary is pitting incumbent Andrew Bailey against Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald Trump. And while intraparty battles elsewhere in states such as Texas and Idaho have ostensibly focused on issues…

(WASHINGTON) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's supporters are still split after she said she will be voting for former President Donald Trump, some seeing it as a "greenlight" for them to vote for Trump as well, while others are still not convinced.After Haley suspended her campaign in March,…

(WASHINGTON) -- A split-screen showdown between the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will occur this weekend at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C., as each hopeful seeks to court the party's base.It's unlikely the two candidates will face off directly,…

(WASHINGTON) -- Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previously ruled out joining the Libertarian Party -- but as he prepares to speak at the party's national convention on Friday, there's speculation that they could join forces in a move that could be a boon to Kennedy's ballot-access efforts.In…

(WASHINGTON) -- Following former President Donald Trump's announcement in April that he would leave the issue of abortion to the states, effectively saying that he would not sign a national abortion ban, some vice presidential hopefuls have had to walk a fine line when it comes to abortion, with many…