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Trump to headline ‘Great American State Fair’ for nation’s 250th anniversary after artists drop out

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AP Photo Courtesy: Alex Brandon By  JESSE BEDAYN and COLLIN BINKLEY Updated 7:25 PM EDT, May 30, 2026   WASHINGTON (AP) — An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests back out partly over the event’s ties to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organizers said Saturday. “I understand…
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DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family

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Members of the U.S. Secret Service counter assault team stand on the stage after a shooting incident outside the ballroom during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) By  ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Updated 2:42 PM EDT, April 26, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’…
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Trump issues expletive-laden threat against Iran as details of US aviator’s rescue emerge

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In this image provided by Sepahnews, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s official website, wreckage is shown at what Iran’s state TV claimed was the site of a downed American transport plane and two helicopters involved in a rescue operation, in Isfahan province, Iran, April, 2026. (Sepahnews via AP) BY:  MATTHEW LEE, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, SAM METZ AND SAMY MAGDY WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump…
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that…
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Here’s where Trump’s most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term

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BY  WILL WEISSERT Updated 8:13 AM EST, January 17, 2026   WASHINGTON (AP) — From toppling Venezuela’s leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing institutional checks and balances. Some of his ideas that once seemed implausible, if not outright fanciful,…