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Trump faces stiff bipartisan pushback to Russian diesel import deal

Moderate Republicans joined Democrats in criticizing President Donald Trump’s agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to release diesel to the global market amid a fuel price spike.

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U.S. and NATO commander vows to thwart Moscow, warns Kyiv over refinery strikes

Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ firing Kimberly Guilfoyle from Athens post

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage last year. (AFP/Getty Images)

Homeland Security Investigations agents search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota). (Getty Images)

Rep. Omar calls search at D.C. home part of a Trump intimidation campaign

The search intensifies long-standing immigration-related accusations from Republicans regarding Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), the nation’s first Somali American lawmaker.

By Sammy Westfall, Perry Stein, Ted Hesson and Liam Scott

‘Furious’ judge halts tree removal, demands answers on Trump’s D.C. golf plan

The judge lambasted the administration for ignoring her repeated pleas not to work on the historic East Potomac course: “There’s no excuse for this.” Government lawyers said about 430 trees were removed.

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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being refilled again

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In Ohio, some Trump voters question whether he’s still fighting for them

High costs have opened a divide between the president, who spoke in the state Monday night, and some who voted for him. His support for data centers has widened that gap.

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Voters in Portland (Oregon) get ads meant for Portland (Maine)

Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads

Supporters of the president cheer him on Monday during an election rally in Youngstown, Ohio. (Getty Images)

Sea turtle nests broke a record this year. Why that’s a good thing.

Loggerhead sea turtles laid 4,174 nests on Georgia’s beaches, the most in decades. It continues a slow but steady rebound for the threatened species.

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Ex-DOGE staffers are now profiting from knowledge of government

DOGE alumni have raised at least half a billion dollars for firms spanning cyberwarfare, AI and data centers, a Post analysis found.

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“Leiv Eiriksson Discovering America,” by Norwegian artist Christian Krohg. (Heritage Images/Getty Images)

He reached the Americas centuries before Columbus. Why doesn’t he get more credit?

Accounts of Leif Erikson’s voyage to present-day Canada were known to Europeans in Christopher Columbus’s time.

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Kelly Clarkson walked into a shop. She left with an internet controversy.

After an incident at Brooklyn’s Art of Play, the singer compared herself to Julia Roberts in “Pretty Woman.” I saw a character from “Beauty and the Beast.”

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The latest science suggests knees are more resilient than you think.

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Billionaires are leaving Britain — and sending a warning to the U.S.

Jeb Hensarling and Michael Solon

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Tax the rich? Follow Switzerland — not the left.

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Trump is discovering that ‘dollar diplomacy’ doesn’t work

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Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling

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California beaches, homes slammed by waves from Tropical Storm Rachel

Sixth person who had measles has died in Pennsylvania, local coroner says

Montana Democratic Party chair steps down, endorses independent candidate

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Trump could face a new threat in January: A Democratic Senate

Republicans predict that Democrats will not confirm Supreme Court and Cabinet nominees if they retake the Senate in the midterm elections.

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Cornell defendant’s lawyer asks judge to put limits on public statements

How the Supreme Court is reshaping the limits of religious rights in America

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Saudi Arabia vows retaliation against Houthis after airport strike kills at least 12

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