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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the Department of Agriculture in Washington

Frustration grows inside the White House after DOJ’s Epstein review comes up empty

By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Evan Perez and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Many of President Donald Trump’s close advisers, both inside and outside the White House, have grown increasingly frustrated with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, following days of intense criticism from some of the president’s

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Restaurant inspections for June 2025

ARBYS ROAST BEEF 1604 N. Belt Highway Noncritical: Dumpster lid is not closed or inside trash containers are not covered. ARBYS ROAST BEEF LEONARD 4601A S Leonard Rd. No violations. BIG BISCUIT 139 N. Belt Highway No violations. Casey’s 4101 N Belt Hwy 4101 N. Belt Highway No violations. CASEYS GENERAL STORE #2471 2423 N. Woodbine

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People carry relief supplies from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centre in the central Gaza Strip on June 8.

USAID review raised ‘critical concerns’ over Gaza aid group days before $30 million US grant

By Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — An internal government assessment shows USAID officials raised “critical concerns” last month about a key aid group’s ability to protect Palestinians and to deliver them food – just days before the State Department announced $30 million in funding for the organization. A scathing 14-page document obtained

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth waits for the arrival of Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during an Honor Cordon at the Pentagon on July 01

Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized pause on weapon shipments to Ukraine, sources say

By Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented and

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Trump caught off guard by Pentagon’s abrupt move to pause Ukraine weapons deliveries, AP sources say

By AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine came after he privately expressed frustration with Pentagon officials for announcing a pause in some deliveries last week — a move that he felt wasn’t properly coordinated with the White

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Marseille airport suspends flights due to wildfire as public warned to stay at home

By LEWIS JOLY Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A wildfire spurred by hot summer winds reached France’s second-largest city Tuesday, grounding all flights to and from Marseille, injuring at least nine people and forcing many residents to evacuate or barricade themselves indoors as smoke choked the Mediterranean air. A big city hospital switched to

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Trump on past presidents: Ike was ‘underrated,’ FDR ‘amazing,’ Polk ‘sort of a real-estate guy’

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Turns out Donald Trump gauges his esteem for presidential predecessors by how well their portraits fit into his White House redecorating scheme. Or sometimes how well the frames around those portraits do. “I’m a frame person,” Trump said Tuesday during a meeting with his Cabinet. “Sometimes I

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Sen. Susan Collins walks through the Capitol in Washington

White House’s DOGE cuts package faces uncertain path in Senate as clock ticks

By Alison Main, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The White House’s package to formalize spending cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency faces potential obstacles ahead in the Senate as congressional Republicans confront an upcoming deadline to enact the measure into law. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins on Tuesday expressed uncertainty over

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An air traveler places his shoes in a bin before passing through a TSA checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport in 2014.

TSA will no longer require all passengers to take shoes off at airport security checkpoints

CNN By Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After nearly two decades, passengers going through airport security in the United States will no longer have to take their shoes off. The Transportation Security Administration will be eliminating the security requirement “effective immediately,” Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, announced Tuesday. ”TSA

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Trump comes to Bondi’s defense amid uproar from his base over Jeffrey Epstein files flop

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump leaped to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday in the face of mounting criticism from far-right influencers and conservative internet personalities over the Justice Department’s abrupt refusal to release additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation. When a reporter attempted

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