President Donald Trump says he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat he insisted didn’t scare him. Trump downplayed the extraordinary nature of the subterfuge involved in his flight, which saw him stow away in an airport catering container to sneak onto another plane while Air Force One was sent into the sky, essentially as a decoy. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary Tuesday in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment. Flanagan defeated centrist U.S. Rep. Angie Craig with a pledge to fight the influence of corporations and confront Trump.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky subpoenaed Fauci to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday. It’s part of Paul’s yearslong accusations that the now-retired infectious disease expert had lied about the pandemic, something Fauci has called “preposterous.” Paul closed the hearing by saying lawmakers will vote next week on whether to hold the now-retired infectious-disease expert in contempt for refusing to testify.
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list. The weekend ruling rejected the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the mail-in voting restrictions in 23 U.S. states that sued ahead of November’s midterm elections. Also, the Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on "political identity." They included 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
President Donald Trump is set to address the nation on topics he says will include elections and voting machines, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated his calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules ahead of November’s midterm elections. At Trump’s last primetime presidential address in April, he said the U.S. would accomplish its Iran war objectives “very shortly.” But days of back-and-forth attacks by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East and in the Strait of Hormuz have shredded the interim deal to pause the fighting.
U.S. Senators and House representatives from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia responded to President Donald Trump's State of the Union Address Feb. 24.
WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. -- President Donald Trump is promising relief for struggling farmers, announcing that his administration will make $12 billion available nationwide.
ASSATEAGUE NATIONAL SEASHORE. -- Entrance fees at Assateague Island National Seashore could soon be increasing, but only for some visitors. A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump directs the Department of the Interior to raise national park fees specifically for foreign guests, while potentially reducing costs for American families.
ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. -- President Donald Trump's proposed budget could slash billions of dollars from NASA. There is growing concern on Virginia's Eastern Shore about what this could mean for Wallops Island.
A police officer has died from injuries resulting from the riot at the Capitol, bringing the death toll to five. Meanwhile, President Trump has issued a statement condemning the violence amid calls for his removal from office, and two more cabinet members have resigned.