Getty Images One of the key promises President-elect Donald Trump made while campaigning for the White House was to abolish the US Department of Education. The federal agency, established in 1979, oversees funding for public schools, administers student loans and […]
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Jack Teixeira, a US Air National Guardsman, who leaked Pentagon documents last year in one of the highest-profile intelligence cases in recent years, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty to the willful retention and transmission
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A Louisiana law that mandated every public school classroom in the state display a poster of the Ten Commandments has been halted by a federal judge following legal challenges. A group of parents trying to block the state law from
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Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Rep Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, to serve as national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. A veteran of the war in
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The plight of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel that was euthanised by New York wildlife officials has become a campaign talking point two days before the US presidential election. Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, told a rally that the death
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Philippe Studio June Carey says Trump would end welfare dependency Donald Trump arrived in Washington as a political outsider in 2016, upending US politics, reshaping the Republican Party and engaging previously disengaged voters. He became the first president to be
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Elon Musk has been ordered to attend a court hearing on Thursday, days after the billionaire was sued by prosecutors in Philadelphia over his $1m (£770,000) giveaways to voters. The Donald Trump supporter has, through his political group America PAC,
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Singer Shawn Mendes opened up about his sexuality during a performance in Colorado on Monday, saying he’s “just figuring it out like everyone”. “I don’t really know sometimes and I know other times. It feels really scary because we live
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Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon has been released from prison after spending four-months behind bars. Bannon, 70, was released from a Danbury, Connecticut, correctional facility on Tuesday, Benjamin O’Cone, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told the BBC. Bannon, a
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has defended his newspaper’s decision to stop making presidential endorsements, saying the move could help improve credibility. Mr Bezos, who is also the Amazon founder, argued in an article on the Post’s website on Monday
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