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Live updates: Interior officials defend golf course takeover moves; Trump heads to Kansas

A federal judge on Monday pressed Department of the Interior lawyers about President Trump’s plan to shut down and renovate the Washington, D.C., golf course at East Potomac Park next month in the face of a previous court order. Trump, meanwhile, is defending his decision to delay new sanctions on Russia, arguing he does not...

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The Hill· Oct 19, 5:29 PMLive updates: Interior officials defend golf course takeover moves; Trump heads to Kansas

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Trump’s Russia moves could complicate lame-duck agendaA bipartisan chorus of members of Congress have denounced Trump's recent activity concerning Russia.

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Trump faces bipartisan backlash over waiving Russia sanctionsPresident Trump is defending his decision to waive sanctions, which will refill Russia's pocketbooks as it attacks Ukraine.

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Trump says he'd meet with Putin and Xi, criticizes ZelenskyyTensions between Trump and Zelenskyy have steadily risen in recent weeks, while Russia, which invaded Ukraine, has received multiple breaks from the U.S.

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How the Iran war is ruining Saudi Arabia’s plansAs the US-Iran war drags on, the damage is being felt regionally: Saudi Arabia experienced the worst attack in over a decade earlier this month, when Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia struck an airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The strike killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300 others. Saudi Arabia responded with […]

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Mahmoud Khalil Asks Supreme Court to Weigh In On Fights Against 'Unlawful Attempts to Detain and Deport People'Attorneys representing former Columbia University student organizer Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to hear a challenge to an appellate ruling that overturned a judge's determination that his 2025 detention by federal immigration officials was unconstitutional. Khalil, a legal US permanent resident who was born in a Palestinian…

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