Judge halts Trump's deportation flights for children

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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President Donald Trump blames the 'fake' media for rumors about his health, Congress prepares to take over the Epstein files probe, and an aide crashes into Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy's car after she's fired.

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1 | Trump blames 'fake' media for health rumors – but still sports a bruised hand

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2 | Four things to watch as Congress takes over Epstein files probe after Trump inaction on sex trafficker's 'list'

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3 | Trump ends turf war and will move Space Command HQ to Alabama from Colorado

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4 | 'My tea with the Taliban': US teen travels alone to Afghanistan and quickly finds you don't say no to terror overlords

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5 | RFK Jr aide was so upset about her firing she accidentally crashed her car as she left work – into his

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The Big Question 

Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has accused the US of attempting to carry out regime change in the South American country, and warned he will respond in kind to any attack by warships patrolling near its coast.

His comments on Monday were in response to the significant buildup of US naval forces in and around the southern Caribbean, in a move that has escalated tensions with nearby Venezuela.

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Nearly half a million federal workers lost their union protections last month in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive orders demanding federal agencies abandon collective bargaining agreements and appeals court orders upholding those decisions.

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