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Kristi Noem fast-tracked millions in disaster aid to Florida tourist attraction after campaign donor intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.
Russia addresses world leaders at UN three years into Ukraine invasion
Russia gets the microphone at the U.N. world leaders’ meeting Saturday. It comes three years into an invasion of Ukraine that the international community has broadly deplored and a that powerful member newly says Ukraine can repel.
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid
The court's majority said President Donald Trump's foreign policy authority outweighed the harms claimed by the international aid groups suing.
 Wisconsin Republican Bill Berrien quits governor's race amid pornography fallout
Wisconsin businessman Bill Berrien has ended his Republican campaign for governor, days after it was reported that he followed numerous sexually explicit accounts online, including a nonbinary pornography performer.