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ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer saysA prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's student encampment movement was arrested Saturday night by federal...
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Trump stands by tariffs, economic vision after shaky stock market unsettles criticsPresident Trump is downplaying concerns about the impact his on-again, off-again tariffs are having on the economy after they rattled the stock...
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Trump downplays business concerns about uncertainty from his tariffs and prospect of higher pricesPresident Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners...
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Sen. Rick Scott: Elon Musk does not have the power to fire peopleSen. Rick Scott said Sunday that Elon Musk has no authority to fire federal workers.
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Trump isn't alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change tooAs President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and...
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Top U.S. health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employeesMost of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices...
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Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from U.S. into limbo following human rights criticismAfter weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama on Saturday released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp after...
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Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to votersFor decades, conservatives in Congress have talked about the need to cut government deeply, but they have always pulled back from mandating...
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Trump's transactional approach to diplomacy is a driving force on the world stageDonald Trump, the real estate developer turned commander in chief, is laying bare his style of diplomacy in the early weeks of his new term: It's a...
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Facing competition from Big Tech, states dangle incentives and loosen laws to attract power plantsFacing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly worry...
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South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipelineA new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability...
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California delegation in Congress requests federal wildfire aidCalifornia's colossal congressional delegation is pressing Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress for wildfire recovery aid.
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Here’s what Russia and Ukraine get in Trump’s ‘final offer’ peace dealWhile Kyiv has been consistently open to President Trump's call for a full cease-fire, Russia has continually rejected the American peace proposals.
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Dick Durbin, second-ranked Senate Democrat, says he’s retiring after five terms: ‘It’s time to pass the torch’The 80-year-old added that "a strong Democratic bench" would be "ready to serve" in his place -- without naming any immediate successors.
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Georgia mother dies of ‘sheer heartbreak’ days after her 20-year-old son was beaten to death in possible hate crime“The pain of losing her son was too much for her heart to bear," relatives said, saying Tasha Lawson was from "sheer heartbreak."
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Massive NJ wildfire that forced thousands to flee inferno could be state’s largest in decadesOfficials estimate the fire might not be completely extinguished until at least Saturday, based on the fire's current containment level.
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Wall Street rallies on Trump's softer approach to Powell, ChinaWall Street rallied Wednesday after President Trump softened his rhetoric on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and China.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rips IMF over woke ‘mission creep’“It devotes disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues,” Bessent said.
