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‘I don’t need international law,’ Trump says after abduction of Maduro
UN rapporteur tells Al Jazeera she is concerned that the world may be returning to an 'age of imperialism'.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies at 78
Mr. Weir was one of the frontmen of the Grateful Dead. He co-wrote some of the band’s best-known songs, including “Sugar Magnolia” and “Playing in the Band.”
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January 11, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Thousands protest ICE presence in Minneapolis and cities nationwide
Protesters turned out in cities across the country, including Boston, New York City and Philadelphia, many organized by progressive group Indivisible.
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January 11, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Democrats to focus on unpopular GOP cuts in bid to take back the House
Many Republicans — who hold a razor-thin majority in the House — acknowledge that they face an uphill battle in selling the bill to a wary public.
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July 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.
Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”
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May 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Trump Budget Calls For Elimination Of National Endowment For The Arts
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Trump Budget Calls For Elimination Of National Endowment For The Arts
Donald Trump has proposed eliminating funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, as his administration also has taken steps to pull back grants that have already been awarded. The NEA received a...
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May 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
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April 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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April 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Warren Buffett Acquires Elon Musk’s Tesla for $1 Trillion in Cash
Legendary investor Warren Buffett has announced that Berkshire Hathaway will acquire Tesla for a staggering $1 trillion in cash. The 94-year-old "Oracle of Omaha," long known for his disinterest in...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009 | CNN Business
The Trump administration’s massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoffs last month, new data showed Thursday.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
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Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
All they've really got is "spending that Elon Musk doesn't like."
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February 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Trump Golf Track
Tracking the number of days President Donald Trump spends his second term playing golf.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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These feds took Trump’s ‘fork’ deal. Then they got fired — creating a government ‘mess.’
The Trump administration is racing to fix mistakes after some agencies fired probationary employees who had accepted the deferred resignation offer.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Pardon Me, but Who Was Just Pardoned?
Opinion | Who are these nearly 1,600 criminals that President Trump has pardoned and how violent were their actions?
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February 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Soldiers are arriving at the border — but hardly any migrants are crossing
Trump’s order to send troops to the border comes as the number of migrant crossings is plummeting. Residents in some border cities wonder what the soldiers will be doing.
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February 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion
Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.
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February 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Stop Project 2025 Comic
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Trump wants to substantially cut the federal workforce. Here’s what it looks like.
While federal hiring has increased in recent years, federal workers, as a share of all Americans workers, remains at a historic low.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Pope Takes Issue With JD Vance
Francis calls out vice president's theological defense of mass deportation in rare rebuke
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February 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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RFK Jr. says vaccines aren’t tested enough. Experts say that’s baseless.
RFK Jr.’s views on vaccine safety have sparked debate, with some experts saying that his comments are misleading.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Trump’s NIH challenges the model that underlies U.S. scientific dominance
The 80-year-old partnership between the federal government and research institutions has made the U.S. the leader in scientific innovation. But now a proposed funding cut threatens the arrangement.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
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January 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 case
President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.
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January 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Democrats’ new push to stop RFK Jr.: Highlight Samoa’s measles outbreak
They say the island’s public health crisis, which followed Kennedy’s meeting with local anti-vaccine activists, reveals the consequences of questioning vaccines.
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January 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM