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Americans Wrestle With How Trump’s Tariffs May Change Shopping Lists

Americans Wrestle With How Trump’s Tariffs May Change Shopping...

In the first weekend since President Trump unveiled broad tariffs, many shoppers...

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Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever

Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever

Senate Republicans are hoping to ice Democrats out from deciding the fate of President...

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Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy

Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy

The 22nd Amendment is clear: President Trump has to give up his office after his...

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Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana Jury Rules

Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana...

The verdict will likely influence similar lawsuits against other oil companies over...

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Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees

Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was making the move because the transitional...

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After the L.A. Fires, These Schools Face Another Threat: Layoffs

After the L.A. Fires, These Schools Face Another Threat:...

A dozen teachers in Pasadena, Calif., whose homes burned were told they’ll lose...

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Judge Calls Mistaken Deportation of Maryland Man a ‘Grievous Error’

Judge Calls Mistaken Deportation of Maryland Man a ‘Grievous...

Judge Paula Xinis, who has ordered that the Trump administration return the man,...

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Boston Faces Identity Crisis Amid Trump’s Cuts to University and Research Funding

Boston Faces Identity Crisis Amid Trump’s Cuts to University...

Colleges and teaching hospitals are the cornerstones of the city’s economy — and...

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A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns

A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns

Conservative judges have come to opposite conclusions on what the Second Amendment...

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In Trump’s Second Term, Retribution Comes in Many Forms

In Trump’s Second Term, Retribution Comes in Many Forms

President Trump’s campaign to exact revenge against his perceived foes has turned...

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LA Dodgers Will Visit White House for World Series Celebration

LA Dodgers Will Visit White House for World Series Celebration

The World Series winners’ trip comes after the Trump administration was criticized...

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Why Trump Is Punishing Law Firms

Why Trump Is Punishing Law Firms

President Trump’s campaign of retribution has turned out to be far more expansive,...

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As Netanyahu Heads to Washington, Trump Is Already a Close Ally

As Netanyahu Heads to Washington, Trump Is Already a Close...

President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are using similar playbooks...

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Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay Until Trade Deficit Disappears

Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay Until Trade Deficit Disappears

The president said he would not quickly reverse last week’s steep tariffs, which...

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Gulf Coast Shrimpers See Hope in Trump’s Tariffs

Gulf Coast Shrimpers See Hope in Trump’s Tariffs

After years struggling to compete with cheaper, farm-raised imported shrimp, shrimpers...

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The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground

The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing...

For years, the country’s lowest-scoring students were steadily improving on national...

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Canada Drops the Gloves in Tariff Spat, Makes Its Case on U.S. Billboards

Canada Drops the Gloves in Tariff Spat, Makes Its Case...

The tariffs-are-a-tax messages are targeting residents in places like Pittsburgh...

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Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places

Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places

To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left...

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Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders

Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian...

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How D.C. Is Surviving Trump 2.0

How D.C. Is Surviving Trump 2.0

Mass layoffs, Congressional budget cuts and a series of threats from President Trump...

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A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz’s Seat Rattles Republicans

A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz’s Seat Rattles Republicans

Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida’s Sixth District than they did in November,...

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After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis

After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty...

A veteran who returned from Iraq injured and transformed, Joy Marver is now facing...

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Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue?

Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme...

The court, which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly...

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At Black Colleges, a Stubborn Gender Enrollment Gap Keeps Growing

At Black Colleges, a Stubborn Gender Enrollment Gap Keeps...

Only 19 percent of students at Howard University are Black men, whose enrollment...

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Trump Says He’s ‘Very Angry’ at Putin and Threatens Secondary Tariffs on Russia

Trump Says He’s ‘Very Angry’ at Putin and Threatens Secondary...

President Trump said he could impose tariffs on nations that buy oil from Russia...

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Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke

Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow...

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‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status

‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners...

The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already...

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On Minnesota’s Iron Range, Trump’s Tariffs Could Be Boom or Bust

On Minnesota’s Iron Range, Trump’s Tariffs Could Be Boom...

A region near the Canadian border, whose mines provide most of the new ore used...

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Kite Confiscated After Coming in Contact With a Jet Near Washington

Kite Confiscated After Coming in Contact With a Jet Near...

United Airlines said a plane landed safely at Reagan National Airport after a witness...

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Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution

Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term...

In wide-ranging remarks to “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said “a lot of people” wanted...

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White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing Line Prosecutors

White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing...

Two prosecutors were dismissed out of the blue, notified by a terse one-sentence...

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Trump Says He ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ if Auto Tariffs Raise Car Prices in the U.S.

Trump Says He ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ if Auto Tariffs Raise...

The president said he “couldn’t care less” if automakers raised prices in response...

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Elon Musk Says ‘Destiny of Humanity’ Rests on Wisconsin Judicial Race

Elon Musk Says ‘Destiny of Humanity’ Rests on Wisconsin...

Elon Musk campaigned on Sunday in Green Bay for a state Supreme Court candidate...

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Greenland’s Prime Minister Says the U.S. Will Not ‘Get’ the Island

Greenland’s Prime Minister Says the U.S. Will Not ‘Get’...

“We do not belong to anyone else,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in...

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Small Plane That Crashed in Alaska Was a Half-Ton Overweight, U.S. Says

Small Plane That Crashed in Alaska Was a Half-Ton Overweight,...

All 10 people on board were killed when the plane, flying in poor visibility, plunged...

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Alabama Governor Signs Bill Banning Gun Conversion Devices

Alabama Governor Signs Bill Banning Gun Conversion Devices

The law, which goes into effect immediately, targets devices that turn semiautomatic...

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USAID’s New Leadership Includes DOGE Official Who Helped Dismantle Agency

USAID’s New Leadership Includes DOGE Official Who Helped...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had canceled 83 percent of U.S.A.I.D.’s programs....

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Stefanik Will Be Released From the House Soon for UN Ambassador Confirmation

Stefanik Will Be Released From the House Soon for UN Ambassador...

The confirmation process of Representative Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican,...

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With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left

With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P....

The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and...

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Trump’s Ending of Hunter Biden’s Security Detail Raises Questions About Who Gets Protection

Trump’s Ending of Hunter Biden’s Security Detail Raises...

The sudden ending of Secret Service protection for former President Joseph R. Biden...

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Florida Mayor Drops Threat to Evict Cinema Over Showing of ‘No Other Land’

Florida Mayor Drops Threat to Evict Cinema Over Showing...

After an emotional city meeting, the mayor of Miami Beach dropped his effort to...

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Jack Schlossberg Slams JFK Files Release and the Media’s Coverage

Jack Schlossberg Slams JFK Files Release and the Media’s...

In a series of social media posts, Jack Schlossberg, a frequent critic of the Trump...

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Democrats Call Chuck Schumer’s Senate Leadership Into Question

Democrats Call Chuck Schumer’s Senate Leadership Into Question

Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating...

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Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook

Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook

The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as...

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Justice Department Moves to Unseal MLK Jr.’s FBI Surveillance Records

Justice Department Moves to Unseal MLK Jr.’s FBI Surveillance...

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump,...

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Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis

Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of...

Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right...

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Kansas Voters Will Decide Whether to Hold Open Elections for State Supreme Court

Kansas Voters Will Decide Whether to Hold Open Elections...

A question on the ballot next year will ask voters to amend the Constitution to...

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Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Vanishes, Then Reappears on Defense Department Site

Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Vanishes, Then Reappears on Defense...

A number of military pages focused on African American achievements have been lost...

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Los Angeles Faces Nearly $1 Billion Deficit as It Rebuilds From Fires

Los Angeles Faces Nearly $1 Billion Deficit as It Rebuilds...

Shifting federal policies, combined with the cost of January’s wildfires, have created...

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Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights

Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details...

Judge James Boasberg has asked the government to tell him what time two planes took...

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The Amtrak chief executive abruptly resigned from the rail service.

The Amtrak chief executive abruptly resigned from the rail...

Stephen J. Gardner stepped down on Wednesday after leading Amtrak for three years.

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U.S. Institute of Peace Sues DOGE and Trump Over ‘Lawless Assault’

U.S. Institute of Peace Sues DOGE and Trump Over ‘Lawless...

The institute, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting peace, had sued President Trump...

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Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage

Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia,...

President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International...

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Couple Who Abused Adopted Children Are Sentenced to Decades in Prison

Couple Who Abused Adopted Children Are Sentenced to Decades...

The West Virginia couple, who are white, forced their adopted children, who are...

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How Tim Walz Attacked Elon Musk by Borrowing From Trump

How Tim Walz Attacked Elon Musk by Borrowing From Trump

Tim Walz’s comments about Elon Musk suggest an attack on the tech billionaire’s...

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Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education...

The order will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning...

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Shielded Kennedy Files Hid Spies, Not Conspiracies

Shielded Kennedy Files Hid Spies, Not Conspiracies

Newly unredacted documents reveal details about Cold War spycraft, not a second...

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White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy

White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over...

The decision is the latest clash between a university and the administration as...

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D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic

D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national teaching on a student visa, was deemed “deportable,”...

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Takeaways From the Kennedy Files

Takeaways From the Kennedy Files

The big reveal from almost 64,000 documents was that there wasn’t much of a reveal...

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Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million in Federal Food Aid

Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million...

Aimee Bock was accused of overseeing a scheme that exploited lax pandemic-era controls,...

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The University of California Will Stop Requiring Diversity Statements in Hiring

The University of California Will Stop Requiring Diversity...

The statements had risen in popularity as colleges sought to improve campus culture,...

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Reinstated, but Not Back to Work: Fired Workers Linger in ‘Limbo’

Reinstated, but Not Back to Work: Fired Workers Linger...

More than a dozen federal agencies have reinstated employees and immediately placed...

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NASA Astronauts Don’t Receive Overtime Pay for Space Mission But Get $5 a Day

NASA Astronauts Don’t Receive Overtime Pay for Space Mission...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore do not get overtime for their unexpectedly long...

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Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns

Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases,...

Federal judges are worried that online threats against those who oversee high-profile...

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Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges

Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support...

Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon...

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In Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information Went Public, Too

In Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information...

Social Security numbers and other personal details were included in the 64,000 pages...

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Trump Administration Prepares to Give Gun Rights Back to Some Convicts

Trump Administration Prepares to Give Gun Rights Back to...

After Justice Department officials sought to allow Mel Gibson to own a gun again,...

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Government Watchdog Ends Fight to Keep His Job After Trump Firing

Government Watchdog Ends Fight to Keep His Job After Trump...

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, has been a critical...

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As Trump Seeks New Air Force One Planes, Security Requirements Are Eased

As Trump Seeks New Air Force One Planes, Security Requirements...

Some Boeing staff will no longer need a high-level security clearance to help build...

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Justice Barrett May Have the Crucial Vote in Trump Cases

Justice Barrett May Have the Crucial Vote in Trump Cases

She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against...

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Medical Plane That Crashed in Philadelphia Lacked Cockpit Recorder

Medical Plane That Crashed in Philadelphia Lacked Cockpit...

Federal investigators announced that a key piece of machinery appeared to have stopped...

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Trump Administration Says Maine Broke Law by Allowing Transgender Athletes on Teams

Trump Administration Says Maine Broke Law by Allowing Transgender...

After issuing an executive order barring transgender athletes from participating...

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Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert...

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging...

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Trump Is Said to Be Preparing Executive Order That Aims to Eliminate Education Dept.

Trump Is Said to Be Preparing Executive Order That Aims...

Without Congress, President Trump cannot dismantle the agency. No modern president...

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2 Texas Lottery Wins Prompt Investigations and Stir Public Outrage

2 Texas Lottery Wins Prompt Investigations and Stir Public...

One jackpot winner spent $25 million on nearly every possible number combination,...

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Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie

Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting...

The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign,...

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U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to End War

U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path...

The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement,...

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Elon Musk Proposes Privatizing Amtrak, Calling Rail Service ‘Sad’

Elon Musk Proposes Privatizing Amtrak, Calling Rail Service...

Amtrak, after investing more than $4 billion in a year to improve its creaky infrastructure...

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Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’

Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House...

The judge had already ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous...

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‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho Murders

‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho...

Newly released messages reveal that two roommates in the home where four college...

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Trump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month

Trump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods...

Many imports from Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs, as the president...

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Senators Call for Investigation of Acting U.S. Attorney in Washington

Senators Call for Investigation of Acting U.S. Attorney...

Democrats wrote to the governing body of the D.C. Bar that Ed Martin, President...

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House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress

House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech...

Ten members of his party joined Republicans in voting to officially condemn the...

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Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency

Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency

A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to...

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Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules

Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules

A judge reduced his sentence to time served in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, ending...

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Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’

Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes:...

The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful,...

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Trump Says Future Job Cuts Will Be Done With ‘Scalpel’ Not a ‘Hatchet’

Trump Says Future Job Cuts Will Be Done With ‘Scalpel’...

President Trump’s decision to reel in some of Elon Musk’s indiscriminate approach...

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Two Army Soldiers Are Accused of Selling Military Secrets

Two Army Soldiers Are Accused of Selling Military Secrets

One of the soldiers was accused in a federal indictment of selling sensitive information...

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Sweeping Tariffs Threaten to Undo a 30-Year Trade Alliance

Sweeping Tariffs Threaten to Undo a 30-Year Trade Alliance

The stiff tariffs President Trump briefly imposed on Mexico and Canada this week...

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Judge Reinstates NLRB Member Fired by Trump

Judge Reinstates NLRB Member Fired by Trump

The ruling, which the Trump administration immediately moved to appeal, was a rebuke...

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South Carolina Inmate Set to Be Executed by Firing Squad

South Carolina Inmate Set to Be Executed by Firing Squad

The last time such an execution took place was in 2010, in Utah. The inmate chose...

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Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?

Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal...

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Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance

Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance

Investors sent stock prices down on Thursday amid the uncertainty over what President...

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Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel Bans

Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel...

President Trump’s first-term policy grew out of his 2015 campaign call to bar Muslims...

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Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to Leave

Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to...

The judges, who are part of the Justice Department, make decisions about asylum...

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State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire...

American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering...

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San Francisco Moves to Lead Fight Against Deepfake Nudes

San Francisco Moves to Lead Fight Against Deepfake Nudes

City Attorney David Chiu has filed a lawsuit seeking to permanently shutter 16 popular...

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Harvard Names Conservative Legal Scholar as Permanent Provost

Harvard Names Conservative Legal Scholar as Permanent Provost

John F. Manning has served as interim provost since March, and is considered a top...

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Harris Lays Out Her Economic Vision, Casting Trump’s as Backward-Looking

Harris Lays Out Her Economic Vision, Casting Trump’s as...

In her first major policy speech, the vice president argued that her Republican...

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