Nation and World
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Dollar General posts record sales as bargain stores attract more customers
Jun 03, 2025 8:25 am - Dollar General set a quarterly sales record of $10.44 billion and upgraded its annual profit and sales outlook as Americans tighten their budgets and spend more at bargain stores and off-price retailers amid economic uncertainty.
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Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the statesJun 03, 2025 8:10 am - President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult.
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US immigration authorities detain the family of the man charged in the Colorado attack
Jun 03, 2025 8:03 am - The wife and five children of the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring 12 of them, were being taken into custody by federal immigration authorities Tuesday, officials said.
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Russian rockets kill 4 in a Ukrainian city as Kyiv claims it damaged a key bridge
Jun 03, 2025 7:26 am - A Russian rocket attack targeted the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding 25, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced the assault, saying it underscored that Moscow has no intentions of halting the 3-year-old war.
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Britain gets a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Russia, and to Trump
Jun 02, 2025 7:31 pm - LONDON — The United Kingdom will build new nuclear-powered attack submarines, get its army ready to fight a war in Europe and become “a battle-ready, armor-clad nation,” ...
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Top Trump officials visit prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling
Jun 02, 2025 6:57 pm - DEADHORSE, Alaska — President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska's vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project as its...
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For Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Trump’s big bill is a big test
Jun 02, 2025 5:57 pm - Senate Republicans are rushing to pass a massive bill that includes much of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, the first big legislative test for the party’s new m...
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Supreme Court rejects 2 gun rights cases, but assault weapons ban issue may be back soon
Jun 02, 2025 4:37 pm - WASHINGTON — A split Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of gun rights cases, though one conservative justice predicted the court would soon consider whether assault ...
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RFK Jr. says autism ‘destroys’ families. Here’s what those families want you to know.
Jun 02, 2025 2:58 pm - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s comments and his plan to swiftly study its causes, have splintered a community of millions of people living with autism.
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Suspect in Colorado attack told police he researched for a year and targeted 'Zionist group'
Jun 02, 2025 2:03 pm - The FBI says the man charged in the attack in Boulder, Colorado, that left eight people injured told police he planned it for a year and specifically targeted what he described as the “Zionist group.”