Nation and World
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DC ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked
Nov 04, 2025 3:50 pm - The D.C. man who flung a sandwich at a federal agent in a show of resistance to President Donald Trump’s takeover of local law enforcement went on trial this week, as his lawyers blasted the Justice Department for what they described as excessive and ham-fisted policing.
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Most Trump ballroom donors have federal contracts, watchdog says
Nov 04, 2025 3:49 pm - A majority of the corporate donors who have been named as donors to President Donald Trump’s ballroom construction project have received government contracts in recent years, according to a report released Monday by a watchdog group.
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US Steel details plans to invest $11 billion by 2028 across all business segments
Nov 04, 2025 2:34 pm - United States Steel on Tuesday detailed its billion-dollar multiyear growth plan with new owner Nippon Steel that includes modernizing the century-old steelmaker.
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Talks to end the government shutdown intensify as federal closure is on track to become longest ever
Nov 04, 2025 2:11 pm - Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown intensified Tuesday with behind-the-scenes talks, as the federal closure was on track to become the longest ever disrupting the lives of millions of Americans.
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Losses for Big Tech pull Wall Street lower
Nov 04, 2025 8:00 am - Stocks fell on Wall Street, pulled down by losses in the same big tech companies that have been the main drivers of the market's rally so far this year. The S&P 500 slid 1.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.5%. The drops in tech pulled the Nasdaq composite down 2%.
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Big Tesla investor will vote against Musk's massive pay packageNov 04, 2025 7:23 am - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla's biggest investors, said Tuesday that it will vote against a proposed compensation package that could pay CEO Elon Musk as much as $1 trillion over a decade.
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Mamdani and Cuomo face off as New York City chooses new mayor, while Sliwa hopes for an upset
Nov 04, 2025 6:48 am - New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city.
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Boeing may face its first civil trial seeking damages for deadly Ethiopia crash
Nov 04, 2025 6:37 am - More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial stemming from the disaster that killed all 157 people on board the plane appears poised to move forward.
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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
Nov 04, 2025 6:08 am - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
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Trump administration is sued over student loan forgiveness changes
Nov 03, 2025 7:10 pm - In a swift rebuke of the Trump administration’s restrictions on a popular student-loan-forgiveness program for public servants, nonprofits, states, cities and unions filed two separate lawsuits Monday to challenge the changes.