Nation and World
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Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
Feb 25, 2025 4:21 pm - Republican lawmakers are starting to call out Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service amid fierce pushback from their constituents, who have packed into town halls and bombarded co...
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House narrowly passes GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ for Trump’s agenda
Feb 25, 2025 2:26 pm - House Republicans narrowly approved framework Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, setting off a sprint with the Senate to reshape the tax code, imple...
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White House says it 'will determine' which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional ones
Feb 25, 2025 2:17 pm - The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans.
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More than 230,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship
Feb 25, 2025 10:20 am - More than 230,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking the country’s prime minister to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport, accusing the tech billionaire and T...
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The FBI's new deputy director is a popular podcaster — who has had plenty to say about the agency
Feb 25, 2025 10:12 am - NEW YORK — The popular right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino has built a career of unleashing sometimes inflammatory rants against the media, Democrats and the federal governm...
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Acting IRS commissioner to step down amid DOGE blitz on agency
Feb 25, 2025 10:00 am - The acting commissioner of the IRS will announce he is stepping down as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter who said the departure is driv...
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Hegseth rejects scrutiny of Trump’s Joint Chiefs pick
Feb 25, 2025 9:46 am - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday refused to address whether the Trump administration’s choice to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is “underqualified” ...
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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Feb 25, 2025 7:52 am - Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.
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Fabric and craft retailer Joann to go out of business and close all of its storesFeb 24, 2025 2:55 pm - Fabric and crafts retailer Joann Inc., which has been a destination for generations of quilters, knitters and lovers of crafts projects for 80 years, is going out of business and shuttering all its stores.
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Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says
Feb 24, 2025 12:24 pm - Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work activities, including calling a parish in Gaza City that he has kept in touch with since the war there began, the Vatican said.