Nation and World
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13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
Feb 06, 2025 7:48 pm - Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment sys...
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Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
Feb 06, 2025 7:43 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency...
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Justice Department sues Illinois and Chicago over immigration enforcement
Feb 06, 2025 7:11 pm - The Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, seeking to block state and local protections for undocumented immigrants that the T...
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Swedish police say mass shooter was connected to school where he opened fire
Feb 06, 2025 4:33 pm - OREBRO, Sweden — The shooter who earlier this week killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with ...
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Egypt lobbies against Trump plan to empty Gaza of Palestinians as Israel makes preparations
Feb 06, 2025 4:23 pm - CAIRO — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the te...
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How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump's Gaza plan
Feb 06, 2025 3:58 pm - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.
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Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC
Feb 06, 2025 11:25 am - President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed last week's deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers, and he vowed to replace it.
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Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago over immigration enforcement
Feb 06, 2025 10:45 am - The Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, accusing them of impeding the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The department seeks a court order to bar protections for immigrants that exist at the state and local level.
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Musk uses his X ownership and White House position to push Trump priorities, intimidate detractors
Feb 06, 2025 10:26 am - The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who's using one of the world’s most powerful information platforms to sell the government’s talking points while intimidating its detractors.
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Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ and urges ‘bring God back’
Feb 06, 2025 7:46 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the U.S., announcing that he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.