Nation and World Politics
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Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump's military strikes on boatsNov 30, 2025 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the ...
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Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hopeNov 30, 2025 3:25 pm - BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-su...
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Blaming some child deaths on COVID shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules
Nov 29, 2025 7:25 pm - The nation’s top vaccine regulator on Friday laid out a stricter approach for federal vaccine approvals, citing his team’s conclusion, without detailing the evidence, that coronavirus vaccines had contributed to the deaths of at least 10 children, according to an internal Food and Drug Administration email obtained by The Washington Post.
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Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker
Nov 29, 2025 5:01 pm - The White House launched a page on its website Friday devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories it disagrees with.
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She’s torn between her love for Trump and her work with migrants
Nov 29, 2025 4:37 pm - In the streets outside, agents — sent by the president she had voted for — were rounding up suspected undocumented workers. But here, in a small basement apartment, Aleah Arundale found herself hatching an escape plan for a Venezuelan woman and her family.“It will be calmer there,” Arundale said into a translation app on her phone that showed the words on the screen in Spanish. “And there is a school 10 minutes away.”
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Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
Nov 29, 2025 3:12 pm - President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal conversations.
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Trump says he wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries
Nov 29, 2025 1:06 pm - President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. He is blaming immigrants for problems from crime to housing shortages as part of “social dysfunction” in America and demanding “REVERSE MIGRATION.”
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Northwestern University reaches deal to restore federal funding, officials sayNov 28, 2025 9:49 pm - Federal troubles that loomed over Northwestern University in Evanston for months seem to be over.The university announced Friday that it has reached a deal with the federal government to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding, while also ending what the school's interim president calls “a deeply painful and disruptive period in our university's history.”
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Chicago train attack prompts Trump criticism of Illinois no-cash bail
Nov 28, 2025 3:35 pm - A horrific attack on a woman riding a commuter train this month is reviving President Donald Trump’s strong opposition to cashless bail, once again pitting the White House against liberal-leaning states and cities that have embraced criminal justice reform.
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Tea tariffs once sparked a revolution. Now they are creating angst
Nov 28, 2025 9:49 am - A tax on tea once sparked rebellion. This time, it’s just causing headaches. Importers of the prized leaves have watched costs climb, orders stall and margins shrink under the weight of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.