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Trump may become the face of economic discontent, a year after such worries helped him win big

By JOSH BOAK and WILL WEISSERT
Nov 05, 2025 8:32 pm - President Donald Trump got a serious warning from voters that he’s out of touch with their fears about a deteriorating U.S. economy. Democrats cruised in key races across the country Tuesday by harnessing some of the same populist fervor that helped get Trump reelected a year ago — but also by focusing on the kitchen table issues the Republican had vowed to fix.
Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe

By ERIC TUCKER
Nov 05, 2025 8:19 pm - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce to defense lawyers a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned the Justice Department’s position had been to “indict first” and investigate second.
Chicago day care worker detained by immigration agents at drop-off time for children

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and SARAH RAZA
Nov 05, 2025 8:00 pm - An employee of a Chicago day care center and preschool was detained by immigration agents at work as children were being dropped off Wednesday, according to witnesses, reflecting the Trump administration's increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics.
California Republicans sue over new US House map approved by voters

By TRÂN NGUYEN
Nov 05, 2025 4:31 pm - California Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block a new U.S. House map that California voters decisively approved at the ballot.
Mamdani announces transition leaders, vows to deliver on ambitious agenda

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN
Nov 05, 2025 4:15 pm - Fresh off winning New York City’s mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that a team including former city and federal officials — all women — would steer his transition to City Hall, and that he would “work every day to honor the trust that I now hold.”
Excessive force allegations against immigration agents are the focus of a Chicago court hearing

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 05, 2025 11:21 am - Witnesses in a Chicago courtroom described Wednesday being hit with tear gas and claims by others that they were struck with rubber bullets and other objects as part of excessive force by authorities on protesters during demonstrations over the detainment of immigrants and federal immigration policies.
Vernon Hills toymaker gears up for Supreme Court fight over Trump’s tariffs

By Greg Stohr
Nov 05, 2025 7:39 am - Rick Woldenberg’s Vernon Hills toymaking companies — Learning Resources Inc. and hand2mind Inc. — sued in April to invalidate the tariffs as exceeding President Donald Trump’s authority. The suit is now before the Supreme Court in one of the most economically important clashes in the country's history.
Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Nov 05, 2025 7:33 am - Conservative members of the Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump's sweeping unilateral tariffs midway through arguments in a case that's a pivotal test of executive power for a tool central to his broader agenda.
Mamdani tells Trump that New York is ready to fight after president’s threats fail to thwart voters

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN
Nov 05, 2025 7:22 am - Zohran Mamdani wasted little time as mayor-elect of New York City before making clear that he sees part of his new role as standing up to the president of the United States, who had threatened not only to defund the city if he won but also to arrest and deport him.
President Donald Trump, in Miami, brags about the economy despite an election-night rebuke

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Nov 05, 2025 7:12 am - President Donald Trump took a victory lap on the economy on the one-year anniversary of his successful election, boasting of cheaper prices and saying the U.S. is the envy of the globe even while the Republican Party faced a rebuke from voters anxious about their own finances in Tuesday's off-year elections.

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