Nation and World
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With Comey prosecution, Trump fulfills promise of revenge
Sep 26, 2025 8:12 pm - On the campaign trail, Donald Trump equivocated when the television host “Dr. Phil” McGraw asked him to swear off retribution against his political foes.“Sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil,” Trump said. “I have to be honest.”On Thursday night and Friday morning, Trump celebrated one of the most brazen examples of payback since his return to the White House.
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Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars, including an Illinois project
Sep 26, 2025 5:26 pm - CHICAGO — President Donald Trump's transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local offic...
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Gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers had CTE, medical examiner confirms
Sep 26, 2025 4:40 pm - The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, a city medical examiner said Friday.
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Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago
Sep 26, 2025 4:33 pm - Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago on Friday.The conflict over several hours is the latest pushback by federal authorities against protesters focused on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 12 miles west of Chicago, amid a surge of immigration enforcement that began early this month.
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Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok deal
Sep 26, 2025 4:21 pm - The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an urgent briefing from the White House, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting a proposed deal that would put the popular social video platform under U.S. ownership.
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Nexstar and Sinclair bring Jimmy Kimmel’s show back on local TV stations, ending boycotts
Sep 26, 2025 1:38 pm - Nexstar Media Group joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in bringing“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” back to its local TV stations on Friday, restoring the late-night talk show to the full slate of ABC affiliates across the U.S.
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‘It’s a black hole’: Broadview ICE facility sparks complaints of inhumane conditions
Sep 26, 2025 10:41 am - A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions.
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At UN, amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel 'must finish the job' against Hamas in GazaSep 26, 2025 9:10 am - Encircled by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that his nation “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war. “Western leaders may have buckled under the pressure," he said. “And I guarantee you one thing: Israel won’t.”
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Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor
Sep 25, 2025 8:02 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for the actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.
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Trump hosts Turkey’s Erdogan as the US considers lifting a ban on F-35 sales to the NATO ally
Sep 25, 2025 7:32 pm - President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signaled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter jets to Ankara.