Nation and World
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Trump’s rhetoric on DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime
Aug 12, 2025 10:29 am - President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation's capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.
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Land swaps with Russia are not only unpopular in Ukraine. They're also illegal
Aug 12, 2025 10:17 am - A peace deal that requires Kyiv to accept swapping Ukrainian territory with Russia would not only be deeply unpopular. It also would be illegal under its constitution.
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Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive
Aug 12, 2025 10:13 am - Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation's capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city's police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
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US inflation held steady last month as tariff hit offset by cheaper gas, food
Aug 12, 2025 9:23 am - U.S. inflation was unchanged in July as rising prices for some imported goods were balanced by falling gas and grocery prices, leaving overall prices modestly higher than a year ago.
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Shooter kills 3 in a Target parking lot in Austin, Texas, before being captured, police say
Aug 11, 2025 8:31 pm - A gunman opened fire Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas' capital, killing at least three people, before stealing two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.
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Trump nominates conservative economist to head agency that compiles jobs, inflation data
Aug 11, 2025 8:24 pm - President Donald Trump said Monday that he has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the agency that compiles and publishes the nation's employment and inflation figures.
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US, China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world’s largest economies
Aug 11, 2025 7:34 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s tw...
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Israel plans to widen coming offensive beyond Gaza City into last areas not under its control
Aug 11, 2025 6:26 pm - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel plans to widen its coming offensive beyond Gaza City to the last areas not yet under Israeli control, and where most of Gaza's 2 million residents have sought shelter as the territory slides toward famine.
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Explosion at U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 1 dead, dozens hurt or trapped under rubble
Aug 11, 2025 1:22 pm - An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one dead and dozens injured or trapped under the rubble Monday, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue victims, officials said.
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Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard
Aug 11, 2025 9:58 am - President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington's police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.