Nation and World Politics
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Even if Fed cuts rates again, US economy may not get much of a boost
Dec 05, 2025 8:12 am - Federal Reserve officials are poised to cut interest rates again next week, but any benefit to the economy is likely to take much longer to show up than normal and may be...
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Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump's new policies
Dec 05, 2025 7:31 am - When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program, he left thousands stranded worldwide. Many had prepared for new lives in America, selling possessions and ending leases.
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Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
Dec 04, 2025 5:34 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistrictin...
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Immigration crackdown in New Orleans has a target of 5,000 arrests. Is that possible?
Dec 04, 2025 3:23 pm - NEW ORLEANS ) — Trump administration officials overseeing the immigration crackdown launched this week in New Orleans are aiming to make 5,000 arrests with a focus on vio...
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Kennedy’s vaccine advisory committee delays vote on hepatitis B shots for newborns
Dec 04, 2025 9:11 am - A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.
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Admiral says there was no ‘kill them’ order in boat attack, but video alarms lawmakers
Dec 04, 2025 7:55 am - A Navy admiral told lawmakers Thursday that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as Congress scrutinizes an attack that killed two survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.
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Putin says there are points he can't agree to in the US proposal to end Russia's war in Ukraine
Dec 04, 2025 7:51 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off.
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Trump pauses immigration applications for 19 nations on travel ban list
Dec 03, 2025 6:19 pm - The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications from 19 countries it has deemed high risk, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday evening, citing the shooting of two National Guard members last week, allegedly by an Afghan national who once worked with a CIA-organized counterterrorism outfit.
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President Trump's contempt shocks the country's largest Somali community
Dec 03, 2025 6:19 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country’s larges...
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Judge issues injunction restricting immigration arrests in nation's capital
Dec 03, 2025 3:05 pm - A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that t...