Nation and World Politics
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RFK Jr.’s latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report calls for more scrutiny of vaccines and autism
Sep 09, 2025 5:33 pm - The Trump administration directed the nation’s public health and environmental agencies to prioritize investigations into vaccine injuries, prescription drug use and autism’s causes in its latest “Make America Healthy Again” report released Tuesday.
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US Steel to end steel production at Illinois plant but no layoffs
Sep 09, 2025 4:20 pm - U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker by giving the government a say over decisions that affect domestic steel production. U.S. Steel will end production at the plant, likely in November, but it won’t lay off any of the roughly 800 workers there or reduce their pay, it said.
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Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions
Sep 09, 2025 3:27 pm - DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. Th...
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Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France's latest prime minister
Sep 09, 2025 3:23 pm - PARIS — French President Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the...
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Senators ramp up pressure on Trump to abandon threats to send troops into U.S. cities
Sep 09, 2025 3:03 pm - A group of Democratic senators is filing a friend of the court brief Tuesday in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump, stepping up pressur...
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Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts
Sep 09, 2025 2:39 pm - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's ...
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Who is Katie Abraham, the suburban native at the center of the latest deportation campaign?
Sep 09, 2025 11:02 am - The Department of Homeland Security is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled the scene.
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Illinois among blue states to keep public health dollars while red states lose out
Sep 09, 2025 10:58 am - President Donald Trump’s administration sought to block $11 billion in public health funding grants in a March executive order. Illinois was among nearly a dozen Democrat-led states to file suit against the action. Those states won an injunction against the administration’s action in May, which allowed them to keep much of the funding that was slated for cuts.
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Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions
Sep 09, 2025 9:24 am - A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others, the Ukraine Emergency Service said.
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Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal
Sep 09, 2025 9:18 am - Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group's top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the territory of a U.S. ally marked a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at winding down the war and freeing hostages.