Nation and World Politics
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Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
Sep 01, 2025 11:44 am - Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as th...
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From Jackson to McKinley: What Trump’s new choice of presidential hero says about his evolving goals
Sep 01, 2025 11:43 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first term, Donald Trump's favorite president, other than himself, was Andrew Jackson, the hatchet-faced, self-made populist who relished turning...
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Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson saysAug 31, 2025 5:14 pm - Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire in which he was a passenger, a spokesperson for the fo...
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Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employeesAug 31, 2025 4:53 pm - CAIRO (AP) — Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children's agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining 11 U.N. employees, off...
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As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the US, for nowAug 31, 2025 4:49 pm - HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge temporarily blocked the...
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Daley, LaHood leading revived ‘fair maps’ campaign in IllinoisAug 31, 2025 4:15 pm - Two veteran federal officials from Illinois are relaunching an effort to amend the Illinois Constitution and end partisan gerrymandering in state legislative districts.
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Feds secure Naval Station Great Lakes for Chicago immigration blitz
Aug 31, 2025 3:33 pm - The Department of Defense has secured Naval Station Great Lakes for an immigration blitz in Chicago starting next week, two sources familiar with base operations confirmed to the Sun-Times.
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Trump is cutting 500-plus jobs at Voice of America and its parent agency despite legal challenges
Aug 30, 2025 9:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump adm...
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Mayor Johnson signs ‘Protecting Chicago Initiative’ in attempt to safeguard city from federal agents, troops
Aug 30, 2025 6:21 pm - Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday afternoon aimed at holding federal law enforcement in the city to municipal rules on policing while also keeping tabs on new deployments and informing citizens of their rights.
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Russian drone and missile attack on southern Ukraine kills 1 and wounds dozens
Aug 30, 2025 5:31 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a large aerial attack on southern Ukraine, officials said Saturday, two days after a rare airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 and damaged ...