Nation and World Politics
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‘Democracy is under assault’: Newsom responds to Trump’s military deployment in LA
Jun 10, 2025 8:59 am - California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed an emergency request in federal court Tuesday to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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The U.N. Ocean Conference tries to turn promises into protection
Jun 10, 2025 8:26 am - The third U.N. Ocean Conference opened Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea. “The fight for the ocean is at ...
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Jun 10, 2025 8:26 am - In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. “Dissent,” he sai...
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China, U.S. trade talks get under way
Jun 09, 2025 7:29 pm - High-level delegations from the United States and China met in London on Monday to try to shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy, ...
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Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too
Jun 09, 2025 7:28 pm - When federal authorities arrested an accused leader of the MS-13 gang, Kash Patel was there to announce the case, trumpeting it as a step toward returning “our communitie...
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Trump’s new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement
Jun 09, 2025 1:24 pm - President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president's escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.
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Pritzker preps for House committee showdown with help from top Biden attorney
Jun 09, 2025 10:40 am - Gov. JB Pritzker has retained a powerful Washington, D.C., law firm to help navigate dicey political waters ahead of a high-profile appearance before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday.
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Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war
Jun 09, 2025 9:53 am - Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the three-year war, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, as the Kremlin presses its summer offensive amid direct peace talks that have yet to deliver progress on stopping the fighting.
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California governor plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment to protests
Jun 09, 2025 7:36 am - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he planned to file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump in response to the administration's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets in Los Angeles.
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Obama not involved with person supplying drugs to DiddyJun 08, 2025 7:56 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that former President Obama was linked to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ drug dealer, Barron Trump was rejected by Harvard and more.