Nation and World Politics
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Germany's Merz offers to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missiles to hit Russia
May 28, 2025 7:53 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as Ukraine seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia's bombing campaign, despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war.
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Trump’s campaign against law firms dealt another setback as judge blocks executive order
May 27, 2025 9:58 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's campaign against the legal profession hit another setback Tuesday as a federal judge struck down an executive order that sought to s...
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Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm
May 27, 2025 6:49 pm - A leader of the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport millions of immigrants recently earned consulting fees from a detention center company that is expected...
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Supreme Court declines case about T-shirt declaring ‘only two genders’
May 27, 2025 3:50 pm - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take the case of a Massachusetts middle school student who said his free speech rights were violated when school administrators f...
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Israeli troops fire warning shots as Palestinians overwhelm new Gaza food center
May 27, 2025 2:21 pm - Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences. Nearby Israeli troops fired warning shots, sending people fleeing in panic.
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NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
May 27, 2025 2:18 pm - National Public Radio and three of its local stations sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, arguing that his executive order cutting funding to the 246-station network violates their free speech and relies on an authority that he does not have.
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Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
May 27, 2025 11:49 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
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Wall Street rallies as its roller-coaster ride whips back upward after Trump pauses more tariffs
May 27, 2025 10:39 am - Wall Street is rallying Tuesday as the roller-coaster ride created by President Donald Trump’s trade policies whips back upward, this time because of a delay for his tariffs on the European Union.
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Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
May 27, 2025 9:07 am - The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday, intensifying the president's clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.
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Judge orders government to facilitate return of deportee after error
May 24, 2025 9:45 pm - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a gay Guatemalan man whom officials deported to Mexico despite his claims that he would b...