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Trump cuts could shrink Illinois economy by $10 billion, report says

By Ben Szalinski
Dec 01, 2025 10:12 am - Recent cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration could reduce the size of Illinois’ economy by nearly $10 billion each year, according to a new report released Monday by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute.
Trump says Hegseth denied issuing order to kill boat crew

Mariana Alfaro, Alex Horton, Noah Robertson
Dec 01, 2025 10:11 am - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September.
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules

By MIKE CATALINI
Dec 01, 2025 9:41 am - PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor despite his administration’...
Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims alike

By NICOLE WINFIELD, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and TRISHA THOMAS
Dec 01, 2025 7:56 am - Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he brought a message of peace, hope and religious coexistence to a region torn by conflict.
Netanyahu requests a pardon to end his ongoing corruption trial in Israel

By SAM MEDNICK
Nov 30, 2025 3:34 pm - TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-run...
Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump's military strikes on boats

By KEVIN FREKING
Nov 30, 2025 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the ...
Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ABBY SEWELL
Nov 30, 2025 3:25 pm - BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-su...
Blaming some child deaths on COVID shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules

By Dan Diamond and Rachel Roubein
Nov 29, 2025 7:25 pm - The nation’s top vaccine regulator on Friday laid out a stricter approach for federal vaccine approvals, citing his team’s conclusion, without detailing the evidence, that coronavirus vaccines had contributed to the deaths of at least 10 children, according to an internal Food and Drug Administration email obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker

By Scott Nover
Nov 29, 2025 5:01 pm - The White House launched a page on its website Friday devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories it disagrees with.
She’s torn between her love for Trump and her work with migrants

By Ben Strauss
Nov 29, 2025 4:37 pm - In the streets outside, agents — sent by the president she had voted for — were rounding up suspected undocumented workers. But here, in a small basement apartment, Aleah Arundale found herself hatching an escape plan for a Venezuelan woman and her family.“It will be calmer there,” Arundale said into a translation app on her phone that showed the words on the screen in Spanish. “And there is a school 10 minutes away.”

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