Nation and World Politics
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Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on Apple as his trade war intensifies
May 23, 2025 7:05 am - President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America.
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RFK Jr.’s MAHA report raises concerns about vaccines, American foods and prescription drugs
May 22, 2025 7:03 pm - WASHINGTON — A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious views on vaccines, the na...
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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign studentsMay 22, 2025 1:30 pm - The Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.
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Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status
May 22, 2025 1:26 pm - A judge in California blocked the Trump administration Thursday from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending.
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US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
May 22, 2025 10:39 am - The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the Education Department
May 22, 2025 10:30 am - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.
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North Korea’s second naval destroyer is damaged in a failed launch attended by Kim
May 22, 2025 7:49 am - North Korea's second naval destroyer was damaged in a failed launch this week, state media reported Thursday, sparking fury from leader Kim Jong Un, who wants bigger warships to deal with what he calls escalating U.S.-led threats against his country.
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House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
May 22, 2025 6:12 am - House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval Thursday.
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Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over Musk’s cost-cutting team
May 21, 2025 9:53 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters Wednesday, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon M...
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DOGE asks U.S. Supreme Court to block access to its records
May 21, 2025 7:14 pm - The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order that would force it to answer questions from a watchdog group and turn over documents about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in a fight over public access to the office’s records.