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White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday

By ANNIE MA
Aug 12, 2025 7:24 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House is ordering a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the country's 250th birthday with a goal of aligning th...
US July budget deficit up 20% year-over-year despite record Trump tariff income

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Aug 12, 2025 2:25 pm - Despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump's tariffs in July — with a 273% increase in customs revenues (or $21 billion) from this time last year — the U.S. budget deficit is still higher, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday.
While promoting vaccines, Pritzker takes shots at Trump administration

By Russell Lissau
Aug 12, 2025 1:27 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker took shots at President Donald Trump’s administration while promoting childhood vaccinations in Wheeling.
Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccines

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON and JEFF MARTIN
Aug 12, 2025 11:49 am - The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines, authorities said Tuesday.
Trump’s rhetoric on DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime

By MATT BROWN
Aug 12, 2025 10:29 am - President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation's capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.
Land swaps with Russia are not only unpopular in Ukraine. They're also illegal

By SAMYA KULLAB
Aug 12, 2025 10:17 am - A peace deal that requires Kyiv to accept swapping Ukrainian territory with Russia would not only be deeply unpopular. It also would be illegal under its constitution.
Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive

By ASHRAF KHALIL
Aug 12, 2025 10:13 am - Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation's capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city's police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
Israel plans to widen coming offensive beyond Gaza City into last areas not under its control

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Aug 11, 2025 6:26 pm - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel plans to widen its coming offensive beyond Gaza City to the last areas not yet under Israeli control, and where most of Gaza's 2 million residents have sought shelter as the territory slides toward famine.
Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

Associated Press
Aug 11, 2025 9:58 am - President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington's police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.
Judge denies request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Ghislaine Maxwell

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Aug 11, 2025 9:07 am - Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released, a judge decided Monday.

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