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Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response

By SEAN MURPHY and WILL WEISSERT
Jul 11, 2025 9:47 am - President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation from the state's catastrophic flooding, but he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief.
'Abolished': State Department is laying off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

By MATTHEW LEE
Jul 11, 2025 7:54 am - The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan unveiled by the Trump administration earlier this year, a move that critics say will damage America's global leadership and efforts to counter threats abroad.
US is selling weapons to NATO allies to give to Ukraine, Trump says

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Jul 11, 2025 7:52 am - The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks, President Donald Trump and his chief diplomat said.
Trump plans to hike tariffs on Canadian goods to 35%

By JOSH BOAK
Jul 10, 2025 8:47 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in a Thursday letter that he will raise taxes on imported goods from Canada to 35%, deepening a rift between two North American c...
White House budget director accuses Fed chair of violating building rules in renovation

By JOSH BOAK
Jul 10, 2025 7:25 pm - WASHINGTON — White House budget director Russell Vought suggested in a Thursday letter that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in violation of government building rul...
Conservatives are asking Trump for another big tax cut

By Jeff Stein
Jul 10, 2025 7:21 pm - Fresh off passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” several conservative organizations and Republican lawmakers are preparing to ask President Donald Trump for another maj...
‘We can’t fill the gap’: Food pantries say they can’t overcome federal cuts

By Briana Iordan
Jul 10, 2025 6:55 pm - State and local governments may have to pick up the costs of feeding the hungry to make up for federal cuts, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten said Thursday during a roundtable discussion in Geneva.
New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By HOLLY RAMER and MIKE CATALINI
Jul 10, 2025 10:00 am - A federal judge in New Hampshire said Thursday he will certify a class-action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it.
UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029

By MARIA CHENG
Jul 10, 2025 8:08 am - Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world’s most vulnerable.
34 Palestinians and 1 soldier killed in Gaza as hopes for imminent truce fade

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SARAH EL DEEB, and MELANIE LIDMAN
Jul 10, 2025 8:04 am - Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip Wednesday night and Thursday, killing at least 34 Palestinians, including 10 people waiting for care outside a medical clinic, according to local hospitals and aid workers. The Israeli military also announced a soldier was killed in Gaza.

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