Nation and World Politics
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Crucial exemption allows majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to US without tariffs
Aug 06, 2025 7:14 am - U.S. President Donald Trump raised the tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% last week, but a key exemption for Canada and Mexico shields the vast majority of goods from the punishing duties.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s move to ‘country club’ prison smacks of special treatment, experts say
Aug 05, 2025 7:52 pm - With its red-roofed dormitories, grassy courtyards and wrought-iron fences, the Bryan Federal Prison Camp in Texas looks almost like a college campus, befitting its reputation as one of the nation’s most lenient lockups for nonviolent women offenders.
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
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Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
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DOJ escalates probe into claims Obama officials conspired in 2016 electionAug 05, 2025 6:45 pm - The Justice Department moved forward with its investigation into whether the Obama administration broke federal laws while investigating Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election, demanding archived intelligence assessments from the nearly decade-old race, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post.
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Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation
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US government proposes easing some restrictions on drones traveling long distances
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Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
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Trump narrows Fed chair candidates to four, excluding Treasury Secretary Bessent
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House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and other officials