Nation and World Politics
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Oath Keepers founder, Jan. 6 planner speaks at Elgin church after 3 other venues cancel amid outcry
Sep 24, 2025 10:16 am - A Geneva-based conservative group successfully scrambled Tuesday to find a venue to host Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers and a convicted Jan. 6 organizer.
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The economy was a strength for Trump in his first term. Not anymore, according to recent polling
Sep 24, 2025 9:53 am - President Donald Trump’s second-term strengths look different from his first, according to new polling.
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Ukrainians cautious after Trump shifts his stance, saying they can win the war against Russia
Sep 24, 2025 8:04 am - Ukrainians were cautious Wednesday in their response to a surprise pivot in U.S. President Donald Trump’s views on their prospects for defeating Russia’s invasion, after he said they could win the three-year war and retake land captured by Moscow.
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Jimmy Kimmel returns to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension
Sep 23, 2025 8:58 pm - Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump's ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics.
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Trump cancels meetings with Democrats, bringing shutdown closer
Sep 23, 2025 7:58 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders to avoid a shutdown over government funding, arguing it could not “possibly be ...
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‘Are there sharks?’ Schakowsky aide tries to win votes in tropical ‘Survivor’ premiereSep 23, 2025 7:44 pm - Among the 18 contestants competing for $1 million on the new season of “Survivor” is U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s communications director, Alex Moore. Set in Fiji, the reality show’s 49th season debuts Wednesday.
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After cost-cutting blitz, Trump administration rehires hundreds of laid-off employees
Sep 23, 2025 7:27 pm - Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Shaw explains decision to skip game, attend Kirk memorialSep 23, 2025 6:29 pm - Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw explained his decision to skip Sunday’s game in Cincinnati to attend a memorial service in Arizona for Charlie Kirk.
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Trump tells UN in speech that it is 'not even coming close to living up' to its potential
Sep 23, 2025 3:54 pm - President Donald Trump castigated the United Nations as a feckless institution in a speech to the world body on Tuesday, praising the turn America has taken under his leadership while warning Europe will be ruined if it doesn’t turn away from a “double-tailed monster” of ill-conceived migration and green energy policies.
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Trump’s unfounded claims heap new stress on household brand name Tylenol
Sep 23, 2025 3:47 pm - President Donald Trump blasted Tylenol this week, promoting unproven links between the pain reliever and autism and pushing the well-established treatment into another national image crisis.