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US-China tariff talks may provide clues on a possible Trump-Xi meeting

By JAMEY KEATEN
Jul 28, 2025 1:38 pm - Top trade officials from China and the United States launched a new round of talks on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over tariffs between the world’s two biggest national economies.
The President’s Cabinet: Our nation’s State Department — a brief history

By Bruce Simmons, Special to the Daily Herald
Jul 28, 2025 11:01 am - Author and retired educator Bruce Simmons’s guest column details the history of the President’s Cabinet and the duties of each position. In his third column, he shares the history of the State Department.
Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2025 10:30 am - A federal judge on Monday says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.
Trump says he's shortening the 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine

By WILL WEISSERT
Jul 28, 2025 10:27 am - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to stop the killing in Ukraine, shortening a 50-day deadline he had given the Russian leader two weeks ago.
Trump calls for more Gaza food aid and talks up his golf course in meeting with UK's prime minister

By WILL WEISSERT
Jul 28, 2025 8:39 am - U.S. President Donald Trump met on Monday at one of his Scottish golf courses with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who pressed him on the U.S. taking a larger role in helping quell a growing food crisis in Gaza amid Israel's ongoing war with Hamas in the territory.
Official fired during Trump’s first term appointed president of embattled US Institute of Peace

By GARY FIELDS and JILL COLVIN
Jul 26, 2025 9:00 pm - A senior State Department official who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump 's first term and has a history of incendiary statements has been appoint...
Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants

By GARY FIELDS
Jul 26, 2025 6:44 pm - WASHINGTON — A district court judge in New York issued a preliminary injunction Friday night stopping the mass cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grant...
Trump plays golf in Scotland while protesters take to the streets and decry his visit

By WILL WEISSERT
Jul 26, 2025 3:23 pm - EDINBURGH, Scotland — President Donald Trump played golf Saturday at his course on Scotland's coast while protesters around the country took to the streets to decry his v...
What's happening with forgiveness for student loans on income-based repayment plans?

By CORA LEWIS
Jul 26, 2025 1:42 pm - Amid a federal overhaul of student loan plans, many borrowers have been left wondering what it means for their hopes of loan forgiveness. In particular, those who are enrolled in a repayment plan known as income-based repayment, or IBR, have wondered if forgiveness will still be available to them.
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Chicago ‘sanctuary’ laws

Jul 25, 2025 10:17 pm - CHICAGO — A judge in Illinois dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit Friday that sought to disrupt limits Chicago imposes on cooperation between federal immigration age...

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