Nation and World Politics
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Trump inauguration got millions from Illinois residents and companies, report showsApr 27, 2025 9:00 pm - More than $5 million of the record-setting $239 million donated to fund President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s inauguration celebration came from Illinoisans and Illinois-based companies.
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Most Americans disapprove of Trump on tariffs, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds
Apr 26, 2025 10:17 pm - Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of tariffs, a rebuke of the administration’s flagship economic policy, according to a Washingt...
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Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds
Apr 26, 2025 10:17 pm - President Donald Trump’s approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Was...
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Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’
Apr 26, 2025 7:07 pm - Indiana’s lieutenant governor is facing backlash from some of the state’s religious and civil rights leaders after he called the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted ea...
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Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
Apr 26, 2025 6:44 pm - ROME — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be rea...
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ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say
Apr 26, 2025 6:32 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — an...
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Mighty and meek say goodbye to Pope Francis at funeral where he is remembered as pope of the people
Apr 26, 2025 7:43 am - VATICAN CITY — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the periph...
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Judge blocks Trump executive order gutting federal unions
Apr 25, 2025 7:36 pm - A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from invalidating union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the latest...
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Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries
Apr 25, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have au...
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Illinois, 18 other states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools
Apr 25, 2025 7:29 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schoo...