Nation and World Politics
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Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel
Jun 27, 2025 8:32 am - From abroad, Iranian Kurdish dissident groups have been watching closely for signs that Iran’s theocracy could falter in its grip on the country, battered by Israeli airstrikes in the intense, 12-day war until a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire halted the fighting.
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Classified briefing on impact of Iran strikes leaves senators split
Jun 26, 2025 7:15 pm - Senators left a classified briefing about the impact of U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities split along party lines, with Republicans saying it reinforced their bel...
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Trump shook Democrats’ hold on non-White voters in 2024, report finds
Jun 26, 2025 7:06 pm - President Donald Trump’s victory last year was fueled by gains among Hispanic, Asian, Black and young voters, eroding key pillars of the Democratic Party’s coalition, acc...
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US plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador, prosecutor tells judge
Jun 26, 2025 2:54 pm - President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country that's not his native El Salvador after he's released from jail in Tennessee, a ...
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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
Jun 26, 2025 9:22 am - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
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Key Medicaid provision in Trump's big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
Jun 26, 2025 9:20 am - The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that is central to President Donald Trump's big tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow to Republicans rushing to finish the massive package this week.
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US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has ‘ignored the science’
Jun 26, 2025 9:15 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi, saying the organization has “ignored the science” and “lost the public trust.”
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Kennedy’s vaccine committee to vote on flu vaccines and controversial preservative
Jun 26, 2025 9:12 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee backed another option to protect infants against a dangerous virus — before turning to questions about fall flu vaccines and a preservative in a small fraction of them that some antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.
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Iran’s supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefire
Jun 26, 2025 9:08 am - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday his country had delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar, and warned against any further U.S. attacks in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared with Israel after 12 days of war.
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Pentagon leaders double down on the destruction from US attacks on Iran
Jun 26, 2025 9:06 am - The Pentagon's top leaders doubled down Thursday on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran's nuclear facilities and described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission.