Nation and World Politics
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US consumers rush to buy big-ticket items before Trump’s tariffs kick in
Apr 05, 2025 6:16 pm - John Gutierrez had been thinking about buying a new laptop for the past year. The Austin, Texas, resident needed a computer with faster processing and increased storage f...
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DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants
Apr 05, 2025 4:49 pm - Federal immigration officials are seeking to locate up to 7 million people suspected of being in the United States unlawfully by accessing confidential tax data at the In...
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Protesters tee off against Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies across the US
Apr 05, 2025 3:24 pm - Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the ec...
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‘What democracy looks like’: Demonstrators protest Trump, Musk in Arlington Heights and other suburbsApr 05, 2025 1:20 pm - Critics of President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk took to the streets in Arlington Heights and across the nation Saturday in an array of planned protests.
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Here’s how countries have retaliated to Trump’s tariffs
Apr 04, 2025 7:28 pm - The barrage of tariffs President Donald Trump levied this week, which sent shock waves through global markets, sparked pledges to retaliate from key U.S. trading partners...
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Social Security faces thousands more job cuts even with service in tailspin
Apr 04, 2025 6:35 pm - The Social Security Administration — already reeling from plunging customer service following a rapid downsizing under the Trump administration — is drafting plans to beg...
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Trump extends TikTok deadline another 75 days as US continues to look for a deal
Apr 04, 2025 2:21 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
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The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says
Apr 04, 2025 2:11 pm - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.
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Federal Reserve chief says Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow US economic growth
Apr 04, 2025 1:57 pm - The Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth for the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.
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US has twice as many measles cases so far this year than in all of 2024
Apr 04, 2025 1:48 pm - The U.S. now has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024, with Texas reporting another large jump in cases and hospitalizations on Friday.