Nation and World Politics
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Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill
Jun 20, 2025 6:42 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans suffered a sizable setback Friday on one key aspect of President Donald Trump's big bill after their plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protecti...
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Judge rules Trump administration can’t require states to help on immigration to get transport money
Jun 20, 2025 6:37 pm - BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from withholding billions of dollars in transportation funds from states that don’t agree to partici...
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Judge orders Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention
Jun 20, 2025 4:03 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention center ...
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Trump can keep National Guard in Los Angeles for now, appeals court rules
Jun 20, 2025 3:51 pm - President Donald Trump can keep the California National Guard in Los Angeles for now, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday evening, delivering a win for the presiden...
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Food rations are halved in one of Africa’s largest refugee camps after US aid cuts
Jun 20, 2025 3:49 pm - KAKUMA, Kenya — Martin Komol sighs as he inspects his cracked, mud-walled house that is one rain away from fully collapsing. Nothing seems to last for him and 300,000 oth...
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Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act
Jun 20, 2025 3:36 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — California's challenge of the Trump administration's military deployment in Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday for a b...
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Supreme Court rejects suburban toy company’s push for a quick decision on Trump’s tariffs
Jun 20, 2025 2:58 pm - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a push from a Vernon Hills toy company asking for a quick decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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Diplomacy needed in Israel-Iran conflict, Schneider says after Middle East trip — but he won’t rule out U.S. military actionJun 20, 2025 1:15 pm - The ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran forced U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and three other American lawmakers to cut short a trip to the Middle East.
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A week into their war, Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway
Jun 20, 2025 8:13 am - Israel and Iran exchanged strikes a week into their war Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and new diplomatic efforts got underway.
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Democrats raise war powers concerns as Trump mulls Iran strike
Jun 20, 2025 7:37 am - Senate Democrats are increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump is considering striking Iran without seeking authorization from Congress — or even filling them in...