Nation and World Politics
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DHS tightens rules for congressional visits to ICE facilities
Jun 19, 2025 7:03 pm - The Department of Homeland Security has issued a new policy limiting congressional lawmakers’ access to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, a move that s...
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Some US restaurants and servers oppose Republicans’ ‘no tax on tips’ budget proposal
Jun 19, 2025 6:41 pm - Some segments of the U.S. restaurant industry don't support President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate federal taxes on tips, saying it would help too few people and ...
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Man accused of stalking Memphis mayor, knocking on his door with Taser
Jun 19, 2025 3:58 pm - A man in Tennessee was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping after police said he repeatedly visited the gated community of Memphis Mayor Paul Young before scali...
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Why America’s experiment to make the batteries of the future could soon fail
Jun 19, 2025 2:34 pm - As EV sales slow and Republicans take aim at tax credits, the United States’ manufacturing renaissance is on hold.
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ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
Jun 19, 2025 10:23 am - Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job.
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Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows
Jun 19, 2025 10:16 am - Global sales of personal luxury goods are ”slowing down but not collapsing,” according to a Bain & Co. consultancy study released Thursday.
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Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly Kyiv missile strike
Jun 19, 2025 7:52 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said a Russian missile strike on a nine-story Kyiv apartment building was a sign that more pressure must be applied on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, as Moscow intensifies attacks in the three-year war.
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Iranian missiles hit a hospital and wound over 200. Israel threatens Iran's top leader
Jun 19, 2025 7:50 am - Israel's defense minister overtly threatened Iran's supreme leader on Thursday after the latest missile barrage from Iran damaged the main hospital in southern Israel and hit several other residential buildings near Tel Aviv. Israel meanwhile struck a heavy water reactor that is part of Iran's nuclear program.
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights
Jun 18, 2025 8:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices'...
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Industry leaders plead with White House on relief from raids after setback
Jun 18, 2025 7:33 pm - Industry and business groups that depend on immigrant workers are scrambling to respond to President Donald Trump’s heightened deportation efforts, after winning a partia...