Nation and World Politics
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Fired health workers told to contact dead employee for discrimination complaints
Apr 01, 2025 4:41 pm - Some government health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder with discrimination complaints. But Pinder, who was the director at the Offic...
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A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada tests Republican support
Apr 01, 2025 4:02 pm - WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump's so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some ...
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Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Apr 01, 2025 3:37 pm - Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.
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Illinois, 22 other states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding
Apr 01, 2025 3:25 pm - A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives ...
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UN agency closes its remaining Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade
Apr 01, 2025 2:29 pm - The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as supplies dwindle after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports nearly a month ago.
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Democratic-backed Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority
Apr 01, 2025 1:40 pm - Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights, pitting a candidate backed by President Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger.
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Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
Apr 01, 2025 9:15 am - In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.
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FDA’s top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency’s leadership
Apr 01, 2025 8:53 am - The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday.
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US automakers make mad dash to push Trump to temper tariffs
Apr 01, 2025 7:12 am - U.S. automakers are making a last-ditch effort to sway the Trump administration on tariffs set to take effect this week, contending that levies on the thousands of parts they source abroad could have catastrophic effects on the industry.
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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food
Apr 01, 2025 7:09 am - Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.