Nation and World Politics
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies
Mar 27, 2025 5:49 pm - Federal officials are preparing for agencies to cut between 8% and 50% of their employees in the first phase of a Trump administration push to shrink the federal governme...
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Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak
Mar 27, 2025 5:32 pm - WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an investigation Thursday into how Trump national security officials used th...
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Global automakers say Trump’s tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers
Mar 27, 2025 5:24 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany — Whatever the U.S. gains from President Donald Trump's 25% tax on imported cars — and experts are skeptical — automakers around the world are bracing ...
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Prosecutor asks for 18-month suspended sentence for Gérard Depardieu if convicted of sexual assault
Mar 27, 2025 4:59 pm - PARIS — Paris' public prosecutor on Thursday requested that French actor Gérard Depardieu be found guilty and given a 18-month suspended prison sentence on the last day o...
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Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House margin
Mar 27, 2025 4:24 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a stunning turnar...
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Turkish student at Tufts University is latest Palestinian supporter swept up in US crackdown
Mar 27, 2025 4:10 pm - BOSTON — A Turkish student detained by federal officers as she walked along a street in a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in th...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi avoids questions about investigating Signal chat
Mar 27, 2025 4:01 pm - In what appear to be her first public remarks on the matter, Attorney General Pam Bondi dodged questions Thursday about whether the Justice Department will investigate se...
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Elon Musk is one of the few winners from Trump auto tariffs
Mar 27, 2025 7:05 am - Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on auto imports will hurt carmakers around the world and push up prices for US consumers. Among the many losers, one winner stands out: Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc.
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US could run short of money to pay its bills by August without a debt limit deal, CBO says
Mar 26, 2025 10:11 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills — as early as Au...
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Trump officials working to strip FEMA’s role in disaster recovery by Oct. 1
Mar 26, 2025 10:10 pm - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials expressed support in meetings this week for dramatically diminishing the ro...