Nation and World Politics
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Noem threatens to send more immigrants to El Salvador prison
Mar 26, 2025 10:02 pm - Kristi L. Noem, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, threatened Wednesday to send more immigrants from the United States to a notorious maximum security prison in El ...
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Illinois is losing $125 million in federal grants for disease preventionMar 26, 2025 7:58 pm - The funding was allocated as part of COVID-19 relief and was slated for public health labs and vaccinations.
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Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues
Mar 26, 2025 7:17 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could...
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The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulity
Mar 26, 2025 7:12 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration struggled Wednesday to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over ...
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4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says
Mar 26, 2025 12:44 pm - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he did not yet know the details.
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Gabbard calls Signal chats a ‘mistake’ as Trump officials face grilling over leaked military plan
Mar 26, 2025 12:40 pm - Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday it was a “mistake” for national security officials to discuss sensitive military plans on a group text chain that also included a journalist — a leak that has roiled President Donald Trump's national security leadership.
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Captured Ukrainians convicted on terrorism charges by Russia in what Kyiv called a sham trial
Mar 26, 2025 10:49 am - Russia on Wednesday convicted 23 captured Ukrainians on terrorism charges stemming from the war in Ukraine in a military court trial that Kyiv denounced as a sham and a violation of international law.
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The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis
Mar 26, 2025 8:57 am - The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials Wednesday, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timing of warplane launches and when bombs would drop — before the men and women flying those attacks against Yemen’s Houthis this month on behalf of the United States were airborne.
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Told to fix notorious prison, Israel just relocated alleged abuses, detainees say
Mar 26, 2025 7:41 am - Under pressure from Israel’s top court to improve conditions at a facility notorious for mistreating Palestinians seized in Gaza, the military transferred hundreds of detainees to newly opened camps.
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Change in itinerary for US Vice President JD Vance brings cautious relief for Greenland and Denmark
Mar 26, 2025 7:38 am - Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved early Wednesday by the news that U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland Friday, reducing the likelihood that they will cross paths with residents angered by the Trump administration’s attempts to annex the vast Arctic island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory.