Nation and World Politics
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The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk
Mar 24, 2025 1:12 pm - The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump 's top financial backers and the architect of his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
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Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistance
Mar 24, 2025 12:39 pm - As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.
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Pentagon is the latest agency to announce a leak investigation that could include polygraphs
Mar 22, 2025 8:19 pm - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information. Defense Department personnel ...
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The Pentagon’s DEI purge: Officials describe a scramble to remove and then restore online content
Mar 22, 2025 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — Every day over the past few weeks, the Pentagon has faced questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and ...
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Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
Mar 22, 2025 3:43 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its feder...
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Kitty Dukakis, wife of former governor and presidential candidate, dies at 88
Mar 22, 2025 3:32 pm - BROOKLINE, Mass. — Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles wi...
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Trump promised an American boom. He now says it may take a while.
Mar 22, 2025 1:27 pm - President Donald Trump said his first day in office marked the start of a “golden age” for the U.S. He and his advisers now say it could take months or longer to arrive.
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Judge calls Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act ‘problematic and concerning’
Mar 22, 2025 1:19 pm - A federal judge on Friday expressed doubts about the Trump administration’s use of a wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, while also grilling a govern...
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Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launchesMar 22, 2025 8:27 am - With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.
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‘You just don’t get any answers from anybody’: Lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
Mar 22, 2025 8:12 am - SAN DIEGO — Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day's drive from her home in La...