Nation and World Politics
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USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling
Mar 21, 2025 9:52 pm - Food banks across the country — already facing huge cuts to locally grown food assistance — learned this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 mi...
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Elon Musk won’t receive secret China briefings, Trump says
Mar 21, 2025 8:56 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said Elon Musk would not receive a briefing on secret plans for a potential war against China, given his substantial conflicts of interes...
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A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
Mar 21, 2025 8:40 pm - A lawsuit filed late Friday accuses the Trump administration of unlawfully shutting down the Voice of America and asks a federal court to restore the outlet that for deca...
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Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
Mar 21, 2025 6:06 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two wee...
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Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency
Mar 21, 2025 6:00 pm - Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek threatened Thursday evening to bar Social Security Administration employees from accessing its computer systems in respon...
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Wine connoisseurs freeze purchases over Trump’s 200% tariff risk
Mar 21, 2025 1:44 pm - Wine enthusiast Steven Nordhoff typically spends about $25,000 a year adding to his 2,500-bottle collection, with Bruno Giacosa reds from Italy or Vilmart champagnes from France. But not now.
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Trump acknowledges concerns over Musk's business interests and says he shouldn't get war plans
Mar 21, 2025 1:35 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday that war plans should not be shared with his adviser Elon Musk because of his business interests, a rare suggestion that the billionaire entrepreneur's expansive role in the administration will face limits.
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Democrats’ new digital strategy tops trending charts but also draws mockery from allies and foes
Mar 21, 2025 12:37 pm - While the Democratic Party is largely divided over the path forward after last year's election losses, party leaders agree that, no matter the message, how they connect with voters in the digital media landscape will be key to a political comeback.
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Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID'd as gang members and deported, lawyers say
Mar 21, 2025 11:22 am - Tattoos are signals of membership in some Latin American gangs, with the facial tattoos of the El Salvadoran group MS-13 perhaps the best known. Experts, though, say tattoos are not central to Tren de Aragua. They also note that tattoos, hugely popular all over the world, are often nothing more than body art.
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here's what it does
Mar 21, 2025 10:46 am - Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.