Nation and World Politics
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Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case
Mar 10, 2025 11:22 am - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet prince ahead of summit with US
Mar 10, 2025 11:19 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for a visit with its powerful crown prince ahead of his team's meeting with America's top diplomat.
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Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows program
Mar 10, 2025 9:38 am - A young economist who had uprooted her life for civil service. A fierce housing advocate terminated just before buying her first home. A semifinalist whose dreams were dashed before they materialized.
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DOGE hunts for ‘wins’ amid tensions with Trump administration, backlash
Mar 10, 2025 9:35 am - Facing weeks of negative headlines and growing pressure from within the Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service is racing to finish the first phase of its assignment - slashing the federal bureaucracy - and move on to what the team hopes will be seen as more constructive work: creating sleek tools for navigating government services.
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What makes Greenland a strategic prize at a time of rising tensions? And why now?
Mar 10, 2025 8:21 am - When U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019, people thought it was just a joke. No one is laughing now.
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Canada’s next prime minister has managed the financial crisis, Brexit and now Trump’s trade war
Mar 10, 2025 8:10 am - Canada’s next prime minister has already helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election.
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Trump loves Gilded Age tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
Mar 10, 2025 7:17 am - In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.
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What to know ahead of the talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia
Mar 10, 2025 6:57 am - Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine in a new diplomatic push after an argument erupted during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Feb. 28 visit to the White House.
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Trump’s Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge
Mar 08, 2025 7:36 pm - The Justice Department has removed top national security officials as part of a widespread purge of senior career leaders across the law enforcement agency, according to ...
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US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
Mar 08, 2025 7:03 pm - WASHINGTON — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. econ...