Nation and World Politics
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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...
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FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts
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‘We won’t be silent’: Hundreds show support for International Women’s Day in GenevaMar 08, 2025 6:40 pm - A crowd estimated at about 1,000 by organizers waved signs reading, “Women’s rights are human rights.”
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House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they’re daring Democrats to oppose it
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Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts
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Trump weighs new sanctions on Russia, days after pausing military aid and intel sharing with Ukraine
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DOGE targets child support database full of income data
Mar 07, 2025 12:36 pm - Representatives of the U.S. DOGE Service have sought access to a powerful database of nearly all U.S. workers’ earnings kept by the health department’s child support office, setting off another disagreement with career staff over demands for legally protected records, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Trump says he sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader over country's advancing nuclear program
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Clashes in Syria's coastal region between government forces and Assad loyalists kill more than 70
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Russia bombards Ukraine’s energy grid after Zelenskyy says his team will hold talks with the US