Nation and World Politics
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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk's threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishmentsFeb 24, 2025 8:56 am - Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.
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Trump meets with French President Macron as uncertainty grows about U.S. ties to Europe and Ukraine
Feb 24, 2025 8:47 am - President Donald Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House for talks on Monday at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations, with Trump transforming American foreign policy and effectively tuning out European leadership as he looks to quickly end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says
Feb 22, 2025 9:22 pm - WASHINGTON — New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Justice Department official...
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Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign
Feb 22, 2025 5:39 pm - All federal workers will shortly receive an email asking what they did last week — and that if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation, Elon Musk wro...
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Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden before adoring conservative crowd
Feb 22, 2025 5:37 pm - OXON HILL, Md. — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “nobody's ever seen anything” like his administration's sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees ...
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Trump’s lawsuit barred by the First Amendment, pollster’s team argues
Feb 22, 2025 5:36 pm - Lawyers for J. Ann Selzer, a veteran Iowa pollster, have issued a scathing response to President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a poll that showed him trailing Kamala Harris...
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Congress ignores looming shutdown to focus on tax cuts, agency layoffs
Feb 22, 2025 5:35 pm - With President Donald Trump and GOP leaders distracted by other issues, Congress is on the verge of bungling its way into a shutdown of federal agencies in less than thre...
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Tariffs could adversely affect Illinois’ businesses and familiesFeb 22, 2025 1:02 pm - A tariff is simply a sales tax on items brought into the United States from other countries. They are paid by companies that purchase the imports, who proceed to pass on the costs to consumers in the form of higher prices.
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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Feb 21, 2025 7:53 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pil...
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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs
Feb 21, 2025 7:44 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting di...