Nation and World Politics
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack a ship in the Red Sea after claiming they sank another, killing 3
Jul 08, 2025 8:01 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European ...
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‘Deeply offensive:’ Democrats decry benching of EPA employees as political payback by GOPJul 07, 2025 6:34 pm - U.S. Rep Sean Casten demands local EPA employees disciplined after criticizing the Trump administration be returned to work. Stratton’s war chest grows and bipartisan cheers for bill cutting prescription costs.
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Troops and federal agents briefly descend on park in LA neighborhood with large immigrant population
Jul 07, 2025 3:12 pm - Dozens of federal officers in tactical gear and about 90 members of the California National Guard were deployed for about an hour Monday to a mostly empty park in a Los Angeles neighborhood with a large immigrant population. It wasn’t immediately known if any arrests were made.
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Epstein ‘client list’ doesn’t exist, Justice Department says, walking back theory Bondi had promoted
Jul 07, 2025 2:39 pm - Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client list,” the Justice Department acknowledged Monday as it said no more files related to the wealthy financier's sex trafficking investigation would be made public despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi that had raised the expectations of conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists.
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How Trump’s big bill will affect you, from Medicaid cuts to tax credits
Jul 07, 2025 1:57 pm - Congress has signed off on a $3.4 trillion legislative package featuring new tax breaks, spending cuts, and more funding for defense and immigration enforcement, deliveri...
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Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods
Jul 07, 2025 1:25 pm - Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.
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Trump to put 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, new import taxes on 12 other nations
Jul 07, 2025 1:22 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos and Myanmar.
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Girls camp grieves loss of 27 campers and counselors in Texas floods that killed nearly 90 people
Jul 07, 2025 7:19 am - Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that has killed nearly 90 people in Texas, including more than two dozen campers and counselors from an all-girls Christian camp.
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Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new ceasefire deal for Gaza. This is how it might look
Jul 07, 2025 7:12 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels say bulk carrier Magic Seas that they attacked Sunday has sunk
Jul 07, 2025 7:05 am - A cargo ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels sank Monday in the Red Sea, the group said, raising new concerns over safety in the waterway crucial to global shipping, as Israel targeted the rebels with airstrikes.