Nation and World Politics
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An Israeli strike kills 18 Palestinians in central Gaza as turmoil mounts over food distribution
Jun 27, 2025 9:37 am - An Israeli strike hit a street in central Gaza on Thursday where witnesses said a crowd of people was getting bags of flour from a Palestinian police unit that had confiscated the goods from gangs looting aid convoys. Hospital officials said 18 people were killed.
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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
Jun 27, 2025 9:23 am - A united conservative majority of the Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear whether President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship could soon take effect in parts of the country.
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Trump says US has signed a deal with China on trade, without giving details
Jun 27, 2025 9:15 am - The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India.
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Iran’s top diplomat says talks with US ‘complicated’ by American strike on nuclear sites
Jun 27, 2025 8:38 am - Iran's top diplomat said the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country's nuclear program has been “complicated” by the American attack on three of the sites, which he conceded caused “serious damage."
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Pardon applications are being carefully crafted with one man in mind: Donald Trump
Jun 27, 2025 8:35 am - Pounding away on a prison typewriter, Chad Scott seemed worlds apart from President Donald Trump.
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Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel
Jun 27, 2025 8:32 am - From abroad, Iranian Kurdish dissident groups have been watching closely for signs that Iran’s theocracy could falter in its grip on the country, battered by Israeli airstrikes in the intense, 12-day war until a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire halted the fighting.
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Classified briefing on impact of Iran strikes leaves senators split
Jun 26, 2025 7:15 pm - Senators left a classified briefing about the impact of U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities split along party lines, with Republicans saying it reinforced their bel...
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Trump shook Democrats’ hold on non-White voters in 2024, report finds
Jun 26, 2025 7:06 pm - President Donald Trump’s victory last year was fueled by gains among Hispanic, Asian, Black and young voters, eroding key pillars of the Democratic Party’s coalition, acc...
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US plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador, prosecutor tells judge
Jun 26, 2025 2:54 pm - President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country that's not his native El Salvador after he's released from jail in Tennessee, a ...
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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
Jun 26, 2025 9:22 am - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.