Nation and World Politics
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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.
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Pressure from Trump for trade deals before Wednesday deadline, but hints of more time for talks
Jul 06, 2025 5:36 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a Wednesday deadline, with plans for the United States ...
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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
Jul 05, 2025 5:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their le...
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Judge briefly blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared
Jul 04, 2025 9:19 pm - Despite a federal judge briefly halting deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, he and a second judge eventually cleared the way for the Trump administr...