Nation and World Politics
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Investors are betting Musk and Tesla will make a fortune under Trump even as threats mount
Feb 03, 2025 7:53 am - NEW YORK — For Elon Musk fans, it’s the half a trillion-dollar bet. That is how much the stock market value of Tesla has rocketed since the presidential election, a verti...
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Ukrainian troops losing ground to Russia as Trump talks of ending war
Feb 03, 2025 7:39 am - A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.
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Trump to send Venezuelans back to Maduro’s repressive state
Feb 01, 2025 9:11 pm - The government of Nicolás Maduro will take in Venezuelans who are deported by the United States, President Donald Trump said Saturday, potentially clearing the way for hu...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources
Feb 01, 2025 8:54 pm - WASHINGTON — The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury...
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Pritzker bans Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump from state jobs
Feb 01, 2025 5:17 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has directed the state’s hiring authority to block all those who participated in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from st...
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Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feb 01, 2025 3:04 pm - PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration ...
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Trump puts tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, spurring trade war as North American allies respond
Feb 01, 2025 8:58 am - New trade penalties against Canada, Mexico and China that President Donald Trump plans to impose Saturday represent an aggressive early move against America’s three largest trading partners, but at the risk of higher inflation and possible disruptions to the global economy.
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CBS agrees to hand over ‘60 Minutes’ Harris interview transcripts to FCC
Jan 31, 2025 7:48 pm - CBS says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission, part of President Donald Trump's o...
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Trump White House marks Black History Month while Defense Department declares ‘identity months dead’
Jan 31, 2025 7:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump White House issued a proclamation Friday recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense Department issued guidance de...
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A list of government webpages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders
Jan 31, 2025 7:39 pm - U.S. government websites have gone dark as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only t...