Nation and World Politics
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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...
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Justice Department official orders firing of some prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases
Jan 31, 2025 5:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are moving to fire at least some of the FBI agents who participated in investigations involving President Donald Trump in the ...
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Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
Jan 31, 2025 4:11 pm - The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, a...
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What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send 'criminal aliens'
Jan 31, 2025 8:04 am - Guantánamo Bay's migrant center will be expanded to hold tens of thousands of "worst criminal aliens" illegally in the US, though details remain unclear.
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5 years after Britain left the EU, the full impact of Brexit is still emerging
Jan 31, 2025 7:33 am - Five years on, people and businesses are still wrestling with the economic, social and cultural aftershocks.
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US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump freeze is sending shockwaves through the region
Jan 31, 2025 7:19 am - President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West.
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Several senior FBI leaders told to leave agency or be fired, people familiar say
Jan 30, 2025 8:42 pm - Multiple senior FBI officials have been ordered to leave the bureau within days or be fired, according to three people familiar with the matter, a sign that President Don...
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Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly DC plane crash begins
Jan 30, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity i...
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Trump’s FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list’ and won’t seek retribution
Jan 30, 2025 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list” and that...
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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to oversee US spy agencies, grilled about Snowden, Syria and Russia
Jan 30, 2025 4:54 pm - WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday dur...