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Supreme Court makes it easier to claim 'reverse discrimination' in employment, in a case from Ohio

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 05, 2025 9:14 am - A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.
Russian strike kills 5 in Ukraine, including a 1-year-old, hours after Trump-Putin call

By VASILISA STEPANENKO
Jun 05, 2025 8:48 am - At least five people, including a 1-year-old child, his mother and grandmother, were killed Thursday in a nighttime Russian drone attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky, officials said.
Ukraine's drone attack on Russian air bases is a lesson for the West on its vulnerabilities

By EMMA BURROWS
Jun 05, 2025 8:25 am - The targets were Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers and command-and-control aircraft, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The weapons were Ukrainian drones, each costing under $1,000 and launched from wooden containers carried on trucks.
Trump says after Xi call that US and China will resume trade talks

By WILL WEISSERT
Jun 05, 2025 8:22 am - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday at a time when stalled tariff negotiations between their two countries have roiled global trade.
Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban

By David Nakamura and Emily Davies
Jun 04, 2025 8:06 pm - President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday restricting the entry of travelers to the United States from more than a dozen countries, resurrecting and expan...
Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Jun 04, 2025 7:12 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to chall...
What is the CBO? A look at the small office inflaming debate over Trump’s tax bill

By KEVIN FREKING
Jun 04, 2025 2:59 pm - A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.”
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says

By LISA MASCARO
Jun 04, 2025 2:58 pm - President Donald Trump’s big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Trump says Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields

By HANNA ARHIROVA and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Jun 04, 2025 2:35 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields as the deadlock over the war drags on and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Russia's ceasefire proposal.
The president’s cabinet: A look at its history, the duties of members

By Bruce Simmons
Jun 04, 2025 12:06 pm - Author and retired educator Bruce Simmons debuts a column detailing the history of the president’s cabinet and the duties of each position.

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