Nation and World Politics
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India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations as fears of a wider military confrontation rise
May 08, 2025 8:12 am - India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, wounding four soldiers, the Pakistani military said. India, meanwhile, accused its neighbor of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals.
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House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
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Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warnsMay 07, 2025 8:35 pm - An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...
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Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent
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Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment
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Trump tariffs set off doubts — even in Rust Belt area he pledged to restore
May 07, 2025 8:05 am - ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manu...
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Pakistan claims to have downed Indian warplanes, vows response to strikes
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GOP senators buck Trump’s pick for D.C. U.S. attorney, imperiling bid
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N.Y. judge finds Alien Enemies Act use illegal, blocks removals to ‘evil’ jail
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Political roundabout: Duckworth’s Senate pick, GOP on JB’s future, Dems plan a human chainMay 06, 2025 6:46 pm - Here’s a snapshot of developing political stories from the suburbs and beyond.