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Trump intel officials testify on threat from drug cartels as Dems press them on leak of attack plans

By ERIC TUCKER and DAVID KLEPPER
Mar 25, 2025 8:49 am - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's top intelligence officials stressed to Congress the threat they said was posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and h...
Greenlanders unite to fend off the US as Trump seeks control of the Arctic island

By DANICA KIRKA
Mar 25, 2025 6:18 am - Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating Greenland’s traditional Inuit culture.
Should Des Plaines police assist with federal immigration enforcement? Council candidates disagree

By Russell Lissau
Mar 24, 2025 3:03 pm - Candidates running for seats on Des Plaines’ city council are divided about whether local police should assist federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

By TARA COPP, AAMER MADHANI and ERIC TUCKER
Mar 24, 2025 2:52 pm - Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to be authentic.”
UN to reduce staff in Gaza, blaming Israel for a strike that killed its employee

By WAFAA SHURAFA, EDITH M. LEDERER and LEE KEATH
Mar 24, 2025 2:39 pm - The United Nations said Monday it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer from Bulgaria and wounding five other employees.
Small banks in mostly red districts could lose funding under new Trump order

By Andrew Ackerman
Mar 24, 2025 1:29 pm - The Trump administration is targeting a federal program that subsidizes small banks in some of the poorest communities across the country, particularly in red states, as part of a wider White House push to reduce the size of government.
The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk

By JILL COLVIN
Mar 24, 2025 1:12 pm - The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump 's top financial backers and the architect of his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistance

By STEPHEN GROVES
Mar 24, 2025 12:39 pm - As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.
Pentagon is the latest agency to announce a leak investigation that could include polygraphs

By TARA COPP
Mar 22, 2025 8:19 pm - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information. Defense Department personnel ...
The Pentagon’s DEI purge: Officials describe a scramble to remove and then restore online content

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP
Mar 22, 2025 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — Every day over the past few weeks, the Pentagon has faced questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and ...

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