Nation and World Politics
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Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
Mar 22, 2025 3:43 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its feder...
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Kitty Dukakis, wife of former governor and presidential candidate, dies at 88
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Trump promised an American boom. He now says it may take a while.
Mar 22, 2025 1:27 pm - President Donald Trump said his first day in office marked the start of a “golden age” for the U.S. He and his advisers now say it could take months or longer to arrive.
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Judge calls Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act ‘problematic and concerning’
Mar 22, 2025 1:19 pm - A federal judge on Friday expressed doubts about the Trump administration’s use of a wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, while also grilling a govern...
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Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launchesMar 22, 2025 8:27 am - With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.
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‘You just don’t get any answers from anybody’: Lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
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USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling
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Elon Musk won’t receive secret China briefings, Trump says
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A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
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Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election