Nation and World Politics
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How JB Pritzker has emerged as one of Trump’s most vocal Democratic critics
Feb 13, 2025 10:52 am - Gov. JB Pritzker has emerged as one of the most vocal Democrats speaking out against Trump since the Jan. 20 inauguration.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote
Feb 13, 2025 10:38 am - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.
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Driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people
Feb 13, 2025 9:07 am - A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 28 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack.
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Russia rejoices at Trump-Putin call as Zelenskyy rejects talks without Ukraine present
Feb 13, 2025 8:20 am - Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone on Thursday after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year-long war in Ukraine.
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This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
Feb 13, 2025 7:08 am - A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — se...
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Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages as planned, paving the way to resolve ceasefire dispute
Feb 13, 2025 7:04 am - Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignations
Feb 12, 2025 9:20 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation...
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White House says it’s the judges — not Trump — causing a ‘constitutional crisis’
Feb 12, 2025 7:16 pm - WASHINGTON — In the weeks since Donald Trump returned to office, Democrats and legal scholars have warned that he’s provoking a constitutional crisis by trying to expand ...
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House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling
Feb 12, 2025 5:26 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities, providing for ...
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USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON — A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid and foreign assistance programs...