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Pritzker calls Trump’s halting of Brandon Road carp project an attack on Great Lakes water

By Olivia Olander
Aug 03, 2026 1:11 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration has stopped work on a project to slow the spread of invasive carp in the Great Lakes, a move Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday said amounted to a major attack on Illinois’ and the nation’s freshwater supply.
New talks are ‘last chance’ for Iran to forge a deal and avoid escalation of US strikes, Trump says

By AAMER MADHANI
Aug 03, 2026 10:01 am - Newly planned talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country, President Donald Trump said Monday.
Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 03, 2026 8:27 am - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.
US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets

By DIDI TANG, JOSH FUNK and RODRIQUE NGOWI
Aug 03, 2026 8:17 am - A group of young scientists and entrepreneurs started a backyard lab in Boston in 2018 to find a cleaner metal-refining method. Now, they're at the forefront of efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals used in weapons systems and high-tech products.
Trump says talks on Iran war will begin Monday after he holds off on ‘massive’ strikes

By SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS
Aug 03, 2026 8:12 am - U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country.
Russia blasts southern Ukrainian city with glide bombs while Ukrainian drones reportedly kill 9

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Aug 03, 2026 7:42 am - Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday.
Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war

By AAMER MADHANI and SAMY MAGDY
Aug 02, 2026 2:42 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters o...
Illinois launches new program to provide food benefits to people who lost SNAP

By Ben Szalinski
Aug 02, 2026 2:20 pm - Households that lost SNAP eligibility in recent months became eligible for a one-time $400 payment from the state beginning Saturday, Aug. 1. State lawmakers appropriated $70 million in the fiscal year 2027 budget to create the FRESH program. About 150,000 Illinoisans were expected to lose SNAP benefits beginning May 1 because of new work requirements for the program established by Congress.
Trump says Mideast allies have reached outlines of deal to end Iran war, says US to stop new strikes

By AAMER MADHANI
Aug 01, 2026 9:44 pm - President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflict for now.
Trump’s threat to push ahead on settlement fund injects new uncertainty into attorney general talks

By ERIC TUCKER
Aug 01, 2026 5:56 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts do not support his nominee for attorney general, injecting fresh uncertainty into a Senate confirmation vote planned for next week and underscoring once more his interest in securing payouts for supporters who feel unjustly persecuted.

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