Nation and World Politics
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Trump administration launches investigation of states that mandate health insurance covers abortion
Mar 19, 2026 3:23 pm - The Trump administration said Thursday that it has launched investigations into 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion. The probe...
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Mullin's DHS nomination advances to full Senate despite opposition from Republican Rand Paul
Mar 19, 2026 3:12 pm - WASHINGTON — Sen. Markwayne Mullin moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's next homeland security secretary after a Senate committee Thursday narrowly ad...
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Japan's Takaichi tries to reaffirm alliance with Trump as he seeks help securing Strait of Hormuz
Mar 19, 2026 3:05 pm - WASHINGTON — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president this week seemed to compla...
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US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
Mar 18, 2026 8:47 pm - The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
Mar 18, 2026 8:43 pm - The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to a senior administration official, in an enormous new ask that is almost certain to run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict.
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Ex-counterterrorism official says he wasn’t allowed to share concerns about Iran war with Trump
Mar 18, 2026 8:18 pm - Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes “were not allowed” to share them with President Donald Trump.
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Madison County judge finds name in Epstein files because of legal representation
Mar 18, 2026 6:16 pm - Andrew Carruthers was an associate in the Edwardsville civil firm HeplerBroom when he was assigned a collection case in Lake County related to Jeffrey Epstein in 2013. Carruthers, who was appointed to the bench eight years later, said Epstein “was completely unknown to us” when the firm accepted his business. Carruthers said he never met or communicated with the convicted sex offender, but acted as local counsel to enforce a judgment handed down in the Virgin Islands.
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César Chávez accused of sexually abusing labor rights leader Dolores Huerta
Mar 18, 2026 3:40 pm - Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by César Chavez amid reported allegations of abuse by others during his tenure as president of The United Farm Workers union.
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Gabbard deflects when asked on Capitol Hill about intelligence she’d offered Trump before Iran war
Mar 18, 2026 2:02 pm - Democratic senators pressed the U.S. government’s top intelligence official at annual worldwide threats hearings Wednesday about the war with Iran, including whether she had advised President Donald Trump that Tehran was likely to block the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf, if attacked.
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DHS pick Mullin boasts of ‘special assignments’ abroad but offers few details
Mar 18, 2026 10:48 am - The top Republican on the Senate committee considering Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to run the Department of Homeland Security criticized his “machismo” Wednesday and said he should “explain to the American public why they should trust a man with anger issues” to lead the agency.