Nation and World Politics
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Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
Apr 26, 2025 6:44 pm - ROME — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be rea...
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ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say
Apr 26, 2025 6:32 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — an...
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Mighty and meek say goodbye to Pope Francis at funeral where he is remembered as pope of the people
Apr 26, 2025 7:43 am - VATICAN CITY — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the periph...
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Judge blocks Trump executive order gutting federal unions
Apr 25, 2025 7:36 pm - A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from invalidating union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the latest...
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Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries
Apr 25, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have au...
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Illinois, 18 other states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools
Apr 25, 2025 7:29 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schoo...
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Disaster aid plea presents a test of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s ties to Trump
Apr 25, 2025 5:02 pm - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who rose to prominence as White House press secretary in President Donald Trump’s first term, has not been shy about advertising...
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Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine and secure mineral deal
Apr 25, 2025 4:59 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of how he's pressuring Ukraine t...
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Stratton secures Pritzker’s backing in Senate bid, positions herself as ‘fighter’ of Trump
Apr 25, 2025 3:54 pm - Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday received a key endorsement from Gov. JB Pritzker, nearly eight years after he first tapped her to be his running mate.
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ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyers say
Apr 25, 2025 2:32 pm - The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S. after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, government lawyers said Friday.