Nation and World Politics
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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.
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Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits
Apr 25, 2025 2:12 pm - Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.”
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David Hogg riles Democratic Party with plans to primary incumbents
Apr 25, 2025 1:41 pm - David Hogg, a top Democratic Party official, isn’t backing off his controversial plan to fund primary challenges against Democratic members of Congress he deems “ineffective” in reaching disaffected voters, particularly young ones.
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Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft
Apr 25, 2025 11:13 am - Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment.
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Trade war and leery travelers have airlines trimming flights and withdrawing financial guidance
Apr 25, 2025 10:15 am - Major U.S. airlines are reducing their flight schedules and revising or withdrawing their profit outlooks for the year due to less domestic travel demand as sentiment about the national and global economies sours.