Nation and World
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Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against Trump
Dec 17, 2025 9:14 am - Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith arrived on Capitol Hill for a closed-door interview with House Republicans on Wednesday after lawmakers rebuffed his offer to testify publicly about his investigations into President Donald Trump.
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Putin warns that Russia will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail
Dec 17, 2025 9:10 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Moscow will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks.
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Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump's crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids
Dec 17, 2025 9:08 am - Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino returned to the Chicago area on Tuesday, about a month after leaving to lead immigration enforcements in other cities, immigration advocates say.
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2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns
Dec 17, 2025 8:33 am - OMAHA, Neb. — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their worke...
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Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid from Paramount Skydance
Dec 17, 2025 8:04 am - Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers.
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Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries after shooting of Guard members
Dec 16, 2025 7:27 pm - President Donald Trump on Tuesday added 20 countries to a list whose citizens face a full or partial travel ban on entering the United States, swelling the total to 39 as his administration seeks to further restrict legal immigration after an Afghan immigrant was charged in the shooting of two National Guard troops last month.
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Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
Dec 16, 2025 7:14 pm - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country's economy.
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US strikes three more alleged drug boats in eastern Pacific, killing 8
Dec 16, 2025 7:08 pm - U.S. forces killed eight alleged drug smugglers in three separate boat strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, raising the death toll in the Trump administration’s counternarcotics campaign to at least 95.
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House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP plan
Dec 16, 2025 7:05 pm - House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a GOP health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums millions of Americans will soon endure as pandemic-era tax credits for people who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire at year's end.
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Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term
Dec 16, 2025 4:57 pm - President Donald Trump has signed more executive orders in less than a year of his presidency than he did in his entire first term — repeatedly bypassing Congress and forcing the courts to grapple with the constitutional bounds of his power.