Nation and World
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Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer
Apr 18, 2025 3:42 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before Health...
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Judge pauses Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Apr 18, 2025 11:18 am - A federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ruled Friday that the bureau can’t go forward immediately with plans to mass fire hundreds of employees.
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The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
Apr 18, 2025 10:03 am - America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals used for military applications and in many high-tech devices.
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Students at Florida State gather at memorials, prepare to retrieve belongings after deadly shooting
Apr 18, 2025 9:58 am - When a 20-year-old opened fire at Florida State University, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, abandoning chemistry notes and even shoes, in a shooting that investigators said killed two men and wounded at least six others.
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Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return
Apr 17, 2025 9:05 pm - SAN SALVADOR — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met Thursday in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite...
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Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues
Apr 17, 2025 7:59 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is drastically shrinking the workforce and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, eviscerating an agency created after t...
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US intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for Alien Enemies Act deportations
Apr 17, 2025 7:53 pm - The National Intelligence Council, drawing on the acumen of the United States’ 18 intelligence agencies, determined in a secret assessment early this month that the Venez...
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Supreme Court will review Trump’s attempt to ban birthright citizenship
Apr 17, 2025 7:09 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday kept President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship on hold but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. ...
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DHS demands records of Harvard’s foreign students, threatens enrollment
Apr 17, 2025 5:01 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem on Wednesday demanded that Harvard University submit records before next month on foreign students alleged to have engaged in “...
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Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing
Apr 17, 2025 4:56 pm - Harvard University stands to lose billions in federal funding, but the government’s actions against one of the world’s top research institutions were applied with vague a...