Nation and World
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Fresh off a fragile Gaza ceasefire, Trump says he's now focused on ending Russia's war on Ukraine
Oct 16, 2025 9:27 am - WASHINGTON — With a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal holding, President Donald Trump says he's now turning his attention to bringing Russia's war on Ukrain...
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The rat of the famed Chicago Rat Hole was almost certainly a squirrel
Oct 16, 2025 9:26 am - The Chicago Rat Hole was the city’s hottest new attraction last year. Tourists swarmed to a quiet residential neighborhood to see the decades-old imprint of a rodent pres...
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US pushes Russia to negotiate as Hegseth warns Moscow of ‘costs’
Oct 15, 2025 8:32 pm - The Trump administration is raising pressure on Moscow to come back to the negotiating table to resolve the war in Ukraine, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warning the Kremlin of possible “costs” at a NATO meeting on Wednesday.
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JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat
Oct 15, 2025 8:18 pm - The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for ...
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Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown
Oct 15, 2025 8:13 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cu...
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Trump says he has authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela
Oct 15, 2025 6:49 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct operations in Venezuela, markedly escalating U.S. pressure on President Nicolás Maduro amid a string of lethal strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in Caribbean waters off that country’s coast.
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Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages as military says another body was not that of a hostage
Oct 15, 2025 5:00 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that o...
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Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.
Oct 15, 2025 4:44 pm - Fifteen Democratic governors on Wednesday announced the formation of a state public health alliance designed to counter turmoil at federal agencies under the Trump administration.Leaders of the Governors Public Health Alliance said it will serve as a hub for governors and public health leaders to monitor disease outbreaks, establish public health policy guidance, prepare for pandemics and buy vaccines and other supplies.
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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
Oct 15, 2025 4:29 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South.
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On National Mall, ‘Democracy’ drips in daylight
Oct 15, 2025 3:55 pm - What weighed 3,000 pounds at dawn’s early light in Washington and will virtually disappear by sundown?The correct guess is a large ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” placed on the National Mall on Wednesday morning in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.