Nation and World
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White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report
May 29, 2025 5:50 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
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Trump’s big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
May 29, 2025 5:50 pm - WASHINGTON — Once again, President Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans were stopped in their tracks. On Wednesday, an obscure but powerful court in New York rejected the ...
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Trump’s latest pardons benefit an array of political allies and public figures
May 29, 2025 5:47 pm - WASHINGTON — A governor who resigned amid a corruption scandal and served two stints in federal prison. A New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud...
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What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted
May 29, 2025 5:42 pm - CHICAGO — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among the people to receive commutations this week from President Donald Trump, a puzzling move that has raised q...
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Record heat to hit Las Vegas, California’s Central Valley this weekend
May 29, 2025 3:17 pm - A short-lived but punishing blast of intense heat will spread over the western United States through Saturday, pushing temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal for this...
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Caves and other mountain hideouts are being searched for fugitive known as 'Devil in the Ozarks'
May 29, 2025 8:23 am - There are plenty of hideouts in the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains, from abandoned cabins to campsites in the vast forests where searchers are hunting for a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”
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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials say
May 29, 2025 8:17 am - Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike on a house in central Gaza has killed 22 people, including nine women and children.
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Harvard grads cheer commencement speakers who urge the school to stand strong
May 29, 2025 6:54 am - Harvard graduates celebrated commencement on Thursday at a pivotal time for the Ivy League school, cheering speakers who emphasized maintaining a diverse and international student body and standing up for truth in the face of attacks by the Trump administration.
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Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted in 2022 of fraud and tax evasion
May 28, 2025 9:39 pm - President Donald Trump signed pardons Wednesday for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were serving federal prison sentences after being convicted three years ago of bank fraud and tax evasion.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of Chinese students
May 28, 2025 6:58 pm - WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, “including those with connections to the Chine...