Nation and World
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push
Aug 21, 2025 7:59 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion effo...
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Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey
Aug 21, 2025 7:52 pm - A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey since las...
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California Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats
Aug 21, 2025 6:10 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. Ho...
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Powell to give his last Jackson Hole speech under watchful gaze of Wall Street and the White House
Aug 21, 2025 4:33 pm - Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bag
Aug 21, 2025 3:48 pm - A volunteer adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams has been suspended from his reelection campaign after she handed a journalist an envelope of cash stuffed inside a bag of...
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Trump administration reviewing all 55 million people with US visas for potential deportable violations
Aug 21, 2025 2:27 pm - The State Department said Thursday that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.
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Trump to join Washington patrol while feds deploy checkpoints around city
Aug 21, 2025 1:24 pm - President Donald Trump plans to join a Thursday evening patrol in the nation's capital as federal authorities deploy checkpoints around the city and sometimes ask people for their immigration status after stopping them.
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Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding
Aug 21, 2025 10:39 am - NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, calling the roughly $500 million verdict against...
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James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, dies age 89
Aug 21, 2025 10:09 am - Dr. James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ ...
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In a tough job market for new workers, networking and adaptability can make a difference
Aug 21, 2025 8:55 am - NEW YORK — Growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, Stacey Watson didn’t see herself in the characters of the books she read. Now 28, she wants to be a book...