Nation and World
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who transformed bureau into counterterrorism force after 9/11, dies at 81
Mar 21, 2026 12:58 pm - Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has died. He was 81.
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Regulators OK ComEd’s plan to increase deposit costs for large-load projects like data centers
Mar 20, 2026 4:59 pm - As large data centers burn electricity as fast as some small cities, utilities and advocates are looking for ways to ensure they’re not passing the buck for related infrastructure costs to everyday ratepayers.
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High oil prices knock down stocks and erase Wall Street's hopes for a cut to interest rates
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Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA
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DEA names Colombian president 'priority target' as US prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers
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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint
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FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek to block
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Records shattered as summer heat hits Southwest in March; 'This is what climate change looks like'
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Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid
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Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA