Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker worries that Trump will go to extremes to distract from Epstein filesNov 12, 2025 8:04 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Epstein wrote that Trump knew of sexual abuse but didn’t participateNov 12, 2025 9:50 am - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday.
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‘It reminds us why we fight’: Bailey presses on after loss of son, grandkids in crashNov 11, 2025 10:27 am - “This tragedy changed our family for ever, but it also reminds us why we fight,” Bailey said with his wife, Cindy, in a video posted on Facebook.
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Trump threatens to sue BBC over edited speech that sparked resignations by news bossesNov 11, 2025 7:03 am - U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over the way a speech he made was edited in a documentary aired by Britain's national broadcaster.
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China announces restrictions on chemicals after deal with Trump on fentanyl tariffsNov 10, 2025 4:05 pm - China said Monday it is making good on its pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, a key issue for President Donald Trump during recent talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they aimed to take steps to ease a trade war.
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Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump targetNov 10, 2025 9:45 am - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump.
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States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food paymentsNov 10, 2025 8:26 am - States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can — and should — provide full monthly benefits during an ongoing legal battle involving the U.S. government shutdown.
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official saysNov 10, 2025 7:54 am - President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.
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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid paymentsNov 07, 2025 9:37 am - President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.
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Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US HouseNov 06, 2025 8:07 am - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker's office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.