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Justice Department reaches $1.25 million settlement with Trump 2016 campaign aide over Russia probeApr 22, 2026 8:05 pm - The Justice Department has settled for $1.25 million a lawsuit from an aide to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation.
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Top GOP doctors grill RFK Jr. on vaccinesApr 22, 2026 4:27 pm - Two top GOP senators who are physicians quizzed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday about his controversial record on vaccines in their first public meeting in over seven months.
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CDC won’t publish report showing COVID shots cut likelihood of hospital visitsApr 22, 2026 4:03 pm - A report showing the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency’s flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.
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Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informantsApr 21, 2026 7:17 pm - The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
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Pentagon details record $1.5 trillion budget requestApr 21, 2026 7:07 pm - The Pentagon unveiled Tuesday how it plans to spend $1.5 trillion requested in next year’s defense budget, even as some lawmakers cautioned the massive bill is unlikely to pass a sharply divided Congress.
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Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland SecurityApr 21, 2026 6:26 pm - The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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DOJ’s vast conspiracy investigation into Trump foes picks up steamApr 21, 2026 6:22 pm - The Justice Department is barreling ahead with its broad conspiracy investigation into Democratic administration officials, summoning former intelligence officials for interviews and making major shake-ups in the Florida-based prosecutorial team.
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Virginia voters approve redrawing congressional map to favor DemocratsApr 21, 2026 4:44 pm - Virginia voters approved a referendum to draw new congressional districts that could add as many as four Democratic seats to the House of Representatives, the Associated Press projects, awarding Democrats an advantage in the national redistricting war begun by Republicans.
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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for US military, Hegseth saysApr 21, 2026 3:51 pm - The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, rolling back what he described as an “overly broad” mandate that had been in place for seven decades.
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DuPage Republicans back Kevin Coyne as party chairmanApr 21, 2026 7:55 am - DuPage County Republicans have given Kevin Coyne another two years to head the local party organization.