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Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI pushAug 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 JerseyAug 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 DemocratsAug 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 HouseAug 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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Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’Aug 21, 2025 4:10 pm - Only a few people know what it’s like to stand outside 10 Downing Street and address the world’s media. Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy aren’t politicians, but they got that opportunity playing rival stateswomen in thriller miniseries “Hostage,” released Thursday on Netflix.
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Blackhawks agree with Frank Nazar on a 7-year extension worth $46.13 millionAug 21, 2025 2:52 pm - The Blackhawks have agreed to terms with forward Frank Nazar on a seven-year extension worth $46.13 million.
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Trump administration reviewing all 55 million people with US visas for potential deportable violationsAug 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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Brent Hinds, former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning metal band Mastodon, dies at 51Aug 21, 2025 1:34 pm - Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51.
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Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome first child via adoptionAug 21, 2025 1:28 pm - Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi adopted a daughter, the first child for the married couple, this summer, they announced Thursday.
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Trump to join Washington patrol while feds deploy checkpoints around cityAug 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.