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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime lawApr 19, 2025 5:11 pm - The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order early Saturday, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order of this court."
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Anti-Trump protesters turn out to rallies across countryApr 19, 2025 5:00 pm - Protests against President Donald Trump's administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S. Organizers of Saturday's events say they're protesting against what they view as the Republican administration's constitutional and civil rights violations. Some of the protests are drawing on themes from the American Revolutionary War as Saturday marks 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts launched the conflict.
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Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakersApr 18, 2025 1:25 pm - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator testified Thursday in his own defense at his federal corruption trial.
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Judge pauses Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection BureauApr 18, 2025 11:18 am - A federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ruled Friday that the bureau can’t go forward immediately with plans to mass fire hundreds of employees.
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UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stageApr 17, 2025 10:23 am - Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program are “in a very crucial” stage, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday while on a visit to the Islamic Republic.
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Trump suggests he can remove Fed Chair Powell, saying he’s ‘not happy’ with him over interest ratesApr 17, 2025 7:45 am - President Donald Trump has attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates and says he could fire him if he wanted to. Trump is renewing a threat from his first term that could cause a major legal showdown over the issue of the central bank's longstanding political independence.
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Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sportsApr 16, 2025 10:33 am - The Trump administration on Wednesday sued Maine for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women's sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex.
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Trump says he’s joining Bessent and Lutnick for trade negotiations with Japanese at the White HouseApr 16, 2025 8:17 am - President Donald Trump said he’s joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at the White House over tariffs and trade with a top Japanese official who is traveling to Washington for the talks.
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China's economy grew 5.4% in the first quarter as exporters rushed to beat Trump’s tariffsApr 16, 2025 7:04 am - China's economy expanded at a 5.4% annual pace in January-March, the government said Wednesday, supported by strong exports ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid increases in tariffs on Chinese products.
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Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government powerApr 15, 2025 2:16 pm - On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education.