Articles filed under Political Figures
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Federal disaster relief denied for McHenry County storm damageNov 02, 2025 8:47 am - McHenry County officials are working with state agencies to appeal the the denial of federal disaster relief for severe storms that swept through the county in August.
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Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting formOct 31, 2025 8:14 pm - NEW YORK— President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judg...
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China's Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major summitOct 31, 2025 3:35 pm - GYEONGJU, South Korea — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders on Friday that his country would help to defend global free trade at an annual economic region...
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Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdownOct 31, 2025 1:26 pm - Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
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Republican leaders reject Trump’s demands to scrap Senate filibuster to end shutdownOct 31, 2025 11:05 am - Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
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Deal between the US and China is undoing damage from a self-inflicted trade warOct 30, 2025 4:33 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — Three-digit tariffs are off the table, but import duties on each other are higher than in January. Rare earth materials will flow more smoothly,...
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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widensOct 30, 2025 8:13 am - The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
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Trump’s comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about itOct 30, 2025 8:11 am - President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's rivals have been expanding and testing their nuclear-capable arsenals.
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Trade takeaways from Trump's meeting with Chinese leader XiOct 30, 2025 8:03 am - U.S. President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping that produced very important decisions. The first official Chinese comments on the meeting were less specific and suggested any trade deal is not done.
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Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South KoreaOct 30, 2025 8:00 am - President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.