Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operationsAug 28, 2025 9:12 am - President Donald Trump's administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump administration to block her attempted firingAug 28, 2025 8:52 am - Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence.
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Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desertAug 28, 2025 7:12 am - When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
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‘Do not come to Chicago’: Pritzker tells Trump the National Guard not needed in ChicagoAug 25, 2025 7:39 pm - Flanked by dozens of Chicago and suburban leaders, Gov. JB Pritzker rebuked President Donald Trump’s threat of deploying National Guard troops to the city, calling it “un-American.”
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Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding to Chicago, other cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policiesAug 22, 2025 10:43 pm - A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that l...
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National Guard troops on DC streets for Trump's crackdown will start carrying gunsAug 22, 2025 8:10 pm - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald T...
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Trump frustrated after thinking he made headway on Russia-Ukraine talks only to see Putin balkAug 22, 2025 4:21 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun ...
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Epstein’s former girlfriend told Justice Department she did not see Trump act in ‘inappropriate way’Aug 22, 2025 2:32 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump a...
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FBI searches home, office of ex-Trump national security adviser John BoltonAug 22, 2025 6:55 am - The FBI on Friday searched the Maryland home and Washington office of former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said.
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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.