Articles filed under Political Figures
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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating foodApr 01, 2025 7:09 am - Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
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Trump's promised 'Liberation Day' of tariffs is coming. Here's what it could mean for youMar 31, 2025 2:46 pm - President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day" — a moment when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs that he promises will free the United States from foreign goods.
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Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as presidentMar 31, 2025 8:46 am - President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029.
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Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the Wisconsin Supreme Court raceMar 31, 2025 8:27 am - Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday's outcome.
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Musk promises he’ll go to Wisconsin to deliver $2 million to voters but then deletes his messageMar 28, 2025 11:53 am - Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday deleted a social media post in which he had announced plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to “personally hand over” $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race.
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Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime lawMar 28, 2025 11:47 am - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues.
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Vance and wife tour US military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visitMar 28, 2025 11:43 am - Vice President JD Vance, his wife and other senior U.S. officials visited an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.
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The US is on an egg hunt in Europe to ease prices at homeMar 28, 2025 11:39 am - The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs.
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Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leakMar 27, 2025 5:32 pm - WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an investigation Thursday into how Trump national security officials used th...
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Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House marginMar 27, 2025 4:24 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a stunning turnar...