Articles filed under Political Figures
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China announces restrictions on chemicals after deal with Trump on fentanyl tariffsNov 10, 2025 4:05 pm - China said Monday it is making good on its pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, a key issue for President Donald Trump during recent talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they aimed to take steps to ease a trade war.
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Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump targetNov 10, 2025 9:45 am - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump.
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States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food paymentsNov 10, 2025 8:26 am - States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can — and should — provide full monthly benefits during an ongoing legal battle involving the U.S. government shutdown.
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official saysNov 10, 2025 7:54 am - President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.
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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid paymentsNov 07, 2025 9:37 am - President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.
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Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US HouseNov 06, 2025 8:07 am - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker's office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.
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Vernon Hills toymaker gears up for Supreme Court fight over Trump’s tariffsNov 05, 2025 7:39 am - Rick Woldenberg’s Vernon Hills toymaking companies — Learning Resources Inc. and hand2mind Inc. — sued in April to invalidate the tariffs as exceeding President Donald Trump’s authority. The suit is now before the Supreme Court in one of the most economically important clashes in the country's history.
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Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffsNov 05, 2025 7:33 am - Conservative members of the Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump's sweeping unilateral tariffs midway through arguments in a case that's a pivotal test of executive power for a tool central to his broader agenda.
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Mamdani tells Trump that New York is ready to fight after president’s threats fail to thwart votersNov 05, 2025 7:22 am - Zohran Mamdani wasted little time as mayor-elect of New York City before making clear that he sees part of his new role as standing up to the president of the United States, who had threatened not only to defund the city if he won but also to arrest and deport him.
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President Donald Trump, in Miami, brags about the economy despite an election-night rebukeNov 05, 2025 7:12 am - President Donald Trump took a victory lap on the economy on the one-year anniversary of his successful election, boasting of cheaper prices and saying the U.S. is the envy of the globe even while the Republican Party faced a rebuke from voters anxious about their own finances in Tuesday's off-year elections.