Articles filed under Political Figures
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Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to voteJun 24, 2026 1:04 pm - A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
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Trump abruptly cancels signing of bipartisan bill on affordable housingJun 24, 2026 10:07 am - An hour and a half before he was due to sign the bill at the Capitol at noon, the president declared on social media that a news conference and signing ceremony was “hereby cancelled until such a time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency.”
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Trump turns America 250 kickoff into a campaign-style rally on the National MallJun 24, 2026 8:38 am - President Donald Trump sees America’s 250th anniversary as a chance to get the country excited again — about Donald Trump.
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UN nuclear boss says inspectors will visit Iran sites. Tehran says only after a final dealJun 24, 2026 8:36 am - The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran to reach an end to the war. But an Iranian diplomat promptly rejected this, saying such a visit can only come after a final deal — a denial that highlighted the precariousness of the ongoing negotiations.
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Bears merging House and Senate bills for a stadium deal in Illinois, Pritzker saysJun 23, 2026 7:15 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker revealed Tuesday that the Chicago Bears are working to combine elements of separate House and Senate bills into unified legislation for a new stadium in Illinois.
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Mamdani and AI industry flex political power in New York, plus more to watch in Tuesday's primariesJun 23, 2026 7:13 am - Two opposing factions in the artificial intelligence industry square off in a Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tests his political clout by backing fellow democratic socialists. And President Donald Trump, after two of his chosen candidates for governor lost Republican primaries this month, ensured it won't happen again — by endorsing both candidates in a South Carolina runoff.
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US and Iran dispute whether Tehran has agreed to nuclear inspectionsJun 23, 2026 7:10 am - The U.S. and Iran were in dispute Tuesday over whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites. As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Starmer says he'll resign as UK prime minister, roiling British politics yet againJun 22, 2026 8:09 am - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters’ goodwill following a landslide election victory two years ago on a promise of steady leadership and economic growth.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100Jun 22, 2026 7:23 am - Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died Monday. He was 100.
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Vance says talks in Switzerland with Iranian officials set 'good foundation' for a deal to end warJun 22, 2026 7:18 am - OBBUERGEN, Switzerland — Vice President JD Vance said Monday peace talks with Iran created a “good foundation for a successful final deal” to end the war that began at th...