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Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informantsApr 21, 2026 7:17 pm - The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
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Pentagon details record $1.5 trillion budget requestApr 21, 2026 7:07 pm - The Pentagon unveiled Tuesday how it plans to spend $1.5 trillion requested in next year’s defense budget, even as some lawmakers cautioned the massive bill is unlikely to pass a sharply divided Congress.
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Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland SecurityApr 21, 2026 6:26 pm - The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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DOJ’s vast conspiracy investigation into Trump foes picks up steamApr 21, 2026 6:22 pm - The Justice Department is barreling ahead with its broad conspiracy investigation into Democratic administration officials, summoning former intelligence officials for interviews and making major shake-ups in the Florida-based prosecutorial team.
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Virginia voters approve redrawing congressional map to favor DemocratsApr 21, 2026 4:44 pm - Virginia voters approved a referendum to draw new congressional districts that could add as many as four Democratic seats to the House of Representatives, the Associated Press projects, awarding Democrats an advantage in the national redistricting war begun by Republicans.
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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for US military, Hegseth saysApr 21, 2026 3:51 pm - The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, rolling back what he described as an “overly broad” mandate that had been in place for seven decades.
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DuPage Republicans back Kevin Coyne as party chairmanApr 21, 2026 7:55 am - DuPage County Republicans have given Kevin Coyne another two years to head the local party organization.
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Trump’s dyslexia barbs stir anguish and anger, perpetuating a myth about the learning disabilityApr 18, 2026 9:28 pm - Lauryn Muller was scrolling on social media when she saw a clip of President Donald Trump belittling California Gov. Gavin Newsom for having dyslexia. It stirred a well of emotion for the 18-year-old Muller, bringing back memories of her own struggles learning to read and the times she felt something was wrong with her.
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Construction on Trump's White House ballroom can continue for now, US appeals court saysApr 18, 2026 9:23 pm - A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue building a $400 million ballroom at the White House, ruling a day after a lower court judge continued to block above-ground construction on the site of the former East Wing.
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Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peaceApr 18, 2026 6:29 pm - Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace.