Articles filed under Politics
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Judge denies request to return 2020 ballots seized from Fulton County, GeorgiaMay 06, 2026 8:04 pm - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from local officials in Georgia to order the return of key evidence seized as part of the FBI investigation into the state’s counting of votes from the 2020 election.
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Will voters back a new sales tax to fund Lake County school needs?May 06, 2026 7:33 pm - An initiative for a countywide sales tax to fund certain public school needs continues to advance though there is a way to go before voters would have a say.
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ICE plans to scrap shortened training program for new immigration officersMay 06, 2026 4:41 pm - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to return to a longer training program for new deportation officers, two Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday, restoring previous standards after dramatically shortening the instruction period for recruits last year.
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Lutnick’s testimony about Epstein draws praise from GOP chair and derision from DemocratsMay 06, 2026 4:11 pm - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
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Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Indiana, Ohio and MichiganMay 05, 2026 8:32 pm - President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way.
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Trump lashes out at Pope Leo again ahead of Rubio trip to RomeMay 05, 2026 6:41 pm - Ahead of a visit to Rome by Secretary of State Marco Rubio aimed partly at defusing tensions between the White House and the Vatican, President Donald Trump unleashed new criticism at Pope Leo XIV.
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GOP bill would fund $1B in White House security upgrades for Trump’s ballroomMay 05, 2026 6:25 pm - Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project after a man was charged with trying to assassinate him at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last week.
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Drugmaker asks Supreme Court to restore abortion pill access by mailMay 02, 2026 6:09 pm - A drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to immediately pause a lower-court order reinstating a requirement that a commonly used abortion pill, which has often been accessed through the mail, can only be picked up in person.
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Roots of political violence aren’t as simple as Trump makes them soundMay 02, 2026 3:38 pm - To hear Donald Trump tell it, the attempts on his life are a measure of his singularity as a president.
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The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedentMay 02, 2026 3:38 pm - The criminal indictment of former FBI director James B. Comey for allegedly threatening President Donald Trump appears to fall short of a standard articulated by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a 2015 opinion, when the Supreme Court pointedly distinguished a genuine threat from mere speech, legal analysts say.