Articles filed under Politics
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Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump’s broad clemencyJul 11, 2026 5:39 pm - A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government's landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to attack the Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in the White House more than five years ago.
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Justice Dept. subpoenas N.Y. Times journalists over reports on new Air Force OneJul 11, 2026 5:35 pm - The Justice Department subpoenaed several New York Times reporters on Friday to testify about their reporting, the latest instance of federal officials taking the unusually aggressive step of demanding that journalists appear before grand juries.
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Trump officials propose fencing off public spaces outside White HouseJul 11, 2026 3:10 pm - The Trump administration is seeking to permanently fence Lafayette Square — the public park across from the White House, where tourists and protesters often congregate — as officials say they are seeking to balance Americans’ access to the famous grounds with the need to protect the president, according to a proposal released Friday afternoon.
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Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate raceJul 10, 2026 8:07 pm - Graham Platner has officially withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, the state’s secretary of state said Friday, submitting the needed paperwork to remove his name from the ballot.
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Minn. school serving Somalis faces threats after Trump posts clip of studentsJul 10, 2026 7:37 pm - Hateful emails and phone calls targeted a Minnesota school serving Somali families after President Donald Trump shared a video of its kindergartners on Truth Social this week, an episode that many Somali Americans see as an escalation of a sustained campaign of political and rhetorical attacks during Trump’s second term, community leaders said.
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Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump’s troubled revampJul 10, 2026 7:27 pm - Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.
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Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting processJul 10, 2026 6:33 pm - President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizens...
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Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID lawJul 10, 2026 4:32 pm - President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to put his name on it because of the little progress made in passing a strict voter ID bill that he has been pushing.
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Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger windowJul 10, 2026 4:26 pm - Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.
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‘Good Trouble’ events coming to Geneva and St. CharlesJul 10, 2026 1:12 pm - We Can Lead Change -- Fox Valley is hosting events July 16 to 19 to celebrate the spirit and actions of the late civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis.