Articles filed under Politics
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Blanche to meet with Epstein accusers after demand from Republican senator crucial to confirmationJul 16, 2026 4:07 pm - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was expected to meet Thursday with accusers of Jeffrey Epstein after a key Republican senator said it was necessary to earn his support for Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department.
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Trump is expected to make election conspiracies a focus of his national addressJul 16, 2026 3:59 pm - President Donald Trump is set to address the nation on Thursday night on topics he said will include elections and voting machines, suggesting he is likely to revisit some of the unproven claims he has previously made about Republican losses, particularly his own in 2020.
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Voting rights rally Saturday in Arlington HeightsJul 16, 2026 7:29 am - The Chicago Northwest suburbs chapter of Indivisible, Northwest Suburbs Organizing for Action plans to host a rally in Arlington Heights Saturday to spur interest in voting in the upcoming midterm elections.
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More than half of House Democrats vote to cut Israel aid in growing splitJul 15, 2026 8:45 pm - More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.
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Report: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abusesJul 15, 2026 7:20 pm - Dozens of people held at a sprawling Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten, according to a new report issued by legal and human rights advocates.
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Trump’s intelligence nominee Jay Clayton clashes with Democrats over 2020 electionJul 15, 2026 7:13 pm - President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies struggled to win Democratic support in a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday where he clashed repeatedly with them over the 2020 election.
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Slavery exhibit swapped overnight at Philadelphia’s Independence ParkJul 15, 2026 3:28 pm - The Trump administration has replaced an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia with a version that advocates say sanitizes the nation’s history.
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Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiraciesJul 14, 2026 7:55 pm - President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
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Senate Democrats block $1 trillion defense bill in protest over Iran warJul 14, 2026 7:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill Tuesday, refusing to advance the bipartisan package that would substantially increase Pentagon spe...
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House GOP races to advance party-line bill to fund Pentagon, encourage voting restrictionsJul 14, 2026 7:46 pm - House Republicans are scrambling to launch a party-line spending bill that would send funding to the Pentagon and incentivize states to tighten voting rules for the fall midterm elections, but they face an array of hurdles, including demands from conservatives to pay for the legislation.