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Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department amid shutdownOct 18, 2025 7:58 pm - The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressi...
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Putin demanded Ukraine surrender key territory in call with TrumpOct 18, 2025 5:29 pm - Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Donald Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war, said two senior officials familiar with the conversation.
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The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdownOct 18, 2025 1:44 pm - They are restaurateurs and beauticians, landscapers and mediators, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers. And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
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John Bolton pleads not guilty in classified documents caseOct 17, 2025 4:29 pm - John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he mishandled classified materials.
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Chicago Little Leaguers, stripped of 2014 title, get say in new documentaryOct 17, 2025 1:23 pm - Director Kevin Shaw’s film revisits the story of the all-Black baseball team that captivated the city and the country a decade ago, only to have their title stripped after some players were found to live outside the league’s prescribed boundaries. Shaw’s project, which he hopes to sell to a streaming platform, marks the first time most are speaking in-depth about what happened.
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Should you brush your teeth before or after breakfast?Oct 17, 2025 8:30 am - Brushing before or after breakfast is a personal choice. And while there are advantages to doing both, in general, brushing after any meal is a good idea.
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What happens when you roll your shoulders?Oct 17, 2025 8:28 am - We roll our shoulders and stretch our backs because it feels relaxing, maybe even rejuvenating. In healthy adults, the stretch leads to a quick drop in blood pressure, researchers have found. And the body’s reaction to the movement may explain why we feel calmer after we stretch.
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In an age of vaccine skepticism, parents trust pediatricians mostOct 17, 2025 8:27 am - As one of the few pediatricians in town, Dr. Nola Jean Ernest was used to fielding questions about vaccine ingredients. But even this was a new one: Could heavy metals in a hepatitis B shot give a 2-month-old boy autism? His parents saw videos on TikTok falsely claiming they could.
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Top military officer central to Trump’s drug war will step down earlyOct 16, 2025 8:00 pm - The U.S. military’s top officer overseeing operations in Central and South America will leave his assignment well ahead of schedule, officials said Thursday — an abrupt, surprising departure as President Donald Trump shows interest in extending his administration’s campaign of violence against drug cartels in the region.
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Senate blocks military spending bill as shutdown drags onOct 16, 2025 7:49 pm - Senate Democrats blocked a $852 billion bill that would fund the Defense Department through September, rejecting Republican efforts to approve individual full-year spendi...