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Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartelsAug 08, 2025 8:55 pm - The Trump administration is evaluating plans for using military force against Mexican drug cartels, current and former U.S. officials said, a potentially dramatic escalation for the United States in Latin America.
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You’re becoming a parent? Prepare to get injured.Aug 08, 2025 9:50 am - Before you become a parent, you receive lots of well-meaning warnings. “You’ll be tired” or “you’ll be busy.” The warning they forget: You’ll get injured.
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Cars, coffee and clothing are poised to get pricier with new tariffsAug 08, 2025 9:33 am - Americans are paying more for appliances, home furnishings, toys and shoes than they were a few months ago, and they could soon face higher prices on more goods as the Trump administration’s latest round of sharper tariffs kicks in.
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Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend of seven years leaves her for younger womanAug 08, 2025 6:00 am - She spent 7 years with her boyfriend and now he’s leaving her for a 20-year-old. She is struggling with feelings of worthlessness. Carolyn Hax says grieve the loss and then look to the future.
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Trump seeks to force universities to turn over admissions data on raceAug 07, 2025 7:38 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the Education Department to begin collecting extensive admissions data from colleges and universities, including the grades and test scores of applicants and admitted students, broken down by race.
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Trump calls for major changes to census amid GOP redistricting effortAug 07, 2025 7:32 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to conduct a census that would not count people present in the country illegally, an order that clashes with the Constitution and would face legal challenges.
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FBI fires senior officials, including former acting headAug 07, 2025 3:32 pm - The FBI has forced out at least two senior officials, including the bureau’s former acting director, in its latest purge of leaders who drew the ire of right-wing supporters of President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the dismissals.
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GOP Sen. Cornyn says FBI will help locate Texas Democratic lawmakersAug 07, 2025 11:06 am - Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said Thursday that the FBI had granted his request for the agency to assist Texas law enforcement in locating Democratic state lawmakers who have left the state to stall a Trump-backed effort to redraw the state’s congressional map.
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This climate study made a big error. One piece of data was to blame.Aug 06, 2025 7:04 pm - A year ago, a paper published in the journal Nature made a sweeping claim: The world economy was already on track to lose 19% of global gross domestic product by 2050, co...
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Trump and Putin plan meeting on Ukraine, as early as next weekAug 06, 2025 5:11 pm - President Donald Trump intends to meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a White House official, who said the meeting could come as early as next week