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Appeals court strikes down Trump’s tariffs as illegal but leaves them in placeAug 29, 2025 5:43 pm - President Donald Trump’s cornerstone economic policy was dealt another setback Friday when a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority to impose most of his sweeping tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners.
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Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown loomsAug 29, 2025 5:33 pm - President Donald Trump says he will cancel nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding for U.S. international assistance and diplomacy, setting up a fresh confrontation in the White House’s attempt to wrest constitutional spending power away from lawmakers.The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”
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Trump floats an unusual Republican National Convention before the midtermsAug 28, 2025 7:35 pm - President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the Republican Party host a national convention before next year’s midterm elections to highlight its talent, an unusual move that Democrats are also considering.
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CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking livesAug 28, 2025 7:24 pm - As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reeled from the ousting of its director, three senior leaders who resigned in protest told The Washington Post they were...
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A small change in how you walk may help reduce knee painAug 28, 2025 10:37 am - Changing your gait may help you reduce knee arthritis pain. And the relief could be comparable to the effect of over-the-counter pain medications.
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Trump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summitAug 27, 2025 10:38 pm - In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s Aug. 15 Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the CIA’s senior-most Russia experts worked gruelin...
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CDC director being ousted refuses to resign, says RFK Jr. is ‘weaponizing public health’Aug 27, 2025 8:06 pm - The Trump administration moved Wednesday to oust Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she faced pressure to change vaccine policy, sparking the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether she could be removed.Hours after the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monarez was no longer the director, her lawyers responded with a fiery statement saying she has not resigned or been fired.
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Denmark summons US diplomat over alleged influence campaign in GreenlandAug 27, 2025 6:25 pm - Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the most senior U.S. diplomat in the country Wednesday after the nation’s public broadcaster reported that Americans have been conducting influence operations in Greenland, the semiautonomous territory that President Donald Trump wants the United States to control.
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FBI warns Chinese hacking campaign has expanded, reaching 80 countriesAug 27, 2025 6:18 pm - The FBI and other law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world warned Wednesday that a Chinese-government hacking campaign that previously penetrated nine U.S. telecommunications companies has expanded into other industries and regions, striking at least 200 American organizations and 80 countries.
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RFK Jr. targets one of the strongest state school vaccine mandate lawsAug 27, 2025 4:38 pm - The Trump administration is urging West Virginia to offer religious exemptions from school vaccine mandates, alarming public health advocates who see it as part of a broader campaign to undermine an effective immunization strategy.West Virginia, which has one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates, has been embroiled in a dispute over Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s (R) demand to let parents decline shots for their children by invoking their religious beliefs.