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Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life โ his childhood polio battle
Read full article: Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life โ his childhood polio battlePresident Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnellโs life โ his childhood battle with polio.
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Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come
Read full article: Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to comeThe Trump administration is intensifying its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection.
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Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as Denali
Read full article: Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as DenaliAlaskaโs Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North Americaโs tallest peak as Denali.
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Texasโ energy demand may exceed supply in 2026, but experts caution against panic
Read full article: Texasโ energy demand may exceed supply in 2026, but experts caution against panicSome experts are skeptical the grid would see as much demand growth as ERCOT predicts, and other ERCOT models showed things getting tight but not tipping into a deficit.
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State Department halts plan to buy $400M worth of armored vehicles from Musk's Tesla
Read full article: State Department halts plan to buy $400M worth of armored vehicles from Musk's TeslaThe State Department had been in talks with Elon Muskโs Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase.
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Fourth federal judge blocks Trumpโs birthright citizenship order
Read full article: Fourth federal judge blocks Trumpโs birthright citizenship orderA federal judge in Boston has blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
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Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts
Read full article: Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cutsPresident Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all three countries could agree to cut their massive defense budgets in half.
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Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case says she's confident he committed the crimes
Read full article: Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case says she's confident he committed the crimesManhattanโs top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials have resigned after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden
Read full article: EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by BidenIn a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he'll try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.
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Texas could sell 100 miles of border to feds, DPS has same powers as ICE, Abbott says
Read full article: Texas could sell 100 miles of border to feds, DPS has same powers as ICE, Abbott saysAbbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.
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Oklahoma governor says he'll stop plan to collect kids' immigration status
Read full article: Oklahoma governor says he'll stop plan to collect kids' immigration statusOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he will stop a plan pushed by the state's top education official to collect the immigration status of children when they register for public school.
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NYC mayor to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail after Trump border czar meeting
Read full article: NYC mayor to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail after Trump border czar meetingNew York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the cityโs Rikers Island jail.
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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won't run in 2026. Fellow Democrat Gov. Tim Walz and others eye the seat
Read full article: Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won't run in 2026. Fellow Democrat Gov. Tim Walz and others eye the seatMinnesota U.S. Sen. Tina Smith's decision not to seek reelection is setting off a scramble by potential candidates in both major political parties to fill the seat.
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Trump's education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it does
Read full article: Trump's education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it doesIf Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive to โput herself out of a job.โ.
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Farmers and rural businesses shelled out money for improvements. Will their promised rebates arrive?
Read full article: Farmers and rural businesses shelled out money for improvements. Will their promised rebates arrive?A freeze on federal loans and grants is sending tremors across the rural U.S. as small business owners fear they wonโt get reimbursed for purchases they made to replace polluting irrigation equipment or install solar power.
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Judge extends stay of Trump order that would pull most USAID staffers off the job
Read full article: Judge extends stay of Trump order that would pull most USAID staffers off the jobA court order halting Trump administration plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another week.
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Given Christianity's dominance in US, Trump raises eyebrows with anti-Christian bias initiative
Read full article: Given Christianity's dominance in US, Trump raises eyebrows with anti-Christian bias initiativeChristianity is by far the largest faith in America, and Christian conservatives have a strong grip on the levers of government.
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Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty
Read full article: Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertaintyPresident Donald Trump has rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports.
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Trumpโs remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions
Read full article: Trumpโs remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questionsPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state, effectively erasing the massive border the two nations share.
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Texas now has more top-tier research universities than any other state, report finds
Read full article: Texas now has more top-tier research universities than any other state, report findsThe designations come at a tumultuous time for universities as funding could be cut off and efforts to end tenure continue.
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Texas to execute man who kept changing his mind about appealing death sentence for killing two men
Read full article: Texas to execute man who kept changing his mind about appealing death sentence for killing two menRichard Tabler called officials to brag about killing four people in Killeen in 2004. He was convicted for two of the deaths.
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How a multi-year legal battle by allies of a billionaire megadonor set off this yearโs explosive House Speaker race
Read full article: How a multi-year legal battle by allies of a billionaire megadonor set off this yearโs explosive House Speaker raceA pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House leadership race, allowing for more political mudslinging and raising questions about ethics rules.
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Vance visits the Dachau concentration camp memorial with Holocaust survivor before Zelenskyy meeting
Read full article: Vance visits the Dachau concentration camp memorial with Holocaust survivor before Zelenskyy meetingU_S_ Vice President JD Vance has visited the Dachau concentration camp memorial in Germany and says โseeing it up close in person really drives home what unspeakable evil was committed.โ.
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Trump's pick for education chief sketches a roadmap for dismantling the department
Read full article: Trump's pick for education chief sketches a roadmap for dismantling the departmentLinda McMahon on Thursday sketched out how key functions of the Education Department could be carved up to achieve President Donald Trumpโs goal of dismantling the agency, vowing to โreorientโ the department while continuing some of its largest programs.
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The latest inflation report shows that high prices are Trump's major economic challenge
Read full article: The latest inflation report shows that high prices are Trump's major economic challengeDonald Trump promised as a candidate that he could easily conquer inflation, but the reality is proving tougher than he expected.