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Senate confirms Matt Whitaker as Trump’s ambassador to NATO
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Matt Whitaker late Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to NATO, a crucial emissary to the Western alliance at a time of growing concern about the American commitment abroad. Whitaker, who had served in Trump’s first administration at the Justice Department, brings a law enforcement background rather than deep […]
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Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University
WASHIGNTON — The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday. The university received notifications this week that grants were being suspended by agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department, according to a campus message from Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber. The […]
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches talking filibuster to protest Trump’s agenda
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speaking filibuster in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He was still on the floor more than 12 hours later, […]
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The key places to watch in Tuesday’s elections in Wisconsin and Florida
WASHINGTON — Elections in Florida and Wisconsin have become key tests of President Donald Trump’s political standing two months into his second White House term. The marquee race Tuesday is for a swing seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a technically nonpartisan election that has drawn at least $90 million in spending. Trump and billionaire […]
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Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Virginia man whose sentence already was commuted for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy — the most serious charge brought […]
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3 killed when tree hits vehicle and damage reported in Tennessee amid storms
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Three family members died after a tree struck their vehicle in Michigan as powerful storms swept across the region, authorities said, and more potentially dangerous weather was forecast Monday across parts of the Southeast. Three other people were hospitalized with injuries and one was in critical condition, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office […]
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Wisconsin’s attorney general asks the state Supreme Court to stop Musk’s $1 million payments
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s attorney general on Sunday asked the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters, an appeal that came hours before President Donald Trump’s ally planned the giveaway at an evening rally. An appeals court on Saturday rejected the legal challenge by […]
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At least half of US states now outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns
In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, the governor made it a priority. Lawmakers in both states — one led by Democrats, the other by Republicans — responded this year with new laws making so-called Glock switches illegal. At least half of […]
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Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing
WASHINGTON — Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, received email notices of their mass firing, the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing. The emails, sent to personal accounts because most staff members had lost […]
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Passenger flight and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport
A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation’s capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said. Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15 p.m., the same time four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon […]
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