| Trump Asserts Expansive Power to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
- Lawyers for the administration told a court it should be “highly deferential” to the president when it comes to firing a Federal Reserve governor “for cause.”
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:37:33 +0000
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| Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Controversial Redistricting Bill, Redrawing Congressional Map
- After a bruising redistricting fight, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new congressional map into law. But the Republican-led Legislature, newly emboldened, has not stopped there.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:37:22 +0000
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| Weapons to Start Flowing Into Ukraine Under European Deal With Trump
- A package of U.S. cruise missiles is among the first shipments of purchases by NATO allies to be sent to the embattled country.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:13:25 +0000
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| Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
- The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:09:39 +0000
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| Riding Amtrak’s New Acela Train: Sleeker, Comfier and a Tiny Bit Faster
- The NextGen high-speed trains feel more like those in China, Japan or France. But topping out at 160 m.p.h., they’re still relatively slow.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:03:52 +0000
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| Transportation Dept. Cancels $679 Million for Offshore Wind Projects
- The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development of the industry.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:37:41 +0000
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| Iowa’s Joni Ernst Will Not Seek Re-election, Putting a Competitive Senate Seat in Play
- Democrats still face an uphill fight to win in Iowa and retake the majority in the closely divided Senate.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:06:49 +0000
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| At Least 70 Drown Off Mauritania After Boat Capsizes
- Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after traveling about 380 miles.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:55:01 +0000
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| London Man Admits to Wave of Sexual Assaults Over 3 Years
- Xu Chao, 33, could face a “lengthy” prison sentence, the judge said. Most of his victims have not been identified.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:47:11 +0000
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| Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns
- Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:40:19 +0000
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| Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Worked
- Losing loudly has been a crucial feature of successful political movements.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:28:49 +0000
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| PCE Inflation Stayed Stable in July, Keeping Fed on Track to Lower Interest Rates
- The latest economic data keeps the central bank on track to lower interest rates at its next meeting in September.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:16:10 +0000
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| Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents
- The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:10:44 +0000
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| In Budget Logs It Tried to Hide, White House Wrests More Control Over Spending
- Deep within obscure footnotes, the Trump administration is claiming more of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse by threatening to block funding.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:21:28 +0000
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| Alabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor
- Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:14:26 +0000
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| Israel Resumes Daytime Operations in Gaza City, Signaling Buildup to Assault
- The Israeli military ended a policy of pausing operations during the day that was intended to allow more aid in, calling Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone.”
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:38:18 +0000
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| International Student Enrollments Stay Steady at Columbia and Princeton
- But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:19:16 +0000
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| 3 Ways Hurricane Forecasts Have Changed Since Katrina
- Modern technology has given meteorologists more detail than they’ve ever had on how storms behave. Here’s what they’re doing with it.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:11:36 +0000
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| Israel Military Says It Recovered Body of Ilan Weiss, Oct. 7 Victim, From Gaza
- Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led attack, and the remains of another person, who was not identified, were found as the government looks set to expand a military offensive.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:49:10 +0000
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| Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection
- The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:56:40 +0000
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