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On This Day: Senate confirms Loretta Lynch as attorney general
On April 23, 2015, the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as attorney general more than five months after President Barack Obama ...
My Near-Future Dystopia
Imagine a surveillance state powerful enough to incarcerate people for the wrong dreams. In 2025, it doesn’t feel like such a ...
Social media reacts to Dick Durbin’s ‘long overdue’ retirement
Dick Durbin, 80, served five terms in the Senate, and his announcement was met with celebration among some in the Republican ...
The Latest: US stocks are leaping amid a worldwide rally
US stocks are leaping amid a worldwide rally after President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to fire the head of the ...
Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges. Here’s how Wednesday unfolded.
Among the orders signed Wednesday include calling for sharper scrutiny of colleges’ financial ties with foreign donors and ...
Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia
President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at boosting coal are getting a warm embrace in West Virginia. But there's ...
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Trump says Russia has made a 'pretty big concession' by not seizing all of Ukraine
President Donald Trump offered rare criticism of Vladimir Putin on Thursday, urging the Russian leader to "STOP!" after a ...
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Trump Administration Wants To Ban Soda From Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Both Barack Obama’s administration in 2015 and Trump’s first administration in 2018 disallowed Maine from implementing a SNAP junk food ban, citing potential difficulties for retailers, headaches over ...