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Trump Has for Months Privately Discussed Firing Fed Chair Powell — The president hasn't made a decision on whether to try to oust Powell, and some of his advisers have warned against the move — WASHINGTON—President Trump has for months privately discussed firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell …
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Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell — Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff whiplash. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …


Trump says Powell's “termination can't come fast enough” — President Trump blasted Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Thursday with the strongest suggestion yet of intentions to try to fire the nation's most powerful economic policymaker. — Why it matters: Trump's attack comes …
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Trump Says Fed Chair Jerome Powell's ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’
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Trump: If I ask Powell to leave, 'he'll be out of there'
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Trade War to Weaken Global Growth and Increase Inflation, I.M.F. Warns
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As Garber Stands Against Trump, Money From Harvard Donors Pours In — After Harvard publicly rejected the Trump administration's demands, a wave of support — and money — has come rushing in. — In the 24 hours after Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 announced that he would not comply …
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Trump Threatens to Block Harvard From Enrolling International Students — The Trump administration said Harvard must share detailed records about its foreign students, an escalation in the administration's fight against prominent American schools. — The Trump administration has threatened …
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DHS threatens to revoke Harvard's eligibility to host international students unless it turns over disciplinary records
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House GOP probes Harvard over federal funding
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Live Updates: Active shooter reported at Florida State University; multiple patients hospitalized — The university sent out an alert urging students to seek shelter as a shooter was reported in the area of the student union. … FSU was site of shooting in 2014
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At least 4 injured in shooting at Florida State University, suspect in custody: Sources — Police are responding to the scene, which is near the Student Union. — LIVE — People comfort each other on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee, Fla., where law enforcement responded …

FSU shooting: Six injured, one critically; man arrested; campus locked down
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GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib—and worse — Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump. … A row of Latino men with shaved heads and stoic expressions wearing identical white boxer shorts stand behind thick metal bars.
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Top House Republicans refuse to authorize El Salvador trips — House Republican committee chairs are refusing to authorize Democrats' requests to lead official congressional delegations to El Salvador, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: Democrats want to go to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo …


‘We are all afraid’: Speaking to Alaska nonprofit leaders, Murkowski gets candid on upheaval in federal government — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told a room full of Alaska nonprofit leaders that the tumult of tariffs, executive orders, court battles, and cuts to federal services under …
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Lisa Murkowski Says ‘We Are All Afraid’ Of Retaliation By Donald Trump
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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether Trump can implement birthright citizenship plan — The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear …
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Supreme Court will review Trump's attempt to ban birthright citizenship
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The Most Damning Aspect of the Supreme Court's Latest Trump Dodge — The story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—the Maryland father wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison—has captivated the nation and spurred Democratic lawmakers into action, with Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen flying to El Salvador on Wednesday to try to get him freed.
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Judges Smack Down Trump's ‘Shocking’ and ‘Lawless’ Arguments in Abrego Garcia Case
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Appeals court won't lift order to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia's return in blistering opinion
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Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Four days before Donald Trump's inauguration …
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Trump appointee asked IRS to review audit of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell — Experts say the outreach on behalf of Lindell, a Trump political ally, is highly unusual and represents a change in how political appointees engage with the IRS.
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Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People — Palantir, the surveillance giant, is taking on an increased role with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including finding the physical location of people who are marked for deportation, according to Palantir Slacks and other internal messages obtained by 404 Media.
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Trump's pick to be DC's top prosecutor failed to report nearly 200 appearances on far-right media outlets to Senate — Ed Martin, the Trump administration's nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, failed to report hundreds of media appearances he's made in the past few years …
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Ed Martin Has Completely Disqualified Himself
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American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately — Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen. — A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately.
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James Carville says he might sue ‘contemptible little twerp’ David Hogg for challenging incumbent Democrats — NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo appeared to egg James Carville on, telling the veteran Democratic strategist to ‘sue his punk a**’ — James Carville railed against Democratic …


Trump's First-Quarter Approval Rating Below Average, at 45% — Americans' 44% confidence in Trump to manage economy similar to his first term, but better than other U.S. leaders — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is closing out the first quarter of his second term in office …
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US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts — The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
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BYU Ph.D. student's international student visa revoked over apparent fishing license violation — A Brigham Young University Ph.D. candidate from Japan has had his international student visa revoked — perhaps because of a fishing violation from years ago. — Outside of a couple …
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Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield — Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.


Van Hollen stopped at military checkpoint on way to Salvadoran prison — TECOLUCA, El Salvador - Sen. Chris Van Hollen was stopped by armed guards Thursday at a military checkpoint and turned away less than two miles from the notorious prison where a Maryland father who was wrongly deported from the U.S. is being held.
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US Weather Analysis for 27 States Goes Dark in Funding Lapse — Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed. — The websites for four US National Oceanic …


A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it — The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure. — An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states …
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Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump's Tariffs — Countries offer to buy more U.S. energy, defense and agricultural products, but not everyone is splurging — In the two weeks since President Trump's “Liberation Day,” many U.S. trade partners have a clear plan …


Google's digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost …
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This ‘College Protester’ Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops — Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
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