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Updated Sep 6, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump threatens Chicago with "Department of WAR" ahead of planned crackdown

Protesters hold signs demanding ICE and the National Guard stay out of Chicago during a rally on Sept. 1, 2025.

Scoop: Biden officials raised concerns with how he issued pardons, used autopen

Photo illustration of Joe Biden walking away, surrounded by collapsing flag elements and the presidential seal.

Blue-collar industries' summer hiring drought

Illustration of a construction crane hook with a downward arrow instead of a hook.
Sep 6, 2025 - Business

White House opens door to lower tariffs on some food, pharma products

Two sets of hands holding mounds of red coffee berries.

Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: "Pure and simple, they work"

President Trump speaks to reporters while signing executive orders at his desk in the Oval Office.
Updated Sep 5, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family calls for his resignation

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. arrives to testify before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump's 2026 health care agenda. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty
Updated Sep 5, 2025 - Business

Raid at Georgia battery plant points to conflicts in Trump's growth plans

A worker's arms assembling components for an electric vehicle.

Adams refuses to leave NYC mayor race after reports of Trump job offer

New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a podium during a campaign event at the Local 831 Union Hall.

Republicans eye Kansas and Nebraska to draw more House seats

Illustration of President Trump with a tie made out of different states
Updated Sep 5, 2025 - Health

RFK Jr. to draw link between Tylenol and autism: Report

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy in April
Updated Sep 5, 2025 - Economy

Black women's unemployment spikes amid Trump's federal workforce cuts

The labor market is cratering

Illustration of shattered coffee cup
Sep 5, 2025 - Business

PBS slashes 15% of its staff after federal funding cuts

Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Sep 5, 2025 - World

Israel bombs high-rise buildings in Gaza City ahead of massive offensive

High-rise building in Gaza City collapses after an Israeli strike
Sep 5, 2025 - Health

Blue states eye rival health rules to defy RFK Jr.

Illustration of a liquid blue shield coming out of a syringe.

Trump's economic doom loop

Photo illustration of Donald Trump's tie forming a spiral around his face.

Winklevoss twins join the GOP's crypto megadonor set

Tyler Winklevoss (L) and Cameron Winklevoss, standing and wearing suits and ties, are shown at a ceremony at the White House.
Sep 5, 2025 - World

Pentagon: 2 Venezuelan planes flew near U.S. Navy ships in "provocative move"

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, with graying black hair and wearing a red, blue and gold striped tie, a white shirt and navy jacket, makes his thumb and index finger into a "c" shape in front of a purple background featuring the Venezuelan flag and the word "VENEZUELA" in white.

Big Tech elite lavish praise on Trump at White House dinner

A curly, dark-haired Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, wearing a black jacket, white shirt and red and white striped tie; A navy-suited, gray-haired President Trump wearing a navy jacket, white shirt and red tie; a mousy-haired first lady Melania Trump, wearing a black top, smile during a White Housdinner.

Democrats' oldest lawmakers aren't going away without a fight

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, wearing a black and white pant suit, is escorted by a staffer in a blue suit in front of a blue curtain and behind a wooden dais.

Biden has surgery to remove skin cancer lesions

Former President Biden, wearing a black tuxedo and white shirt, speaking at a podium with a sign saying "The National Bar Association 100 years."
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