Politics & Policy
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Trump blasts Canadian PM over claims trade deal would weaken French
Canada is an officially bilingual country and requires the display of products in both English and French.
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Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid tariff standoff with Canada
Trump announced Monday he would increase tariffs on an array of Canadian products to 50%, following the collapse of trade talks.
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New blood test for Alzheimer's disease gets FDA approval
The Rouche test was developed in collaboration with Eli Lilly and is intended for people 55 years and older with “signs, symptoms, or complaints of cognitive decline.”
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Law groups file motion to intervene in Wisconsin congressional maps challenge
Law Forward and the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School argue Wisconsin’s congressional maps use an anti-competitive gerrymander.
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Boulder terror suspect faces 118 counts
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of his family.
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Citibank reverses course, drops anti- Second Amendment policy
While claiming it “has always been fully committed to treating all current and potential clients fairly,” it said concerns were raised “regarding ‘fair access’ to banking services.”
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Trump celebrates jobs report, stock market surge
The U.S. economy added 139,000 jobs in May, exceeding forecasts of 120,000.
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Just 8% back Musk over Trump in deficit spat: Poll
The lion's share of adults, however, want little to do with the social media dust up.
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Musk appears ready to deescalate feud with Trump, president 'not particularly' interested in talking
Elon Musk started a public row over the "big, beautiful bill's" spending provisions on Thursday.
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Dem in House Oversight hearing refers to El Paso massacre and warns 'what goes around comes around'
Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, brought up the 2019 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso that killed 23 people. “What goes around comes around. I just want to make clear what goes around comes around,” Casar said. While one witness said it sounded like a threat, a spokesperson said the comment wasn't referring to violence.
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Musk warns Trump tariffs will cause a recession amid X spat
Trump, for his part, attempted to diffuse the situation by focusing on the campaign promises included in the legislation.
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Musk orders SpaceX to decommission Dragon spacecraft over feud with Trump
The cancellation is retaliation for Trump's proposal to end government contracts and subsidies it has with Musk's companies in order to balance the federal budget.
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Nuclear power making headlines in IL as lawmakers don’t lift moratorium
Legislation that would have lifted a moratorium on the building of large-scale nuclear facilities failed to get through the Illinois General Assembly this spring.