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Fresh off Trump firings, Library of Congress stares down a proposed budget cut

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WASHINGTON — After a stretch of uncertainty in May in which its leader and another director were removed by President Donald Trump, the Library of Congress is again under fire, though this time from congressional appropriators looking to take a chunk from the institution’s budget.

A spending proposal from House Republicans would lop off ...Read more

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F-bombs left and right, but in Congress not quite?

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WASHINGTON — It’s not every day that you get to see a politician — let alone a president — give a “f---.”

But that’s just what President Donald Trump did on Tuesday. The ceasefire between Israel and Iran he had announced the night before seemed to be already unraveling, and a visibly irritated Trump expressed his frustrations in ...Read more

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Owner of Trump Truth Store in Illinois agrees to vacate Huntley building amid eviction threats -- but hopes to soon reopen in a larger location

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CHICAGO — The owner of a controversial Trump-themed store facing eviction in Chicago’s northwest suburbs has agreed to move out of the building next month as part of a settlement agreement with the landlord filed Wednesday in McHenry County Circuit Court.

Yet Lisa Fleischmann of the Trump Truth Store in Huntley said she hasn’t given up ...Read more

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Senate Republicans revive food stamp penalty in Trump's tax bill

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WASHINGTON — Republicans' proposal to force states to take on billions of dollars in federal food benefit costs is back in the Senate's version of the massive tax package after revisions published Wednesday by the Senate Agriculture panel.

Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, an Arkansas Republican, announced that the Senate ...Read more

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Editorial: Trump's entry into Iran war left Congress MIA

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Americans can be forgiven for feeling a bit exhausted by the head-spinning pace of events in the Middle East. From calls for negotiation to sudden bombings and missile strikes, to a failed attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar then a promise of a ceasefire quickly followed by a claim that both Israel and Iran violated that ceasefire, the last ...Read more

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Cracks in the Trump coalition? They won't matter

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President Donald Trump’s coalition has always been a Frankenstein’s monster — stitched together from parts that were never meant to coexist.

Consider the contradictions: fast-food fanatics hanging out with juice-cleanse truthers chanting “Make America Healthy Again” between ivermectin doses, immigration hardliners mixing with business...Read more

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Top candidates for the US House in Illinois' 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th districts for the 2026 election

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CHICAGO — With Illinois’ March primary for the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, politicians are lining up to fill the seats being vacated by longtime members of the state’s congressional delegation who are retiring or campaigning for higher office.

The domino effect that began in late April with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s ...Read more

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Trump baffles with sudden U-turn on China buying Iranian oil

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to undermine years of U.S. sanctions on Iran, giving its biggest customer China the green light to carry on buying its oil as he seeks to bolster a ceasefire with Israel.

The announcement on social media — which surprised both oil traders and officials in his own government — could ...Read more

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NATO tries to use charm to keep Trump on its side

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.S. President Donald Trump ensured that NATO’s high-stakes summit would be a nervy affair to the end as he flew in to The Hague fueling doubts about whether the U.S. remains fully committed to defending its allies.

The U.S. president was feted as the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by King Willem-Alexander on ...Read more

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GOP weighs canceling recess to wrap up Trump's budget bill

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WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are stepping on the gas to get the giant budget reconciliation package to President Donald Trump’s desk after a renewed push by the president for his Capitol Hill allies to meet his July 4 deadline.

But from tax provisions to Medicaid changes, roadblocks remain in meeting that aggressive timetable, which is ...Read more

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AOC hits back at Trump calling her 'dumb': 'We eat Queens boys for breakfast'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at President Donald Trump Tuesday in a mushrooming social media spat after he called her dumb.

“I’m a Bronx girl,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully.”

The back-and-forth started over the weekend when the progressive congresswoman ...Read more

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Court nominee Emil Bove faces new accusation ahead of confirmation hearing

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WASHINGTON — A day ahead of a confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s choice of former defense attorney Emil Bove for a lifetime spot on a federal appeals court, a former Justice Department attorney said Bove had discussed plans to defy potential court orders that may frustrate the president’s deportation plans.

Bove, who was ...Read more

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Trump, basking in Mideast ceasefire, displays a flare of frustration with Putin

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WASHINGTON — Aboard Air Force One over the Atlantic on Tuesday, President Donald Trump turned his attention for a brief moment from the diplomatic victory he had brokered between Israel and Iran to one that has proven far more elusive.

"I'd like to see a deal with Russia," Trump told reporters before arriving in the Netherlands for a NATO ...Read more

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Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales from Republican budget bill

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A provision that would mandate the sale of federal public lands across the West — including in Colorado — cannot be included in the Republican budget bill, the U.S. Senate’s nonpartisan rulekeeper has decided.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled late Monday that the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of U.S. Forest Service and ...Read more

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On Dobbs anniversary, Democrats note GOP bill's abortion entanglements

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​WASHINGTON — Three years after the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion in the United States, Senate Democrats are calling for the removal of further abortion restrictions in the Republican reconciliation bill.

Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, the third anniversary of the landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s ...Read more

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GOP weighs canceling recess to wrap up Trump's budget bill

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WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are stepping on the gas to get the giant budget reconciliation package to President Donald Trump’s desk after a renewed push by the president for his Capitol Hill allies to meet his July 4 deadline.

But from tax provisions to Medicaid changes, roadblocks remain in meeting that aggressive timetable, which is ...Read more

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Dropping F-bomb, Trump heads to NATO summit angry with Israel and Iran

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WASHINGTON — NATO leaders kicked off a summit in the Netherlands this week without President Donald Trump, with some saying they made the journey to preserve the core values of the alliance. But a fired-up American commander in chief could put that focus to the test.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he was at the NATO summit ...Read more

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Robert Garcia wins top Democratic spot on Oversight panel

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert Garcia of California will take over as the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, signaling a shift toward younger leadership among his party.

The ranking member position opened earlier this year when Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly announced he would step down after his esophageal ...Read more

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Trump orders Congress to stay in Washington to pass Big Beautiful Bill

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered Republican lawmakers to stay in Washington, D.C. for as long as it takes to bridge their differences and pass his sprawling budget bill.

With a self-imposed July 4 deadline looming, Trump warned the GOP-led Congress that there will be no fireworks in their home districts and holiday cookouts until they ...Read more

 

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