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Colorado sues Trump administration over $600 million in withheld energy funds

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DENVER — Colorado has joined another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time to claim approximately $600 million in federal energy funds approved by Congress.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is seeking an estimated $2.7 billion appropriated to 13 states through the ...Read more

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White House communications director blasts Bruce Springsteen with his own lyrics

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NEW YORK — The White House is writing off Bruce Springsteen — and it’s using the Boss’ own lyrics to do it.

Springsteen and his E Street Band earlier this week announced that their 20-stop “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” will kick off on March 31 with a performance in Minneapolis. The location, a site of ongoing unrest since the ...Read more

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US deploys vast Mideast force as Trump pressures Iran

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The U.S. military is stationing a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refueling tankers, giving President Donald Trump the option for a major attack against Iran as he pressures the country to strike a deal over its nuclear program.

The deployment is unlike anything the U.S. has done since ...Read more

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Trump heralds billions in aid, troop commitments for Gaza

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his Board of Peace received roughly $17 billion in pledges toward humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, and that more than half a dozen countries promised personnel to a stabilization force in the war-torn territory.

The announcements made Thursday during the group’s first meeting in ...Read more

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Trump's Board of Peace convenes with $7 billion pledges for Gaza aid

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President Donald Trump launched his international Board of Peace Thursday with grand talk of global problem-solving and $7 billion in pledges for aid from nine Muslim nations to rebuild Gaza.

With 40 nations but few major traditional U.S. allies represented at the inaugural gathering, Trump ticked off his familiar claims of resolving several ...Read more

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Trump heralds billions in aid, troop commitments for Gaza

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his Board of Peace received roughly $17 billion in pledges toward humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, and that more than half a dozen countries promised personnel to a stabilization force in the war-torn territory.

The announcements made Thursday during the group’s first meeting in ...Read more

US deploys vast Mideast force as Trump pressures Iran

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The U.S. military is deploying a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refueling tankers, giving President Donald Trump the option for a major attack against Iran as he pressures the country to strike a deal over its nuclear program.

The deployment is unlike anything the U.S. has done since ...Read more

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When is the shutdown 'snapping point'? Don't ask the House

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WASHINGTON — Last fall, a breakaway group of Senate Democrats undercut their party to make a deal with Republicans and reopen the government, angering many of their colleagues in the other chamber.

Now, with the Department of Homeland Security shuttered in the midst of a fierce fight over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, some ...Read more

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Wait for Supreme Court tariff decision reveals potential fallout

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has gone more than three months without issuing a decision since it heard oral arguments on the legality of President Donald Trump’s worldwide tariffs, as evidence of the potential fallout has emerged across Washington.

The justices kept the tariffs in place as they weigh Trump’s signature domestic and ...Read more

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Lawmakers try to halt ICE plans for new detention centers

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WASHINGTON — Local officials in Kansas City celebrated when a development company abandoned plans last week to sell a warehouse to the U.S. government for the purpose of becoming a 7,500-bed immigration detention center — including Reps. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri.

The Democrats had raised concerns in ...Read more

Trump's Gaza peace at risk of stagnating with Hamas still armed

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace — set up to secure a durable end to the war in Gaza — will hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on Thursday with multiple barriers to overcome, not least the question of how to disarm Hamas and avert a resumption of full-on conflict.

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group has ...Read more

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Iran's diplomatic window is closing, UN atomic watchdog says

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The U.S. military build-up in the Middle East means Iran’s window to reach a diplomatic agreement over its atomic activities is at risk of closing, according to the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has discussed concrete proposals with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to inspect sites ...Read more

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Bernie Sanders kicks off billionaires tax campaign with choice words for the 'oligarchs'

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LOS ANGELES — Populist Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday formally kicked off the campaign to place a billionaires tax on the November ballot, framing the proposal as something larger than a debate about economic and tax policy as he appeared at a storied Los Angeles venue.

"The billionaire class no longer sees itself as part of American ...Read more

Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus prepare to disperse student protesters on May 4, 1970. Troops later opened fire on students, killing four. Howard Ruffner/Getty Images

Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970

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The president announces an aggressive, controversial policy. Large groups of protesters take to the streets. Government agents open fire and kill protesters.

All of these events, familiar from Minneapolis in 2026, also played out at Ohio’s Kent State University in 1970. In my academic writing about the First Amendment, I have ...Read more

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Last nuclear weapons limits expired – pushing world toward new arms race

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For the first time in more than half a century, there are no binding restraints on the buildup of the largest nuclear forces on Earth. The New START treaty expired on Feb. 5, 2026, ending the last agreed limits on U.S. and Russian nuclear forces.

New START limited the number of strategic nuclear weapons the United States and Russia ...Read more

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Kim Jong Un shows off missile launchers as party congress nears

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showcased dozens of new rocket launchers designed for a “strategic mission” as the country prepares to hold a rare party congress in the coming days to lay out its key policy agenda for the next five years.

North Korea’s munitions industry presented 50 600mm-caliber multiple rocket launchers to the Ninth ...Read more

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Trump invokes defense law on phosphorus, herbicide supplies

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President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at protecting domestic supplies of elemental phosphorus used by the U.S. military and glyphosate-based herbicides common in U.S. agricultural production, according to a White House official.

The executive order, which Trump signed on Wednesday, invokes the Defense Production Act to protect domestic ...Read more

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Kevin Kiley says no return to CA Legislature, it's 'important' to be in House

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Rep. Kevin Kiley remains undecided on his looming congressional reelection campaign, but he has ruled out a return to the California Legislature.

Kiley offered the latest update to his reelection campaign at a live event Tuesday night hosted by The Sacramento Bee. The event, held at the Historic Loomis Train Depot Plaza, allowed residents to ...Read more

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House Oversight Dems want details on Moroun meeting with Trump official

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WASHINGTON ― Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and the top Democrat on a key House panel are pressing the owner of the Ambassador Bridge to reveal details about his reported meeting last week with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about a soon-to-open competing span, the Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Tlaib and U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of ...Read more

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Markey to join Democrats boycotting Trump's State of the Union address

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U.S. Senator Ed Markey, D-MA, says he will be boycotting President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week and will instead join “The People’s State of the Union,” joining several fellow congressional Democrats in a counterprogramming demonstration against the president.

“The State of the Union should be a reckoning with ...Read more

 

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