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U.S. Spy Agencies Assess Iran Remains Undecided on Building a Bomb

U.S. intelligence officials said Iran was likely to pivot toward producing a nuclear weapon if the U.S. attacked a main uranium enrichment site, or if Israel killed its supreme leader.

admin June 20, 2025

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Oil Prices Climb as Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Surrender’

They rose more than 4 percent as traders wondered if the United States would take a more active role in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

admin June 18, 2025

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Appeals Court to Consider on Tuesday if Trump Can Control National Guard in L.A.

A three-judge panel will determine whether National Guard troops can remain under President Trump’s command in Los Angeles as protests against immigration raids continue.

admin June 17, 2025

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Senate G.O.P. Releases Domestic Policy Bill With Deeper Cuts to Medicaid

The proposal would salvage some clean-energy tax credits and phase out others more slowly, making up some of the cost by imposing deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed bill would.

admin June 17, 2025

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Trump’s Strategy in Law Firm Cases: Lose, Don’t Appeal, Yet Prevail

The handful of notable firms that were targeted by the president for punishment but chose to fight have uniformly won. Nine others have nonetheless pledged almost $1 billion in free legal work.

admin June 16, 2025

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Randi Weingarten Quits D.N.C. Post in Dispute With Chairman

In a letter to the party’s chairman, Ken Martin, Ms. Weingarten wrote, “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging.”

admin June 16, 2025

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Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.

admin June 14, 2025

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Here Are Some of the Southern California Immigration Raids From the Past Week

At least five carwashes across Los Angeles County and Orange County have been raided since Sunday, according to one labor group.

admin June 14, 2025

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Trump Was Already a Crypto Czar in 2024

Financial disclosures for 2024 filed by the president on Friday show that digital coins had already become one of his family’s most successful ventures.

admin June 14, 2025

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Senate G.O.P. Includes Expanded Fund for Radiation Victims in Policy Bill

The provision, long advocated by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, would revive and broaden a law for compensating those who developed serious illnesses from government-caused nuclear contamination.

admin June 13, 2025