Trump’s budget calls for a 15 percent funding cut to the Education Department
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Special session looms as Minnesota lawmakers narrow remaining budget obstacles
Already behind schedule, Minnesota lawmakers aim to complete a new state budget this week and head off the possibility of…
Trump’s $5 million Gold Card offers the rich a fast lane to residency
President Donald Trump holds up the $5 million gold card as he speaks to reporters while in flight on board…
Trump promised peace in Ukraine within a day. Here’s what actually happened
Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a trolleybus depot following a drone strike in Kharkiv on Friday, amid…
Minnesota public TV station leads fight against Trump executive order to defund public media
PBS stations across the country are on the brink of losing a big chunk of their funding, but a small…
Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
While addressing the Libertarian Party national convention in 2024, President Trump promised to free Ross Ulbricht, a former tech entrepreneur…
Trump’s deals with law firms are like deals ‘made with a gun to the head,’ lawyers say
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Trump says he will withdraw nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
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Putin is preparing for more war, U.S. senators warn, urging swift sanctions and global action
Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling at the peace table while preparing a new military offensive in Ukraine, two senior…
The White House is deporting people to countries they're not from. Why?
Detainees board a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at King County International Airport on April 15,…