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Thursday, July 17, 2025

In a few short remarks, the president revealed he has very little knowledge of the U.S. economy; is incapable of remembering where his own representatives or aides are and cannot stay awake during an early afternoon public appearance, Holly Baxter writes. read more


Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States ... read more


President Trump is expected to sign an executive order in the coming days designed to help make private-market investments more available to U.S. retirement plans, according to people familiar with the matter. read more


Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office ...


Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday ... read more


The US Department of Justice has fired a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell ... read more


President Donald Trump was examined for swelling in his legs and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday. read more


Donald Trump has imposed a 17 percent tariff on tomatoes imported from Mexico ... read more


A shop clerk said she never stopped screaming and fighting after a man grabbed her from where she worked and tried to put her in his truck. Fear of losing her job motivated her to try and stop a man who had grabbed items from the shop from leaving. read more


U.N. ambassador nominee Mike Waltz denied any sensitive information was shared during a controversial mobile app chat in March while undergoing a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. read more


Afghanistan was granted Temporary Protected Status in 2022 under the Biden administration following the U.S. military withdrawal and the Taliban's return to power. read more


Louisiana voted for Trump. But it also relies heavily on Medicaid benefits, which are set to face steep cuts under the president's new One Big Beautiful Bill Act. read more


NBC News shows how Americans are chronicling Trump's mass deportations by videoing the masked agents taking people away. The fear on the faces of those being taken away by the masked men, many who do not look like federal officials nor show identification, is heartbreaking. Amazing is the number of Americans who fearlessly film the agents who are taking the people away. read more


As he wages war on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Donald Trump can't seem to remember he was the one who first appointed him. read more


Election clerks in both parties, already facing harassment and lawsuits over Trump's false 2020 election claims, worry about efforts to examine voting machines. read more


Nick Turse writes for The Intercept about the military operation in Las Angele's: He wasn't even a protester -- just rushing to an appointment in a federal building. read more


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