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The US Constitution was translated into German and Dutch in 1787-88 to inform the public and encourage engagement during ratification. Trump aims to overturn this long civic tradition of multilingual government. (Daniel Olson, Clemson University)

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Former Indiana Dunes park employee Eric Anderson was among the 1,000 probationary park service staff members terminated as President Donald Trump’s administration freezes funding and slashes personnel across federal agencies.

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Trump signs order designating English as the official language of the US

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Elon Musk’s quest for power has a new target: Wisconsin’s supreme court

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There is no way to understate what is happening in America – a sinister alliance between a demagogue, the world’s richest man, and right-wing activists is remaking the federal government.

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U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped in 2023, and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted in 2024.

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Nine people were arrested during a demonstration protesting Elon Musk's role in cuts to the federal workforce at the behest of Donald Trump reut.rs/41phbQo

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An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

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Bennet is not up for reelection until 2028, meaning if he doesn’t resign from his Senate seat, he could return to Washington, D.C., if his gubernatorial bid fails.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebuffs Republicans calling for him to resign

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Opinion: U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance has dismissed disinformation as a fabrication of 'old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Soviet-era words' to justify censorship.

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$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that’s over

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The Trump administration keeps reciting the statistic that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. That’s astoundingly low — and completely untrue. Here’s how an online survey was taken out of context to perpetuate a myth:

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Piers Morgan has said he has had a "worse scene" with Donald Trump than that unleashed on Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.

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Dr. Frances Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.

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💪 🪖 UK PM: Britain ready to back "coalition of the willing" with "boots on the ground and planes in the air"

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The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church brought a message of hope and resilience to Winnipeg on Sunday amid concern and anger over Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s clash in the White House.

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“I think millions of Americans are embarrassed, are ashamed that you have a president of the United States who says Ukraine started the war, that Zelenskyy is a dictator,” Bernie Sanders said, referring to Trump. “He’s got it exactly backwards.

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😯 🧠 EU Commission president: Ukraine must be turned into "steel porcupine, indigestible to invaders"

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CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies

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Letter: Justice Clarence Thomas is no originalist

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A story of an immigrant neighborhood where Trump made big inroads. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/n...

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King Charles III's invitation to President Donald Trump to make an "unprecedented" second state visit to the UK has been met with widespread criticism from angry Brits.

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Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society was one of numerous organizations taking part in Coldest Night of the Year, an international event focused on providing smaller charities the resources to host larger fundraisers. The Feb. 22 walk raised over $20,000 and donations are still coming in.

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Kamala Harris is reportedly due to make a surprise guest appearance at tonight's Oscar Awards.

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Wildfires raged across North and South Carolina on Sunday, compelling officials to order evacuations near Myrtle Beach and in the Blue Ridge Mountains as dry and windy conditions whipped up flames over the weekend.

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President Trump has directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up logging across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands.

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Trump says he demanded $500bn of rare earths as part of a deal to end the war. But Soviet surveys and western rules could play into Zelensky’s hands

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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s billionaire buddy turned commerce secretary, has confirmed that the administration was simply lying to MAGA supporters about not touching Social Security and Medicare.

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In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official has shied away from one of the government’s most important tools, experts said on Sunday: loudly and directly encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated.

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Furious protesters have gathered outside billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla stores as part of a backlash against the world's richest man's push to slash government spending on behalf of Donald Trump.

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Letter: Don’t let the Utah Legislature curtail public access to government records and dealings

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month that the Trump administration has skirted the process of congressional approval for sending arms to the country.

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The surprising investment at U.S. schools? Tens of millions of dollars on new shop classes. Turns out welders, mechanics and carpenters have a real future in the digital age. “These are secure jobs.”

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Palestinians in Gaza fear starvation during Ramadan after Israel blocked aid following Hamas’s rejection of extending the first phase of the ceasefire, which expired Saturday. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage:

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Norwegian fuel company refuses service to US forces, including submarines, after Trump-Zelensky blow up and they're asking other European companies to do the same.

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Gun lobbyists gave Cambridge Analytica a trove of data on gun owners derived from warranty cards, voter rolls, hunting licenses and other sources. Here’s how Cambridge used the info to drum up support for the gun industry’s preferred candidates.

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A record 533 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced in state legislatures in 2024. A #healthpolicy researcher explains how these policies can harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans:

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As we brace for federal restrictions, state lawmakers are moving to hamper future abortion ballot campaigns, and are even attacking amendments that have already passed. @susanrinkunas.com explains some of the GOP's most recent attacks on abortion.

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The new FBI director says he plans to WFH and run things remotely from Las Vegas. But why won’t he answer about who else lives in his house?

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The brutal shake-up at MSNBC, the liberal news channel that has been been at the forefront of scrutinizing Donald Trump and his politics, could lead to the loss of progressive voices and stories affecting people of color, media experts said.

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Thousands of South Carolina residents have been told to leave their homes as a wildfire, believed to cover at least 1,200 acres, rages on.

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The rallying cry means, "Glory to Ukraine." cnn.it/3F36vPN

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⚡️Kash Patel, the newly appointed director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), called on US Congress to investigate how aid money sent to Ukraine has been used, The Epoch Times reported on March 2.

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