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Trump Targets Agency Overseeing the Presidio, a Cherished San Francisco Park

Trump Targets Agency Overseeing the Presidio, a Cherished San Francisco Park

Feb 20, 2025

An executive order from the president also took aim at three independent agencies that promote peace abroad and work on development in Latin American and Africa.

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Venezuelan Americans Are About to Find Out if They Hold Real Political Sway

Venezuelan Americans Are About to Find Out if They Hold Real Political Sway

Feb 20, 2025

Will President Trump’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants dim Venezuelan Americans’ strong support for him?

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Trump Says Federal Government Should ‘Take Over’ Washington D.C

Trump Says Federal Government Should ‘Take Over’ Washington D.C

Feb 20, 2025

President Trump said the federal government should control the nation’s capital. Democrats and most local residents have long argued that Washington, D.C., should be a state.

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Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funds for Undocumented Migrants

Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funds for Undocumented Migrants

Feb 20, 2025

President Trump’s executive order also directed federal departments and agencies to ensure that federal funds do not encourage people to come to the United States illegally.

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A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation

A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation

Feb 19, 2025

Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist, returned to North Dakota, where, under home confinement, he will serve the remainder of his life sentence for the murders of two F.B.I. agents.

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Trump Says DOGE Savings Could Be Returned to Taxpayers

Trump Says DOGE Savings Could Be Returned to Taxpayers

Feb 19, 2025

The president said a plan to return money culled from budget cuts and work force reductions to taxpayers was “under consideration,” but he offered no details about how or if it could be done.

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Alabama Grand Jury Calls for Police Force to Be Abolished After Indicting 5 Officers

Alabama Grand Jury Calls for Police Force to Be Abolished After Indicting 5 Officers

Feb 19, 2025

The grand jury said that the Hanceville Police Department, which had eight officers as of last August, had been operating “as more of a criminal enterprise.”

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Trump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election

Trump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election

Feb 19, 2025

The president’s remarks were a surprisingly public acknowledgment that he had campaigned for his freedom as much as for the White House itself.

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Send Us Your Views on Airplane Safety and the D.C. Reagon Airport Crash

Send Us Your Views on Airplane Safety and the D.C. Reagon Airport Crash

Feb 19, 2025

We want to hear your perspective on the circumstances that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport, and on air safety and regulation in general. What works and what does not?

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Trump Urged to Halt Firings at the F.A.A.

Trump Urged to Halt Firings at the F.A.A.

Feb 19, 2025

After a string of deadly plane crashes, lawmakers and union members are urging the president to protect the transportation department from further personnel cuts.

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