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Suit alleges Homeland Security targeted people observing, protesting immigration agents
Three people who observed federal immigration enforcement during the Trump administration’s sometimes-violent surge said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday the Department of Homeland Security illega...
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Flood of poll watchers, observers, monitors to descend on midterm voters
WASHINGTON — Political party poll watchers are showing up more and more, usually outside polling places. They have a different mission than the nonpartisan election observers long regarded as bulwar...
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Trump imposes new host of tariffs on trading partners, alleging they use forced labor
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reignited his tariff agenda Friday by imposing new import taxes on products from dozens of top U.S. trading partners, immediately replacing temporary global tarif...
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USDA union leaders rally against proposed DC downsizing
A group of current and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employees are calling on the Trump administration to halt the mandated relocation of more than 2,500 employees from its Washington, D.C., h...
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Democratic panel recommends South Carolina lead 2028 presidential nominating calendar
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday that South Carolina should hold the party’s first primary in the 2028 presidential election cycle. The ...
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‘It puts special education back 50 years.’ Ohio advocates concerned over recent federal changes.
Ohio special education advocates fear recent changes to the U.S. Department of Education will cause confusion, delays, and a loss of service to students. The Trump administration announced in June i...
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Ohio governor candidate suggested consolidating universities. Economists think it’s a bad idea.
Republican nominee for governor Vivek Ramaswamy in March said that consolidating Ohio’s public universities would make higher education better and more affordable. The strong consensus of economists...
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More Ohioans are getting their power shut off as energy costs surge
This story was originally published by Canary Media. More and more Ohioans are struggling to pay their utility bills. That’s one clear takeaway from the latest utility reports showing how many custo...