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Fact-checking Trump’s plaques for past presidents at the White House ‘Walk of Fame’
In a break from tradition, President Donald Trump decorated a White House walkway with bronze plaques for each U.S. president. In an even sharper break with tradition, the plaques were written in a style echoing Trump’s Truth Social posts, with misleading or false descriptions of recent Democratic presidents.Politics
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The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.Government
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On Politics: Bloom is off Hawaii’s rosy financial picture
Watch your budget this Christmas season — as officials from Washington to Honolulu have their eyes on taking, not giving this year.Politics
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Algeria bill seeks to criminalise French colonial rule: What to know
Algerian parliament is set to vote on Wednesday on the draft law, which speaker calls a ‘defining milestone’.Politics
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Column: Is the federal government finally transcending its ‘Reefer Madness’ view of cannabis?
Weirdly, Trump’s executive order to reschedule cannabis coincides with an analysis casting doubt on whether pot actually helps with pain, insomnia and stress.Government
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Commentary: She went to jail for Trump’s Big Lie. He’s trying to get her sprung
The president issued a symbolic and meaningless ‘pardon’ for Tina Peters, who was convicted on seven criminal counts tied to Trump’s Big Lie about a stolen 2020 election. She remains unrepentant.Politics
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Pennsylvania’s role in ACA subsidies debate crystalized health care as a dominating political force in 2026 midterms
WASHINGTON — Lynn Weidner, a 42-year-old home care worker from Allentown, had already spent much of this year frustrated with her congressman…Politics
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Streeting says NHS ‘coping’ during resident doctors’ strike but faces difficult recovery over Christmas
Five-day industrial action is due to end tomorrow, and health secretary says talks will resume in new yearPolitics
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English voters scatter from the center, strengthening extremes
England appears to be on the edge of a shift away from its traditional Labour-Conservative axis, to more radical parties such as Reform UK and the Greens.Politics