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Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing 'dangerous times'
President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing "troubled and dangerous times."
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House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership
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President Petro's clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner
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Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland
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US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
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California loses $160M for delaying revocation of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses for immigrants
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A man and his old dog are home at last after fleeing LA area fires
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Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts
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ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump's latest immigration operation
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US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide
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Separatist group in Yemen loses contact with delegation that went to Riyadh for talks
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CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
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Trump seeks $6.2 million in legal fees from Fani Willis' office over election interference case
Man who held himself out as Native American activist sentenced to 46 years for serial rapes
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Georgia Republicans move to scrap state income tax by 2032 despite concerns
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ownership announces it's shutting down paper in May
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Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit China next week as Canada pivots away from the US
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Nebraska senator faces historic expulsion vote over sexual misconduct allegations
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Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown
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US suspends assistance to Somalia's federal government, alleging it seized food aid
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Justice Department sues Connecticut and Arizona as part of effort to get voter data from the states
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Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seats
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The Latest: ICE officer shoots and kills a woman during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
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Rescuers use drone technology to find dog that escaped along New Jersey Turnpike
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Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It's part of his affordability plan
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Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says
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Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge
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Homicides continue to fall in Detroit as city mirrors national trend on violent crime
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