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Trump abandons promise to avoid war by inserting U.S. into Netanyahu’s undeclared war with Iran

Donald Trump expressed certainty that his big gamble to directly assist the Israelis delivered a knockout blow to Iran’s nuclear program, even as many supporters and detractors alike were...
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Trump outsmarted by Netanyahu over Iran as U.S. stumbles closer to another Middle East war

Donald Trump’s calls for Iran to surrender “unconditionally” have drawn sharp warnings from Tehran and stirred growing fears of deeper U.S. military involvement, as Israeli warplanes continue to...
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A guide to understanding what Juneteenth is and how to celebrate the 160-year-old national holiday

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation...
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Wisconsin dairy farmer files lawsuit claiming Trump is failing to stop discrimination against White farmers

A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed on June 16 that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to White farmers by continuing programs that favor...
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When a cult goes mainstream: Inside the toxic psychological engine of Trump’s MAGA movement

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2025, his political base has emerged as one of the most studied and polarizing forces in American political history. Hardened through years of...
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A divided nation still battles over the legacy of independence 250 years after the American Revolution

Thousands of people came to this Massachusetts town on April 19 just before dawn to witness the beginnings of the American Revolution. Amid a hail of gunfire, they watched as British soldiers...
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“No Kings” protest draws massive Milwaukee turnout in defiance of Trump’s military spectacle

Thousands of demonstrators packed Cathedral Square Park in Milwaukee on June 14 in a powerful display against Donald Trump and his military-themed birthday celebration in Washington DC. The protest, part of the nationwide “No Kings” movement, was one of the largest in Wisconsin.

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How the military spectacle marking U.S. Army’s 250th birthday will unfold under Trump’s imperial gaze

The tanks are staged and ready to roll. Barriers are up. Protective metal plating has been laid out on Washington’s streets. And more than 6,000 troops are poised to march near the National...
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Outrage after Senator Padilla tackled for opposing Noem’s coup threat against elected California leaders

“If this is how they respond to a senator with a question, imagine what they’re doing across the country … you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day...
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Broadband deserts in Milwaukee expose a form of digital redlining that mirrors historic inequalities

In Milwaukee, where legacies of housing discrimination still shape economic opportunity and public health, a quieter but equally consequential form of infrastructure inequality persists: digital...
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la comunidad puertorriqueña de Milwaukee celebra el histórico regreso del desfile tras tres décadas de ausencia

Milwaukee fue sede del regreso del Desfile del Día Puertorriqueño el 8 de junio, marcando la primera vez en tres décadas que la ciudad celebró públicamente a gran escala el Día Nacional...
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Milwaukee advocates join peaceful nationwide protests against Trump’s mass detentions by ICE in L.A.

Donald Trump made no secret of his willingness to use maximalist tactics to enforce his biased interpretation of immigration laws as he campaigned in the 2024 election to stay out of jail. The...
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