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Trump kicks off a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary in Iowa
President Donald Trump turned a heartland festival for the United States' upcoming 250th anniversary into a celebration of himself, basking in a crowd of supporters Thursday night shortly after Congress approved tax cut legislation that he championed.
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What’s in Trump’s big bill that passed Congress and will soon become law
Republicans muscled President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut bill through the House on Thursday, the final step necessary to get the bill to his desk by the GOP's self-imposed deadline of July 4th.
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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship.
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Chattanooga jobs boom unevenly improved poverty, study finds
Chattanooga's overall poverty rate decreased around 3% between 2013 and 2023 as the gap between Black and white residents closed, but not everyone benefited equally from jobs growth, a new study found.
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Hamilton County Mayor Wamp says $3 billion project not realistic for McDonald Farm
A $3 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing facility seeking a home in Tennessee was not a realistic fit for Hamilton County due to a lack of viable sites, County Mayor Weston Wamp said.
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City, county mayors mull immigration enforcement
Federal immigration policy crept into a conversation between two Chattanooga area leaders at a business group's event Tuesday.
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County Mayor Wamp’s reelection campaign surveys opinions
A survey funded by Republican Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's reelection campaign, which asked about his performance, his sister, two of Wamp's critics on the County Commission, tourism funding, tax increases and the schools superintendent, is stirring conversation.
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Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.
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Dalton student who was detained addresses Senate Democrats
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, the Dalton teen who spent 2 1/2 weeks in an immigration detention facility after police pulled her over by mistake, spoke for around two minutes to U.S. Senate Democrats.
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Chattanooga closing in on $345.2 million budget
Chattanooga got one vote closer to setting its spending in the next fiscal year as concerns about raises and a potential tax hike shaped some budget discussions.
