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Everything you need to know about politics in the Chattanooga area, from local government meetings to elections.
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Trump wants to shake up health care. Many Americans don’t mind.
As a nature-loving physical therapist in Boulder, Colorado, Colin O'Banion shops at farmers markets, grows organic squash in his backyard and thought he could never vote for Donald Trump.
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Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be ‘HELL TO PAY’
President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be "HELL TO PAY."
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Trudeau told Trump Americans would also suffer if tariffs are imposed, a Canadian minister says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday.
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Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election
In the days after the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray with her around campus. Her mom also ordered her and her sister a self-defense kit that included keychain spikes, a hidden knife key and a personal alarm.
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Two state House reps enter race for Tennessee Democratic Party chair
Two Tennessee House representatives have entered the race for the Tennessee Democratic Party chair position.
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Trump selects longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
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Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state
The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania in this year's election has prompted predictable vows to rebound, but it has also sowed doubts about whether Pennsylvania might be leaving the ranks of up-for-grabs swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio's.
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Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks
A number of President-elect Donald Trump 's most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating.
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Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win
The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration.
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After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoff
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday reached a required agreement with President Joe Biden's White House to allow his transition staff to coordinate with the existing federal workforce before taking office on Jan. 20.
