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President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington, en route to Joint Base Andrews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump pledge to 'immediately' end protections for Minnesota Somalis sparks fear and legal questions

The Wisconsin State Capitol is seen from Bascom Hill on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

WisconsinEye may shut down due to lack of funding

FILE - Election workers process ballots for the 2024 General Election, Nov. 5, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin clerks refer 46 cases of suspected fraud, irregularities in 2024 presidential election

FILE -An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump expects meeting with Mamdani to be ‘quite civil’

Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Schools fear disruptions as the White House begins dismantling the Education Department

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks on how AI infrastructure and AI factories that generate intelligence at scale are powering a new industrial revolution, at Washington Convention Center, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bubble fears ease but investors still waiting for AI to live up to its promise

Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council, walks with a Chicago Public School's student walkout in protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents around Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Federal prosecutors dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks from the chamber to speak with reporters after the final vote to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its own

A license plate reader stands along the side of a road, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Stockdale, Texas. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns

FILE - This April 1, 2025 photo shows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, file)

CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Delayed job report shows 119,000 jobs added in September

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Emotions run high over bill to hunt sandhill cranes in Wisconsin

photo of fog, lake, vegetation

A Fall Outdoor Odyssey

FILE - Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Groups push back on Montana’s ‘data center boom’ in petition before utility commission

The work of seeking and synthesizing information can improve understanding of it compared to reading a summary. Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall in Houston, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

Why Trump's plan to help GOP keep control of the House could backfire

Military jets fly over the White House as President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Comey’s lawyers to argue that Trump’s prosecution is vindictive, must be tossed

FILE - Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the federal courthouse after a hearing in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Prosecutor says plea talks underway with Wisconsin judge accused of helping immigrant dodge agents

Sydney Brennan at meeting

Menomonie Open Town Hall with Sydney Brennan

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