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Headlines 5 November 2025

Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court

President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction on 34 New York state charges just before midnight last Tuesday, arguing, in part, that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling giving the president broad immunity invalidated the conviction.

Headlines 5 November 2025

Details of DHS agreement reveal risks of Trump administration’s use of Social Security data for voter citizenship checks

This year, when states began using an expanded Department of Homeland Security system to check their voter rolls for noncitizens, it was supposed to validate the Trump administration’s push to harness data from across federal agencies to expose illicit voting and stiffen immigration enforcement.

Headlines 4 November 2025

Trump isn’t sending troops to cities with highest crime rates, data shows

President Donald Trump has argued that he needs to deploy National Guard troops across state lines to protect federal personnel and property or to support overwhelmed local law enforcement in cities he claims are “overrun” by crime.

Headlines 31 October 2025

Competition in Big Tech is at stake as Trump seeks more control of FTC

Leaders in the tech industry have enjoyed more freedom to make business moves and an overall deregulatory attitude under the Trump administration, but antitrust experts say the administration’s hands-off approach could end up hurting American companies’ ability to innovate and compete on a global scale.

Headlines 3 October 2025

Senate Democrats blame Trump’s assault on clean energy for high electricity prices

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Headlines 30 September 2025

‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump lashes out at world leaders at UN

President Donald Trump harshly criticized fellow world leaders last Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly days after key allies of the United States recognized a Palestinian state, and as NATO vows to defend Europe amid recent Russian air incursions.

Headlines 29 September 2025

Trump’s $100K fee for H-1B visas could have “huge” effect on tech industry

A proclamation signed by President Donald Trump this month seeking to restrict entry of non-immigrant workers to the U.S. and apply a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications created confusion and concern within the tech industry over the weekend.

Headlines 27 September 2025

Ohio’s rural and safety-net hospitals will lose big under new Medicaid rules, analysis says

One of the main ways President Donald Trump’s signature law will save billions in the Medicaid program is through new work requirements. An analysis released Thursday said they will put a big dent in Ohio hospital revenues while increasing the cost of caring for newly uninsured patients.

Headlines 26 September 2025

Trump ties autism to Tylenol use in pregnancy despite inconclusive scientific evidence

President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration believes it’s found one contributing factor of autism and a possible treatment, though experts have said such claims are inconclusive and not backed by scientific evidence.

Headlines 17 September 2025

Trump penalty of $83M in E. Jean Carroll case upheld by appeals court

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld that President Donald Trump must pay an $83 million penalty for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019, rejecting Trump’s argument that presidential immunity shields him from the punishment.

Headlines 8 September 2025

Experts say Trump’s meddling with job-data agency will hurt the Ohio economy

President Donald Trump might not have liked the numbers on Aug. 1, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy had added just 73,000 jobs in July and downwardly revised the two previous months by a combined 258,000.

Headlines 6 September 2025

Trump’s bid to support coal could cost ratepayers billions, report finds

Mandates from President Donald Trump’s administration to retain aging coal plants could cause a massive spike in energy costs, according to an independent analysis commissioned by several environmental groups.

Headlines 2 September 2025

As Trump tariffs gyrate, economists say the impact on Ohio is murky

President Donald Trump has imposed massive tariffs on U.S. trading partners and threatened many more. Several economists said last month that it’s difficult at this point to predict their impact on the economies of Ohio and other states.

Headlines 28 August 2025

Trump administration moves to end veterans’ abortion access in cases of rape, incest and health

The Trump administration has taken its first step toward restricting access to abortions for veterans who are covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical benefits, reversing a 2022 rule.

Headlines 25 August 2025

Trump wants states to feed voter info into powerful citizenship data program

The Trump administration is developing a powerful data tool it claims will let states identify noncitizens registered to vote. But Democratic critics and data experts warn it could allow the federal government to vacuum up vast quantities of information on Americans for unclear purposes.

Headlines 14 August 2025

Trump’s mass deportations opened the door for deploying National Guard in D.C.

President Donald Trump’s move to deploy 800 National Guard members in the District of Columbia over claims that crime is plaguing the city – despite historic lows – follows his use of the military in his administration’s growing immigration crackdown.