Nation and World
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US intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for Alien Enemies Act deportations
Apr 17, 2025 7:53 pm - The National Intelligence Council, drawing on the acumen of the United States’ 18 intelligence agencies, determined in a secret assessment early this month that the Venez...
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Supreme Court will review Trump’s attempt to ban birthright citizenship
Apr 17, 2025 7:09 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday kept President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship on hold but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. ...
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DHS demands records of Harvard’s foreign students, threatens enrollment
Apr 17, 2025 5:01 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem on Wednesday demanded that Harvard University submit records before next month on foreign students alleged to have engaged in “...
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Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing
Apr 17, 2025 4:56 pm - Harvard University stands to lose billions in federal funding, but the government’s actions against one of the world’s top research institutions were applied with vague a...
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Lebanese army making progress in displacing Hezbollah near Israeli border
Apr 17, 2025 4:30 pm - BEIRUT — The Lebanese army has increased its deployment in the country’s south over the past few months, confiscating Hezbollah’s arms and dismantling its positions under...
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Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says
Apr 17, 2025 4:25 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s claim that it can't do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shoc...
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Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say
Apr 17, 2025 4:13 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip aid groups are raising new alarm over Israel’s blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where it has barred entry of all food and other goods for...
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Florida State gunman used deputy mom's former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
Apr 17, 2025 12:43 pm - Multiple victims were reported in a shooting Thursday at Florida State University and a suspect was taken into police custody, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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A recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointment
Apr 17, 2025 10:25 am - Pope Francis visited Rome's central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate, even as he continues recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.
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UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stage
Apr 17, 2025 10:23 am - Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program are “in a very crucial” stage, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday while on a visit to the Islamic Republic.