Nation and World
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Russia launches a large-scale attack on Ukraine, killing 3 and wounding dozens
Sep 20, 2025 5:45 pm - Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting regions across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said.
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Members of Congress take steps to tighten their own security after Kirk’s killingSep 20, 2025 5:40 pm - As House Speaker Mike Johnson gathered lawmakers this week to mourn Charlie Kirk, he summed up the grief felt by many on Capitol Hill — and the pervasive fear.
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Trump’s media enforcer is relishing his Jimmy Kimmel moment
Sep 20, 2025 3:16 pm - Naming Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission in November, President-elect Donald Trump heralded him as a “warrior for free speech.”Now, after spearheading the Trump administration’s successful push for ABC to take comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air, Carr has become a gleeful avatar of what critics say is a sweeping government crackdown on speech — and his backers see as an overdue reckoning with an instinctively liberal broadcast industry.
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Emerging TikTok deal with China ensures US control of board and crucial algorithm, White House says
Sep 20, 2025 3:04 pm - An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations, the White House said Saturday.
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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza City as some countries prepare to recognize Palestinian state
Sep 20, 2025 3:02 pm - Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, health officials said, as Israel ramps up its offensive and urges Palestinians to leave. Later on Saturday, thousands of people joined the families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas to demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiate an end to the war.
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Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Sep 19, 2025 8:44 pm - The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday on journalists at the Pentagon, saying it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey.
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US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud case is resigning: AP sources
Sep 19, 2025 8:01 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal char...
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Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he’ll later go to China
Sep 19, 2025 7:55 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a lengthy phone call between the two on Friday.
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Judge strikes down Trump’s $15 billion suit against the New York Times
Sep 19, 2025 7:51 pm - A federal judge in Tampa struck down President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, saying that the 85-page complaint was “decidedly improper and impermissible” under the rules governing civil proceedings in federal court.
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Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications
Sep 19, 2025 7:47 pm - Looking to reshape the U.S. visa system for highly skilled foreign workers and investors, President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship.