Nation and World
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Judge temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe
Jan 07, 2025 11:22 am - The federal judge in Florida who dismissed the case against Donald Trump over his alleged mishandling of classified documents has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing a report detailing the findings of that investigation by special counsel Jack Smith.
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Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris, Congressional leaders at US Capitol
Jan 07, 2025 11:19 am - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday.
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New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI
Jan 07, 2025 11:15 am - Joining law enforcement officials to update the public in the hours after a man killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in New Orleans, Louisiana's junior Republican senator, John Kennedy, implored the FBI to “catch these people" — and then added one more eyebrow-raising request of the federal government.
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Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed
Jan 07, 2025 11:12 am - Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe, setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent.
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Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes
Jan 07, 2025 8:00 am - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it's scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96
Jan 07, 2025 7:31 am - Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.
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Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming
Jan 07, 2025 7:28 am - Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering but not be record-shattering.
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Nippon, US Steel file suit against Biden administration, union, and rival after $15 billion deal scuttled
Jan 06, 2025 3:05 pm - Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Biden administration decision to block Nippon's proposed $15 billion acquisition of the Pittsburgh company and said that the head of the Steelworkers union and a rival steelmaker worked together to scuttle the buyout.
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Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month
Jan 06, 2025 2:56 pm - The Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator said Monday that he would resign next month, avoiding a potential confrontation with the incoming Trump administration and Republicans in the Senate.
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McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
Jan 06, 2025 2:47 pm - McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions. McDonald's is the ...