Nation and World
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years
Dec 02, 2024 7:40 am - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years Monday, just weeks after he was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for having a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to
Dec 01, 2024 7:16 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convi...
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An Israeli strike in Gaza kills World Central Kitchen workers. Israel says 1 was an Oct. 7 attacker
Nov 30, 2024 10:50 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people, including employees of World Central Kitchen. The charity said...
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Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, a loyalist who would aid effort to upend law enforcement
Nov 30, 2024 10:45 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency an...
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Trump threatens tariffs on BRICS nations, demanding they use dollar
Nov 30, 2024 10:44 pm - President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that the BRICS nations, a group of nine countries with emerging economies, commit to not creating a new currency or back...
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Trump’s tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy, but this time could be different
Nov 28, 2024 10:50 am - Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries.
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Latest 'massive' Russian aerial attack cuts power to 1 million homes in Ukraine
Nov 28, 2024 10:47 am - Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said.
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire after saying Hezbollah violated the truce
Nov 28, 2024 10:44 am - The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
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Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy
Nov 27, 2024 1:57 pm - President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.
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Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks
Nov 27, 2024 12:36 pm - Several of President-elect Donald Trump 's Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition said Wednesday.