Nation and World
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Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
Nov 12, 2025 3:58 pm - Israel's president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of settler violence in the occupied territory.
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Planned Parenthood closes 20 clinics after Medicaid cuts, warns of grim future
Nov 12, 2025 3:48 pm - Planned Parenthood has spent tens of millions of dollars providing health care to low-income patients and has closed 20 clinics in the months since the Trump administration blocked the group from billing Medicaid — but weathering the funding cut on its own will soon become untenable, its leaders say.
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Epstein wrote that Trump knew of sexual abuse but didn’t participate
Nov 12, 2025 9:50 am - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday.
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What to know about the status of SNAP food aid as a vote nears to end the shutdown
Nov 12, 2025 9:13 am - Many Americans who rely on SNAP benefits to help buy groceries are approaching their third week without aid after President Donald Trump's administration cut off the program due to the federal government shutdown.
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New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants’ health and finances
Nov 11, 2025 7:04 pm - WASHINGTON — A new directive by President Donald Trump's administration could make it more difficult for foreigners to visit or live in the United States if they have cer...
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US aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
Nov 11, 2025 7:01 pm - The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has arrived in waters near Latin America, joining a massive naval buildup that has fueled speculation the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its deadly counternarcotics campaign there, possibly through direct attacks on Venezuela.
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US strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific
Nov 11, 2025 6:49 pm - U.S. officials have confirmed 19 strikes on suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean since the Trump administration launched a campaign against alleged traffickers in September.
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Top diplomats from G7 countries meet in Canada as trade tensions rise with Trump
Nov 11, 2025 6:44 pm - Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the U.S. and traditional allies like Canada over defense spending, trade and uncertainty over President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan in Gaza and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Judge’s ruling likely to give Democrats a congressional seat in Utah
Nov 11, 2025 6:38 pm - A Utah judge late Monday rejected a congressional map that state Republican lawmakers had passed last month and ordered the adoption of a new map before next year’s midterm elections that is likely to give Democrats a U.S. House seat.
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Speaker Johnson faces an unruly House as lawmakers return for shutdown vote
Nov 11, 2025 3:46 pm - After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing.