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Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

By MARK KENNEDY and ANDREW DALTON
Apr 02, 2025 12:04 am - Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.
Fired health workers told to contact dead employee for discrimination complaints

By Lauren Weber
Apr 01, 2025 4:41 pm - Some government health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder with discrimination complaints. But Pinder, who was the director at the Offic...
A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

By STEPHEN GROVES
Apr 01, 2025 4:02 pm - WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump's so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some ...
Aide to Sen. Booker arrested inside Capitol for carrying a gun

By Tom Jackman
Apr 01, 2025 3:40 pm - An aide to Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, was arrested Monday night inside the U.S. Capitol for carrying a pistol without a license, the U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday.
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say

By John Hudson
Apr 01, 2025 3:37 pm - Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.
Measles spreads to central Texas; 5 states have active outbreaks

By DEVI SHASTRI
Apr 01, 2025 3:33 pm - Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases Tuesday, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more meas...
Illinois, 22 other states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding

By DEVNA BOSE and LINDSEY WHITEHURST
Apr 01, 2025 3:25 pm - A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives ...
UN agency closes its remaining Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK
Apr 01, 2025 2:29 pm - The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as supplies dwindle after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports nearly a month ago.
Storms could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days

By JEFF MARTIN
Apr 01, 2025 1:43 pm - Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes as more rounds of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South. The...
Democratic-backed Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority

By SCOTT BAUER
Apr 01, 2025 1:40 pm - Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights, pitting a candidate backed by President Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger.

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