Nation and World
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New Social Security chief contradicts claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts
Feb 19, 2025 2:31 pm - WASHINGTON — The new head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday that deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits,” contradicting claims t...
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Trump moves swiftly on his agenda in a departure from his first-terms tumbles
Feb 19, 2025 9:16 am - Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia investigation and ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to make sure that special counsel Robert Mueller got fired.
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Rubio visits the UAE after landmark talks with Russia over Ukraine war
Feb 19, 2025 8:54 am - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Wednesday with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia
Feb 19, 2025 8:02 am - Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space" and Trump called Zelenskyy“a dictator without elections” in comments that were sure to complicate efforts to end the war.
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Supervisor in DC federal prosecutors’ office told to resign after dispute over investigation
Feb 18, 2025 7:53 pm - WASHINGTON — A top supervisor in the federal prosecutors' office in Washington said she was forced to resign following a dispute with her boss over a directive that she s...
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Hegseth claims IRS targeted him for a ‘sham’ audit
Feb 18, 2025 4:56 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday alleged that the Biden administration “rushed” an IRS audit of him after he was nominated, suggesting that the former administrat...
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Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies, accelerating Gaza releases
Feb 18, 2025 4:38 pm - CAIRO — A top Hamas official says the militant group will free six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and return the bodies of four others on Thursday, a surprise accele...
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The pope has pneumonia in both lungs but remains in good spirits, the Vatican says
Feb 18, 2025 4:23 pm - ROME — Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pon...
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Judge declines to immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or layoffs
Feb 18, 2025 3:48 pm - A federal judge declined Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.
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All 80 aboard a Delta jet survive after it burst into flames on a Toronto runway
Feb 18, 2025 11:35 am - The Delta Air Lines jet came down fast, landing so hard that it lost its right wing, then burst into flames on a runway in Toronto. The aircraft slid to a stop, upside down, leaving a trail of black smoke in its wake.