Nation and World
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Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory
May 20, 2025 1:27 pm - Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid.
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Prosecutors charge McIver with pushing and grabbing agents while trying to stop mayor's arrest
May 20, 2025 11:12 am - Federal prosecutors alleged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility, according to charges in court papers unsealed on Tuesday.
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Trump announces he’s selected final ‘Golden Dome’ space missile defenses that would cost billions
May 20, 2025 11:10 am - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program— a multilayered $175 billion system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space.
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Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
May 20, 2025 11:08 am - Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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Trump on Capitol Hill implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts bill
May 20, 2025 10:49 am - President Donald Trump has implored House Republicans on Capitol Hill to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill. He spoke privately for at least an hour trying to unite House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week. Trump was upbeat afterward, saying there was "unity."
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Elon Musk says he’s committed to still be Tesla's CEO in 5 years’ time
May 20, 2025 10:46 am - Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he’s committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years’ time as the automaker faced intense consumer and stock-price pressure over his work with U.S. President Donald Trump's government.
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Slow progress and no major breakthroughs dampen hopes for Russia-Ukraine peace deal
May 20, 2025 7:29 am - U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than three-year war, though frustration at the slow pace of negotiations and the absence of any significant breakthrough kept hopes low.
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Singer Dawn Richard says Sean 'Diddy' Combs threatened her with death after she saw him beat Cassie
May 19, 2025 8:52 pm - NEW YORK — Singer Dawn Richard told jurors at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Monday that the hip-hop mogul threatened to kill her if she told anyone she saw...
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Trump administration agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in Capitol
May 19, 2025 8:46 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an...
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First few aid trucks enter Gaza but allies threaten Israel with sanctions and urge more
May 19, 2025 7:22 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — The first few aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday following nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of food, medicine and other supplies, Israel and the...