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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JOCELYN GECKER
Apr 23, 2025 9:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what ...
Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis as public viewing begins

By COLLEEN BARRY and NICOLE WINFIELD
Apr 23, 2025 8:12 pm - VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public...
Illinois joins 11 states suing the Trump administration to stop its tariff policies

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Apr 23, 2025 4:27 pm - NEW YORK — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful...
Ukraine defiant on US pressure as Trump accuses Zelenskyy of boasting

By Steve Hendrix and Siobhán O'Grady
Apr 23, 2025 4:16 pm - KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted Wednesday that Russia must accept a full ceasefire before negotiations, thwarting U.S. efforts to gain quick conce...
Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions

By MARK VANCLEAVE and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Apr 23, 2025 4:00 pm - NORTHWOOD, Iowa — Iowans attending a forum Wednesday hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Do...
Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Apr 23, 2025 3:54 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as Arab mediators worked on a proposal to end the war wi...
Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, AAMER MADHANI and JILL LAWLESS
Apr 23, 2025 12:14 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the ‘killing field’ after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan.
Wall Street rises in a worldwide rally after Trump softens his tough talk on trade and the Fed

By STAN CHOE
Apr 23, 2025 9:06 am - U.S. stocks are rising Wednesday as a worldwide rally comes back around to Wall Street after President Donald Trump appeared to back off his criticism of the Federal Reserve and his tough talk in his trade war.
Yemen's Houthi rebels fire a missile at northern Israel, the first time for the group to reach there

By JON GAMBRELL
Apr 23, 2025 8:20 am - Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, the first such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

BY ANNIE MA
Apr 22, 2025 4:55 pm - The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department's offset program, which withholds payments from the government, including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits, from people with past-due debts to the government.

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