Nation and World
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American prisoner released by Taliban after first high-level U.S. visit
Mar 20, 2025 9:45 pm - U.S. citizen George Glezmann has been released by the Taliban after 2½ years in captivity, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement Thursday. Glezmann, an airli...
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Judge orders that Georgetown researcher detained by ICE remain in the U.S.
Mar 20, 2025 9:39 pm - A federal judge on Thursday ordered that a Georgetown University fellow working in the United States legally and detained by immigration authorities cannot be removed fro...
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White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm after it makes deal
Mar 20, 2025 8:45 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent international law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices ...
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Lutnick urges Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, raising ethics questions
Mar 20, 2025 8:43 pm - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged Fox News viewers Wednesday night to buy Tesla stock, an apparent violation of federal ethics rules that prohibit officials from en...
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Interior to open millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining
Mar 20, 2025 8:22 pm - The Interior Department on Thursday announced that it aims to open up millions of acres of near-pristine land in Alaska to oil drilling and allow for a new pipeline to be...
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Zelenskyy pushes back on Trump proposal to take over nuclear plant
Mar 20, 2025 7:31 pm - As the United States tries to broker a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia this week, an unexpected idea has emerged in the talks: potential U.S. control of a key ...
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A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
Mar 20, 2025 7:13 pm - Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles long cracked off the ice sheet on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of o...
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Judge calls Trump administration’s latest response on deportation flights ‘woefully insufficient’
Mar 20, 2025 5:19 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its failure to turn around flights carrying deportees to El Salvador did not v...
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Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
Mar 20, 2025 4:36 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take ...
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Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians
Mar 20, 2025 12:47 pm - Israeli strikes killed at least 85 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials. Hours later, Hamas fired three rockets at Israel without causing casualties, in the first such attack since Israel ended their ceasefire with a surprise bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday.