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Federal appeals court clears DOGE to access sensitive records at agencies

By Mark Berman
Aug 12, 2025 7:31 pm - A divided appeals court panel on Tuesday said the Trump administration’s U.S. DOGE Service can access sensitive data held by federal agencies, rejecting concerns that the...
White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday

By ANNIE MA
Aug 12, 2025 7:24 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House is ordering a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the country's 250th birthday with a goal of aligning th...
Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine’s Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire

By LORNE COOK and SAMYA KULLAB
Aug 12, 2025 6:38 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk...
Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60

By ANDREW DALTON
Aug 12, 2025 5:27 pm - LOS ANGELES — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening!!” has died at 60. Spencer, who b...
Illinois bans AI therapy as some states begin to scrutinize chatbots

By Daniel Wu
Aug 12, 2025 4:13 pm - Illinois last week banned the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy, joining a small group of states regulating the emerging use of AI-powered chatbots ...
Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan

By SAM MEDNICK
Aug 12, 2025 4:12 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, pa...
Israel must give UN full access to Gaza to halt starvation, allies say

By Abbie Cheeseman and Siham Shamalakh
Aug 12, 2025 3:57 pm - Israel must facilitate immediate and permanent access for the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to bring “a flood of aid into Gaza,” the foreign ministe...
Desperate parents pleaded with officers to act during Uvalde school shooting, video shows

By JIM VERTUNO and JOHN SEEWER
Aug 12, 2025 3:53 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one...
US July budget deficit up 20% year-over-year despite record Trump tariff income

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Aug 12, 2025 2:25 pm - Despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump's tariffs in July — with a 273% increase in customs revenues (or $21 billion) from this time last year — the U.S. budget deficit is still higher, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday.
Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccines

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON and JEFF MARTIN
Aug 12, 2025 11:49 am - The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines, authorities said Tuesday.

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