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Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

By ERIC TUCKER
Feb 20, 2025 2:24 pm - The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do Donald Trump's bidding and go after the Republican president's adversaries.
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker

By BRUCE SCHREINER and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 20, 2025 12:38 pm - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump.
Slightly more Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain relatively low

By MATT OTT
Feb 20, 2025 7:43 am - The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to 219,000 for the week ending February 15, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Trump backs idea to send some DOGE savings to American citizens

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Feb 20, 2025 7:39 am - President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.
Russia's Lavrov joins top European diplomats at G20 meeting in South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE
Feb 20, 2025 5:42 am - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in South Africa on Thursday for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 nations, where top European diplomats are expected to reinforce their support for Ukraine and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a high-profile absentee.
Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says body Hamas returned was not their mother

By MELANIE LIDMAN, JOSEF FEDERMAN AND WAFAA SHURAFA
Feb 20, 2025 5:40 am - Ariel and Kfir Bibas — two of the youngest hostages held in Gaza — became a symbol for Israelis of the brutality of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The return of what are presumed to be their bodies on Thursday dashed hopes they had survived captivity and struck another blow to a nation still reeling from Hamas' assault.
DC US attorney probing Democrats over alleged threats, documents show

By Spencer S. Hsu
Feb 19, 2025 9:00 pm - The top federal prosecutor in D.C. escalated his scrutiny of what he characterized as potential threats directed at billionaire Elon Musk and government workers, demandin...
Hegseth directs Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts this year to fund Trump military priorities

By TARA COPP
Feb 19, 2025 8:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those ...
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds

By Liz Goodwin
Feb 19, 2025 8:50 pm - Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated. Senators have in recent days...
Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhere

By BEN FINLEY and JOHN RABY
Feb 19, 2025 6:09 pm - NORFOLK, Va. — Officials urged people to stay off the roads Wednesday in portions of Virginia and North Carolina where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of a...

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