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Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages as planned, paving the way to resolve ceasefire dispute

By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN
Feb 13, 2025 7:04 am - Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Musk says he’ll withdraw $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI if ChatGPT maker remains nonprofit

The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 7:01 am - Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company.
Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignations

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHAEL CASEY
Feb 12, 2025 9:20 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation...
Federal appeals court upholds singer R. Kelly’s convictions and 30-year prison term

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Feb 12, 2025 9:18 pm - R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women.
House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Feb 12, 2025 5:26 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities, providing for ...
USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON — A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid and foreign assistance programs...
As DOGE hammers away at the US government, Republicans stir with quiet objections

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 12, 2025 2:18 pm - Republican Sen. Katie Britt has been working to make sure the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency doesn't hit what she called “life-saving, groundbreaking research at high-achieving institutions,” including her state's beloved University of Alabama.
Trump upends US Ukraine policy and says he and Putin have agreed to begin negotiations on ending war

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER
Feb 12, 2025 11:16 am - President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call Wednesday to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war and would “work together, very closely” toward winding down the conflict.
Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line

By DAVID KLEPPER
Feb 12, 2025 11:12 am - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Feb 12, 2025 10:23 am - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration.

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