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Top European diplomat says Putin is setting ‘a trap’ by demanding Ukraine concessions

By The Associated Press
Aug 22, 2025 7:18 am - The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Friday that the possibility of Ukraine ceding land to Russia as part of a peace deal to end their three-year war is “a trap” set by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
FBI searches home, office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton

By ERIC TUCKER
Aug 22, 2025 6:55 am - The FBI on Friday searched the Maryland home and Washington office of former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said.
Israel's defense minister says Gaza City could be destroyed as Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ
Aug 22, 2025 6:53 am - Israel’s defense minister warned Friday that Gaza’s largest city would be destroyed unless Hamas yields to Israel’s terms, as the world’s leading authority on food crises said the city was gripped by famine from fighting and blockade.
Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Aug 21, 2025 7:59 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion effo...
Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey

By MIKE CATALINI
Aug 21, 2025 7:52 pm - A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey since las...
California Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and TRÂN NGUYỄN
Aug 21, 2025 6:10 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. Ho...
Powell to give his last Jackson Hole speech under watchful gaze of Wall Street and the White House

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 21, 2025 4:33 pm - Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bag

By Annabelle Timsit
Aug 21, 2025 3:48 pm - A volunteer adviser to New York Mayor Eric Adams has been suspended from his reelection campaign after she handed a journalist an envelope of cash stuffed inside a bag of...
Trump administration reviewing all 55 million people with US visas for potential deportable violations

By MATTHEW LEE
Aug 21, 2025 2:27 pm - The State Department said Thursday that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.
Trump to join Washington patrol while feds deploy checkpoints around city

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JACQUELYN MARTIN
Aug 21, 2025 1:24 pm - President Donald Trump plans to join a Thursday evening patrol in the nation's capital as federal authorities deploy checkpoints around the city and sometimes ask people for their immigration status after stopping them.

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