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Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding

Shayna Jacobs
Aug 21, 2025 10:39 am - NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, calling the roughly $500 million verdict against...
Russia hammers Ukraine with drones and missiles as peace efforts drag on

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Aug 21, 2025 7:04 am - Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday, while a recent diplomatic push to stop the three-year war is trying to gain momentum.
Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA
Aug 20, 2025 9:08 pm - BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request ...
Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 million

By AAMER MADHANI, ERIC TUCKER and ALI SWENSON
Aug 20, 2025 9:03 pm - WASHINGTO — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump ad...
Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

By JIM VERTUNO and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Aug 20, 2025 7:40 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymande...
Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigning

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 20, 2025 3:37 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign after a member of his administration accused Cook of committing mo...
Texas can't put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts' classrooms, judge says

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Aug 20, 2025 3:31 pm - Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporar...
Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Aug 20, 2025 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein has joined two other judges in rejecting the government’s request ...
NATO defense chiefs hold ‘candid discussion’ on security guarangtees for Ukraine

SAM McNEIL
Aug 20, 2025 7:53 am - NATO defense chiefs were due to hold a virtual meeting Wednesday, a senior alliance official said, as Western countries pushing for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine devise possible future security guarantees for Kyiv that could help forge a peace agreement.
Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Aug 20, 2025 7:51 am - Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights groups say could destroy hopes for a future Palestinian state.

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