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Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases hundreds of prisoners as fragile ceasefire holds

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, MELANIE LIDMAN and JALAL BWAITEL
Feb 15, 2025 8:12 am - Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages Saturday and Israeli forces freed hundreds of prisoners in return, in the latest indication that a fragile ceasefire that had teetered in recent days is holding.
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute

By DAVID BAUDER
Feb 14, 2025 10:32 pm - The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, sayi...
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to the US government’s payment system

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK
Feb 14, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government's payment ...
GOP lawmakers scramble to protect foreign aid as food relief languishes

By Annie Gowen and Katharine Houreld
Feb 14, 2025 4:38 pm - As GOP lawmakers in Washington try to protect a key food aid program from the Trump administration’s cutbacks, international humanitarian organizations say the ongoing di...
Justice Department asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Feb 14, 2025 3:55 pm - NEW YORK — The Justice Department formally asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an expected move after that was fier...
What to know about the federal workforce under Trump

By BRIAN WITTE
Feb 14, 2025 1:56 pm - Since President Donald Trump began his second term last month, he has focused on dramatically reducing the federal workforce at a breakneck pace. From dismantling the U....
Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud

By Aaron Blake
Feb 14, 2025 9:39 am - President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to disrupt the U.S. government and hamstring federal agencies are increasingly predicated on the idea that they’re combatin...
Zelenskyy calls for US and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in war against Russia

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and STEFANIE DAZIO
Feb 14, 2025 7:19 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for the United States and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in the war against Russia.
A drone damaged the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Feb 14, 2025 7:16 am - A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, damaging the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia. The Kremlin denied it was responsible.
Trump administration lays off probationary government workers, warns others of large cuts to come

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Feb 13, 2025 7:23 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering...

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