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Judge extends stay of Trump order that would pull most USAID staffers off the job

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Feb 13, 2025 4:18 pm - WASHINGTON — A court order halting Trump administration plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another w...
Roses are red, violets are blue, 940 million flowers are traveling (through Miami) to you

By DAVID FISCHER
Feb 13, 2025 1:57 pm - If any husbands or boyfriends mess up Valentine's Day, it's not because of a shortage of flowers. In the run up to Feb. 14, agricultural specialists at Miami International Airport have processed about 940 million stems of cut flowers, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Feb 13, 2025 1:47 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike as he hopes to eliminate any trade imbalances.
How JB Pritzker has emerged as one of Trump’s most vocal Democratic critics

By Ben Szalinski
Feb 13, 2025 10:52 am - Gov. JB Pritzker has emerged as one of the most vocal Democrats speaking out against Trump since the Jan. 20 inauguration.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote

By AMANDA SEITZ
Feb 13, 2025 10:38 am - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.
Driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people

By GEIR MOULSON
Feb 13, 2025 9:07 am - A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 28 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack.
Russia rejoices at Trump-Putin call as Zelenskyy rejects talks without Ukraine present

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 8:20 am - Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone on Thursday after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year-long war in Ukraine.
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

By The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 7:08 am - A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — se...
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.
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...

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