Nation and World Politics
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Japan says it has asked the US to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffs
Feb 12, 2025 7:18 am - Japan 's government said Wednesday it asked the U.S. to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffs, a change from duty-free quotas that Tokyo was given previously.
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Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stake
Feb 12, 2025 7:16 am - Behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s vows to turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” lies a plan to forcibly drive a population from its land, rights groups say, warning it could be a war crime under international law.
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Modi and Trump's friendly rapport may be tested as Indian prime minister visits Washington
Feb 12, 2025 7:13 am - Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long-standing bonhomie with President Donald Trump could be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington on Wednesday, eager to avoid tariffs that have been slapped on others and threats of further taxes and imports.
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Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance
Feb 11, 2025 4:18 pm - ROME — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purel...
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Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive order
Feb 11, 2025 4:01 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an e...
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Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says
Feb 11, 2025 1:57 pm - Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained in Russia, has been released in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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Sen. Durbin accuses FBI nominee Kash Patel of directing bureau firings
Feb 11, 2025 1:34 pm - A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying he had no knowledge of any plans for dismissals.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
Feb 11, 2025 1:26 pm - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”
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After meeting with Trump, Jordan’s king says his country opposes displacing Palestinians in Gaza
Feb 11, 2025 1:22 pm - President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his insistence that Gaza could be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area — a plan that could likely only work if the Arab nation agrees to accept more refugees.
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Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren't released Saturday
Feb 11, 2025 1:19 pm - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its fight against Hamas if the militant group does not go ahead with the next scheduled release of hostages on Saturday.