Nation and World Politics
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Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump
Jan 23, 2025 8:59 am - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.
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Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions
Jan 23, 2025 7:43 am - California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.
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Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension
Jan 22, 2025 1:05 pm - Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops.
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Trump’s perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills
Jan 22, 2025 1:01 pm - It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.
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White House sidelines staffers detailed to National Security Council, aligning team to Trump agenda
Jan 22, 2025 11:57 am - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda, Trump administration officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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How Trump’s security clearances order could make the U.S. vulnerable
Jan 22, 2025 8:32 am - President Donald Trump’s plan to grant temporary security clearances to anyone he chooses opens the door to breaches and even espionage, experts and former officials say.
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Why is Israel launching a crackdown in the West Bank after the Gaza ceasefire?
Jan 22, 2025 8:06 am - In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns.
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Davos 2025: Trade, tariffs, AI and UN chief Guterres dominate World Economic Forum agenda
Jan 22, 2025 8:03 am - The U.N. chief ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world's thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster" that spares no one, while calling for greater attention to risks posed by artificial intelligence if its ascent goes ungoverned.
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Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
Jan 22, 2025 8:00 am - President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers who are in the United States illegally.
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
Jan 22, 2025 7:46 am - The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.