Nation and World Politics
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Trump says the US will hold direct talks with Iran as he insists Tehran can't get nuclear weaponsApr 07, 2025 2:41 pm - President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. is holding direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program.
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First Black Republican woman in Congress honored in Utah after her death from brain cancer
Apr 07, 2025 1:37 pm - Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49.
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A few countries offer to drop all tariffs on U.S. in response to Trump
Apr 07, 2025 1:10 pm - Amid the global market chaos sparked by the Trump administration’s announcement of tariffs on the vast majority of trading partners, a handful of countries have responded by proposing an immediate, drastic concession: giving in to President Donald Trump’s trade war demands by dropping tariffs on U.S. goods.
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‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile
Apr 07, 2025 1:06 pm - Anger and outrage gripped the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as it held funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground.
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Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600
Apr 07, 2025 12:02 pm - BANGKOK — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts are supplanted by increasing reli...
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Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Apr 07, 2025 11:11 am - Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets plunge
Apr 07, 2025 8:43 am - Undeterred by a stock market collapse that has continued for days, President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on China on Monday, raising fresh concerns that his drive to rebalance the global economy could intensify a financially destructive trade war.
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An Israeli strike on a media tent outside a Gaza hospital kills and wounds journalists
Apr 07, 2025 7:59 am - Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and wounding another nine, including six reporters, medics said Monday.
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Nations puzzle over how to respond to US trade war as global markets gyrate
Apr 07, 2025 7:24 am - The impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s blast of tariff hikes was reverberating across world markets Monday as America’s trading partners puzzled over whether there is room for negotiating better deals.
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US stocks dip after careening through a manic day following Trump’s latest tariff threatApr 07, 2025 7:18 am - U.S. stocks careened through a manic Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher, despite a stunning display showing how dearly Wall Street wants him to do the opposite.