Nation and World Politics
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Trump's Washington arch plan includes golden-winged figure, eagles, lions and 'One Nation Under God'
Apr 10, 2026 5:51 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's plans for a new triumphal arch. in the capital, unveiled on Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch...
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Federal court hears new case against Trump's latest global tariffs
Apr 10, 2026 5:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — The centerpiece of President Donald Trump's economic policy — sweeping taxes on global imports — is under legal assault again. The U.S. Court of Internat...
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Gaza marks 6 months of a ceasefire that may offer lessons for the Iran war
Apr 10, 2026 5:28 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Friday marks six months since Gaza's ceasefire deal took effect, a milestone largely lost in the confusion over the new and even more fragile ...
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Israeli strike kills Lebanese security forces as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire ahead of talks
Apr 10, 2026 5:26 pm - BEIRUT — Attacks intensified Friday between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah ahead of direct talks between the Lebanese government and Israel set to begin...
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‘I am thinking about it,’ Kamala Harris says of 2028 presidential bidApr 10, 2026 12:25 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — After chants of “run again!” filled the room, former Vice President Kamala Harris told African American activists on Friday that she's actively considerin...
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Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war
Apr 10, 2026 9:52 am - Ukrainian military personnel have shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine.
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A president and a pope: The world’s most influential Americans are at odds over Iran
Apr 10, 2026 9:28 am - Donald Trump is accustomed to criticism from coast to coast — Democrats, disaffected Republicans, late-night comedians, massive protests. Yet in his second presidency, Trump’s most influential American critic doesn’t live in the country but at the Vatican.
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US, Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon
Apr 10, 2026 8:25 am - Negotiators from Iran and the U.S. prepared for high-level talks with their ceasefire still shaky Friday, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
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Vance warns Iran not to 'play' the US as he departs for negotiations aimed at ending their war
Apr 10, 2026 8:21 am - Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the U.S. as he headed overseas for negotiations aimed at ending their war.
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War in Iran sends inflation soaring and the mood of American consumers plunging
Apr 10, 2026 7:44 am - The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.