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Modi and Trump's friendly rapport may be tested as Indian prime minister visits Washington

By ASHOK SHARMA and JOSH BOAK
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.
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance

By NICOLE WINFIELD
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...
Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive order

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
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...
Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ERIC TUCKER
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.
Sen. Durbin accuses FBI nominee Kash Patel of directing bureau firings

By Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein
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.
Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
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.”
After meeting with Trump, Jordan’s king says his country opposes displacing Palestinians in Gaza

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN
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.
Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren't released Saturday

By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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.
27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests

By DAVID CRARY
Feb 11, 2025 8:30 am - More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.
JD Vance rails against ‘excessive regulation’ of AI at Paris summit in rebuke to European efforts

By AAMER MADHANI and THOMAS ADAMSON
Feb 11, 2025 7:57 am - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned global leaders and tech industry executives that “excessive regulation” could cripple the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry in a rebuke to European efforts to curb AI’s risks.

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