Nation and World
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Trump’s comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about it
Oct 30, 2025 8:11 am - President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's rivals have been expanding and testing their nuclear-capable arsenals.
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Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction
Oct 30, 2025 8:06 am - SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm...
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Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years
Oct 29, 2025 11:13 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an...
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US determined to prevent the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire after overnight airstrikes
Oct 29, 2025 4:37 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week marked the most serious challenge yet for a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Over 100 Palestinians ...
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Trump and China's Xi meet in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions
Oct 29, 2025 4:25 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — President Donald Trump met face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, a chance for the leaders of the world's two largest economies to ...
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Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that's not true
Oct 29, 2025 3:49 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered ...
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Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate
Oct 29, 2025 3:34 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out funding to continue food aid for more t...
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White House says deal to put TikTok under US ownership could be finalized in South Korea
Oct 29, 2025 3:30 pm - The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S., with the two countries finalizing it as...
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Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook
Oct 29, 2025 3:25 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring even as inflation stay...
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Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
Oct 29, 2025 7:27 am - Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.