Nation and World
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Iran supreme leader criticizes proposed nuclear talks with US, upending push to negotiation
Feb 07, 2025 7:38 am - Iran's supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran.
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Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash have been recovered, authorities say
Feb 07, 2025 7:29 am - A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said. The crash appeared to be one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years.
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US employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, jobless rate falls to 4%
Feb 07, 2025 6:10 am - The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: Generating decent, but unspectacular, job growth.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Feb 06, 2025 7:58 pm - Representatives from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’...
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13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
Feb 06, 2025 7:48 pm - Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment sys...
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Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
Feb 06, 2025 7:43 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency...
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Justice Department sues Illinois and Chicago over immigration enforcement
Feb 06, 2025 7:11 pm - The Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, seeking to block state and local protections for undocumented immigrants that the T...
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Swedish police say mass shooter was connected to school where he opened fire
Feb 06, 2025 4:33 pm - OREBRO, Sweden — The shooter who earlier this week killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with ...
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Egypt lobbies against Trump plan to empty Gaza of Palestinians as Israel makes preparations
Feb 06, 2025 4:23 pm - CAIRO — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the te...
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How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump's Gaza plan
Feb 06, 2025 3:58 pm - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.