Nation and World
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Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel
Jun 27, 2025 8:32 am - From abroad, Iranian Kurdish dissident groups have been watching closely for signs that Iran’s theocracy could falter in its grip on the country, battered by Israeli airstrikes in the intense, 12-day war until a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire halted the fighting.
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Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war
Jun 26, 2025 7:36 pm - CAIRO - Arab mediators and Israeli hostage families are making a renewed push this week for a deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip, using Israel’s successful strikes on ...
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Classified briefing on impact of Iran strikes leaves senators split
Jun 26, 2025 7:15 pm - Senators left a classified briefing about the impact of U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities split along party lines, with Republicans saying it reinforced their bel...
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Trump shook Democrats’ hold on non-White voters in 2024, report finds
Jun 26, 2025 7:06 pm - President Donald Trump’s victory last year was fueled by gains among Hispanic, Asian, Black and young voters, eroding key pillars of the Democratic Party’s coalition, acc...
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Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
Jun 26, 2025 4:00 pm - NEW YORK — Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a ...
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US stocks climb to the brink of a record
Jun 26, 2025 1:35 pm - The U.S. stock market is rising toward the brink of another record.
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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
Jun 26, 2025 9:22 am - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
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US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has ‘ignored the science’
Jun 26, 2025 9:15 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi, saying the organization has “ignored the science” and “lost the public trust.”
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Iran’s supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefire
Jun 26, 2025 9:08 am - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday his country had delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar, and warned against any further U.S. attacks in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared with Israel after 12 days of war.
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Pentagon leaders double down on the destruction from US attacks on Iran
Jun 26, 2025 9:06 am - The Pentagon's top leaders doubled down Thursday on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran's nuclear facilities and described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission.