Nation and World
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‘It’s a black hole’: Broadview ICE facility sparks complaints of inhumane conditions
Sep 26, 2025 10:41 am - A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions.
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At UN, amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel 'must finish the job' against Hamas in GazaSep 26, 2025 9:10 am - Encircled by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that his nation “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war. “Western leaders may have buckled under the pressure," he said. “And I guarantee you one thing: Israel won’t.”
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Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor
Sep 25, 2025 8:02 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for the actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.
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Trump hosts Turkey’s Erdogan as the US considers lifting a ban on F-35 sales to the NATO ally
Sep 25, 2025 7:32 pm - President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signaled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter jets to Ankara.
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US government scrambles to stop new hacking campaign blamed on China
Sep 25, 2025 7:07 pm - Federal agencies are racing to contain a new wave of sophisticated hacking by suspected Chinese attackers that took advantage of previously undiscovered flaws in widely used security software from networking company Cisco.
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Trump to put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks
Sep 25, 2025 6:50 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
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Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged with making false statement, obstruction, AP source says
Sep 25, 2025 6:16 pm - James Comey was charged Thursday with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies.
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Gaza City hospitals close, patients flee as Israeli forces advance
Sep 25, 2025 4:44 pm - CAIRO — Israel’s intensifying attacks inside Gaza City are causing the region’s already threadbare health care system to buckle, doctors and health officials say, sending...
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Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
Sep 25, 2025 4:41 pm - Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.
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White House begins plan for mass firings if there’s a government shutdown
Sep 25, 2025 3:59 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration instructed federal agencies Wednesday night to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down Oct. 1, after federal funding runs out.