Nation and World
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RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and misled on race
Jan 28, 2025 4:36 pm - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for the nation’s top health post, has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, falsely linked them to autism and argued tha...
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Israel’s prime minister says Trump has invited him to the White House on Feb. 4
Jan 28, 2025 4:26 pm - WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4, which would...
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Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
Jan 28, 2025 4:19 pm - GOMA, Congo — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's la...
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Egg prices are soaring. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon
Jan 28, 2025 8:11 am - Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight, given the surge in demand as Easter approaches.
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Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message
Jan 28, 2025 7:31 am - President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south Florida.
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Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order
Jan 28, 2025 7:25 am - Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps.
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Trump signs an order to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops
Jan 27, 2025 8:38 pm - President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.
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DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigation
Jan 27, 2025 7:40 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases...
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Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump's tax cuts
Jan 27, 2025 7:27 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balan...
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Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured the key city of Goma
Jan 27, 2025 5:16 pm - GOMA, Congo (AP) — Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captu...