Nation and World
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Trump ends Biden’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel
Jan 25, 2025 8:04 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civili...
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More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots
Jan 25, 2025 3:56 pm - WASHINGTON — The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — the female World War ...
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Senate confirms Noem as Trump’s homeland security secretary
Jan 25, 2025 2:29 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essent...
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Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire holds
Jan 25, 2025 2:21 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded the...
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Trump ousts at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
Jan 25, 2025 2:10 pm - The White House removed the independent inspectors general of nearly every Cabinet-level agency in an unprecedented purge that could clear the way for President Donald Tr...
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Meta courted Trump; now comes the backlash from Facebook, Instagram users
Jan 25, 2025 12:19 am - If you were surprised to see yourself suddenly following President Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook this week, it’s not because Meta forced you to, the social media...
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Prince Harry claims court victories. But is he winning the larger war with the British media?Jan 25, 2025 12:16 am - LONDON — Prince Harry 's mission to tame the British media has produced results in court but the jury is still out on whether it will have a broader impact or be just ano...
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Hegseth confired as Trump’s defense secretary in tie-breaking vote despite turmoil over his conduct
Jan 24, 2025 9:47 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to...
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Secret Service agents, not ICE, attempted to access Hamline Elementary School in Chicago, officials say
Jan 24, 2025 7:43 pm - Agents from the U.S. Secret Service came to a South Side school on Friday to investigate a threat and were not immigration agents, according to a Secret Service spokesman...
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Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma
Jan 24, 2025 4:45 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed t...