Nation and World
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What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?
Dec 11, 2025 9:00 am - The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1 billion for Saturday night’s drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday nig...
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Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling
Dec 11, 2025 8:07 am - President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could be turning into liabilities as his party begins to gear up for the 2026 midterms.
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US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000, but continuing claims are lowest since April
Dec 11, 2025 8:02 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but the total number of those collecting benefits fell to the lowest level in eight months.
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Zelenskyy says US-led peace talks wrestling with Russian demands for Ukrainian territory
Dec 11, 2025 7:59 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold urgent talks Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that support Kyiv’s efforts to obtain fair terms for halting nearly four years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Venezuela’s Machado absent from Nobel ceremony but her travel to Oslo draws mixed reactions at home
Dec 10, 2025 7:06 pm - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was absent Wednesday from the ceremony in Norway in which she was to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize award, but confirmation that she was traveling to Europe elicited mixed feelings in her country, where many backed her precisely because she had not left her homeland.
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US plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
Dec 10, 2025 6:58 pm - The United States could begin requiring visitors from countries on the visa waiver program to provide up to five years of their social media history, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection proposal posted to the Federal Register to be officially published Wednesday.
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Ukraine to give revised peace plans to US as Kyiv readies for more talks with its coalition partners
Dec 10, 2025 6:54 pm - Ukraine was expected to give its latest peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day ahead of his urgent talks with leaders and officials from about 30 other countries supporting Kyiv's effort to end the war with Russia on acceptable terms.
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House passes Pentagon bill pressuring Hegseth to release boat strike evidence
Dec 10, 2025 6:47 pm - The House on Wednesday approved a must-pass defense policy bill, advancing lawmakers’ effort to force the release of a video showing the controversial military strike that killed two men who survived an initial attack on their alleged drug smuggling vessel.
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Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Dec 10, 2025 5:24 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.Using U.S. forces to seize an oil tanker is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States.
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Israel reopens Jordan crossing as pressure builds to advance Gaza truce
Dec 10, 2025 4:30 pm - Trucks carrying goods from Jordan crossed into the West Bank for the first time in months on Wednesday, after Israel said it would reopen a key land bridge with its neighbor, including for aid and other cargo bound for the Gaza Strip.