Nation and World
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Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return
Apr 17, 2025 9:05 pm - SAN SALVADOR — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met Thursday in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite...
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Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues
Apr 17, 2025 7:59 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is drastically shrinking the workforce and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, eviscerating an agency created after t...
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US intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for Alien Enemies Act deportations
Apr 17, 2025 7:53 pm - The National Intelligence Council, drawing on the acumen of the United States’ 18 intelligence agencies, determined in a secret assessment early this month that the Venez...
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Supreme Court will review Trump’s attempt to ban birthright citizenship
Apr 17, 2025 7:09 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday kept President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship on hold but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. ...
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DHS demands records of Harvard’s foreign students, threatens enrollment
Apr 17, 2025 5:01 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem on Wednesday demanded that Harvard University submit records before next month on foreign students alleged to have engaged in “...
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Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing
Apr 17, 2025 4:56 pm - Harvard University stands to lose billions in federal funding, but the government’s actions against one of the world’s top research institutions were applied with vague a...
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Lebanese army making progress in displacing Hezbollah near Israeli border
Apr 17, 2025 4:30 pm - BEIRUT — The Lebanese army has increased its deployment in the country’s south over the past few months, confiscating Hezbollah’s arms and dismantling its positions under...
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Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says
Apr 17, 2025 4:25 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s claim that it can't do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shoc...
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Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say
Apr 17, 2025 4:13 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip aid groups are raising new alarm over Israel’s blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where it has barred entry of all food and other goods for...
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Florida State gunman used deputy mom's former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
Apr 17, 2025 12:43 pm - Multiple victims were reported in a shooting Thursday at Florida State University and a suspect was taken into police custody, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.