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Debris from Hurricane Helene is helping fuel Georgia’s wildfires

By EMILIE MEGNIEN, RUSS BYNUM and JEFF MARTIN
Apr 23, 2026 4:13 pm - The destructive wildfires tearing through Georgia this week are being fed by not only a persistent drought, but also by fallen trees and limbs scattered across the South by Hurricane Helene well over a year ago.
EU approves a $106B loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

By LORNE COOK, JUSTIN SPIKE and KAREL JANICEK
Apr 23, 2026 4:06 pm - The European Union on Thursday approved a $106-billion loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for two years after oil began flowing through a key pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia, ending months of political deadlock.
Justice Department’s watchdog is reviewing compliance with the law mandating Epstein files release

By ERIC TUCKER
Apr 23, 2026 3:49 pm - The Justice Department's internal watchdog announced a review Thursday of the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, stepping into a politically sensitive saga that has shadowed the Trump administration for the past year.
The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud

By Shira Ovide and Gerrit De Vynck
Apr 23, 2026 9:59 am - Hundreds of court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, other OpenAI founders and other public figures.
Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Apr 23, 2026 9:46 am - An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line.
Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Apr 23, 2026 8:18 am - The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions. But four decades after the accident, nuclear power is seeing a global revival.
Trump orders US military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz

By JON GAMBRELL and JAMEY KEATEN
Apr 23, 2026 7:57 am - U.S. President Donald Trump in a morning social media post ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GENE JOHNSON
Apr 23, 2026 7:48 am - President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.
Trump eyes Iran deal with many of the trade-offs he blasted Obama for accepting

By Michael Birnbaum
Apr 22, 2026 8:17 pm - Billions in frozen assets may be handed back to Iran. Agreements to limit Tehran’s nuclear program may eventually expire. And some of the same hard-line leaders who crushed nationwide protests in January could end up better-resourced than they were before President Donald Trump unleashed crushing airstrikes more than seven weeks ago.
Justice Department reaches $1.25 million settlement with Trump 2016 campaign aide over Russia probe

By ERIC TUCKER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Apr 22, 2026 8:05 pm - The Justice Department has settled for $1.25 million a lawsuit from an aide to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation.

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