Nation and World
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Trump’s Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge
Mar 08, 2025 7:36 pm - The Justice Department has removed top national security officials as part of a widespread purge of senior career leaders across the law enforcement agency, according to ...
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Iran’s top leader rejects talks with the US over missile range, regional influence
Mar 08, 2025 7:36 pm - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he rejects a U.S. push for talks between the two countries because they would be aimed at imposing restri...
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US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
Mar 08, 2025 7:03 pm - WASHINGTON — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. econ...
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FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts
Mar 08, 2025 6:40 pm - CHICAGO — The country's preeminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staff...
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Much of the U.S. will soon have temperatures higher than 70 degrees. See where
Mar 08, 2025 4:11 pm - It’s not just clocks that will spring forward this weekend. Temperatures will, too. Several May-like waves of warmth will ride across the country through next week, durin...
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New Jersey police officer killed, second officer wounded in shooting by 14-year-old, authorities say
Mar 08, 2025 4:09 pm - NEWARK, N.J. — A 14-year-old shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening in New Jersey, authorities said, in a chaotic scene that witnesses descri...
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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill more than 20 as Polish prime minister warns against appeasement
Mar 08, 2025 4:06 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night Saturday after the United States stopped sharing satellite images with the Ukrainian go...
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2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 people dead
Mar 08, 2025 4:03 pm - BEIRUT — The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has rise...
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Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March
Mar 08, 2025 3:57 pm - NEW YORK — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and ...
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House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they’re daring Democrats to oppose it
Mar 08, 2025 3:52 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that ...