Nation and World
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Trump says he sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader over country's advancing nuclear program
Mar 07, 2025 8:32 am - President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking a new deal with Tehran to restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program and replace the agreement he withdrew America from in his first term in office.
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Clashes in Syria's coastal region between government forces and Assad loyalists kill more than 70
Mar 07, 2025 7:09 am - Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country's new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad in Syria's western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday.
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Authorities: Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week earlier in Santa Fe
Mar 07, 2025 6:59 am - Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.
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Russia bombards Ukraine’s energy grid after Zelenskyy says his team will hold talks with the US
Mar 07, 2025 6:57 am - Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone bombardment during the night, officials said Friday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that talks with the U.S. on ending the three-year war will take place next week.
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Unexploded WWII bomb halts Eurostar travel connecting Paris to London and Brussels
Mar 07, 2025 6:55 am - PARIS — The discovery of a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb caused transportation chaos in Paris on Friday that included the suspension of high-speed rail links with...
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Half a million US jobs on the line as DOGE fallout spreads
Mar 06, 2025 7:59 pm - The Trump administration’s rapid efforts to dramatically shrink the size of federal government have economists rethinking forecasts for another solid year of labor market...
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Trump administration plans 15% cut to VA workforce
Mar 06, 2025 7:56 pm - The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans Wednesday to cut roughly 80,000 jobs, more than 15% of its employees, the latest in President Donald Trump’s effort to ...
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Draft executive order calls for closing Education Dept.
Mar 06, 2025 7:52 pm - President Donald Trump is set to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday directing his newly confirmed education secretary to work to close the department she now le...
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GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
Mar 06, 2025 7:49 pm - Republicans in Congress cannot reach their goal of cutting at least $1.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on...
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A weak Pope Francis thanks people for their prayers ‘from the bottom of my heart’ in audio message
Mar 06, 2025 4:03 pm - ROME — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of lif...