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Federal appeals court upholds singer R. Kelly’s convictions and 30-year prison term

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Feb 12, 2025 9:18 pm - R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women.
House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Feb 12, 2025 5:26 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities, providing for ...
USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON — A lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders are overseeing the immediate termination of hundreds of American aid and foreign assistance programs...
As DOGE hammers away at the US government, Republicans stir with quiet objections

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 12, 2025 2:18 pm - Republican Sen. Katie Britt has been working to make sure the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency doesn't hit what she called “life-saving, groundbreaking research at high-achieving institutions,” including her state's beloved University of Alabama.
Trump upends US Ukraine policy and says he and Putin have agreed to begin negotiations on ending war

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER
Feb 12, 2025 11:16 am - President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call Wednesday to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war and would “work together, very closely” toward winding down the conflict.
Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line

By DAVID KLEPPER
Feb 12, 2025 11:12 am - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Feb 12, 2025 10:23 am - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration.
Hegseth suggests Ukraine should abandon hope of winning all territory back from Russia

By LORNE COOK and TARA COPP
Feb 12, 2025 8:35 am - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia and instead prepare for a negotiated peace settlement to be backed up by international troops.
Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stake

By LEE KEATH
Feb 12, 2025 7:16 am - Behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s vows to turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” lies a plan to forcibly drive a population from its land, rights groups say, warning it could be a war crime under international law.
Modi and Trump's friendly rapport may be tested as Indian prime minister visits Washington

By ASHOK SHARMA and JOSH BOAK
Feb 12, 2025 7:13 am - Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long-standing bonhomie with President Donald Trump could be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington on Wednesday, eager to avoid tariffs that have been slapped on others and threats of further taxes and imports.

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