Nation and World
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American hostage slated to be released by Hamas after 15 months
Jan 31, 2025 4:14 pm - Keith Siegel, a 65-year-old U.S. citizen abducted by Hamas, is expected to be freed Saturday as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, ending an agonizing 15...
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Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
Jan 31, 2025 4:11 pm - The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, a...
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What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send 'criminal aliens'
Jan 31, 2025 8:04 am - Guantánamo Bay's migrant center will be expanded to hold tens of thousands of "worst criminal aliens" illegally in the US, though details remain unclear.
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5 years after Britain left the EU, the full impact of Brexit is still emerging
Jan 31, 2025 7:33 am - Five years on, people and businesses are still wrestling with the economic, social and cultural aftershocks.
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US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump freeze is sending shockwaves through the region
Jan 31, 2025 7:19 am - President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West.
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Several senior FBI leaders told to leave agency or be fired, people familiar say
Jan 30, 2025 8:42 pm - Multiple senior FBI officials have been ordered to leave the bureau within days or be fired, according to three people familiar with the matter, a sign that President Don...
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Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Saturday, and he’s deciding whether to tax their oil
Jan 30, 2025 8:20 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are coming on Saturday, but he’s still considering whether to include oil from those countri...
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Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly DC plane crash begins
Jan 30, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity i...
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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club
Jan 30, 2025 5:42 pm - Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included teen figure skaters, their mothers and Russian coaches.
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Trump’s FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list’ and won’t seek retribution
Jan 30, 2025 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list” and that...