Nation and World
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Middle East latest: Israeli airstrike targets residential building in Damascus
Mar 13, 2025 10:31 am - Israel's military carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Syria's capital Thursday targeting a residential building that Israel said was a command center of the mili...
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Top IRS lawyer pushed aside as DOGE seeks tax records, staffing cuts
Mar 13, 2025 10:04 am - The acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service has been removed from his position as billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service seeks access to sensitive taxpaye...
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Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they're declining in the US, new report shows
Mar 13, 2025 9:54 am - WASHINGTON — At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Amon...
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Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director
Mar 13, 2025 8:56 am - The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Washington braces for a government shutdown — as DOGE cuts continue
Mar 13, 2025 8:50 am - Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one...
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Putin agrees in principle with proposal for Ukraine ceasefire and says more discussions are needed
Mar 13, 2025 6:20 am - An envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks on an American-proposed 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine has accepted but which a senior Russian official said would help Kyiv by giving its weary and shorthanded military a break, three years after Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Columbia grad student’s detention will stretch on as lawyers spar over Trump’s plan to deport himMar 12, 2025 2:14 pm - Mahmoud Khalil will remain detained in Louisiana until at least next week following an initial court hearing in New York on Wednesday over the Trump administration’s plans to deport the Columbia University graduate student for his role in campus protests against Israel.
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Trump vows to take back ‘stolen’ wealth as tariffs on steel and aluminum imports go into effect
Mar 12, 2025 2:09 pm - President Donald Trump openly challenged U.S. allies on Wednesday by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% as he vowed to take back wealth “stolen” by other countries, drawing quick retaliation from Europe and Canada.
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US inflation cooled last month, though trade war threatens to lift prices
Mar 12, 2025 8:07 am - U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September and a measure of underlying inflation fell to a four-year low, even as additional tariffs on steel and aluminum that kicked in Wednesday threaten to send prices higher.
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EU retaliates against Trump's trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs
Mar 12, 2025 8:04 am - The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration's increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.