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Justice Department official urges quick dismissal of criminal case against New York City mayor

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Feb 19, 2025 4:40 pm - NEW YORK — At an extraordinary hearing Wednesday, the Justice Department’s second-in-command demanded that a judge dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor ...
Thousands of Palestinian families flee West Bank homes as Israel confronts militants

By ISABEL DEBRE
Feb 19, 2025 4:18 pm - FAR'A REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israe...
New Social Security chief contradicts claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Feb 19, 2025 2:31 pm - WASHINGTON — The new head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday that deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits,” contradicting claims t...
Trump moves swiftly on his agenda in a departure from his first-terms tumbles

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Feb 19, 2025 9:16 am - Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia investigation and ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to make sure that special counsel Robert Mueller got fired.
Rubio visits the UAE after landmark talks with Russia over Ukraine war

By MATTHEW LEE
Feb 19, 2025 8:54 am - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Wednesday with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia

By HANNA ARHIROVA and JUSTIN SPIKE
Feb 19, 2025 8:02 am - Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space" and Trump called Zelenskyy“a dictator without elections” in comments that were sure to complicate efforts to end the war.
Supervisor in DC federal prosecutors’ office told to resign after dispute over investigation

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Feb 18, 2025 7:53 pm - WASHINGTON — A top supervisor in the federal prosecutors' office in Washington said she was forced to resign following a dispute with her boss over a directive that she s...
Hegseth claims IRS targeted him for a ‘sham’ audit

By Ellen Nakashima
Feb 18, 2025 4:56 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday alleged that the Biden administration “rushed” an IRS audit of him after he was nominated, suggesting that the former administrat...
Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies, accelerating Gaza releases

By SAMY MAGDY and NATALIE MELZER
Feb 18, 2025 4:38 pm - CAIRO — A top Hamas official says the militant group will free six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and return the bodies of four others on Thursday, a surprise accele...
The pope has pneumonia in both lungs but remains in good spirits, the Vatican says

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Feb 18, 2025 4:23 pm - ROME — Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pon...

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