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Elon Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarmsFeb 04, 2025 5:24 pm - WASHINGTON — Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump ’s blessing, sidelining career officials, ...
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Trump says he’s exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countriesFeb 04, 2025 5:20 pm - GUATEMALA CITY — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent American crimin...
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Trump suggests displaced Palestinians in Gaza be ‘permanently’ resettled outside war-torn territoryFeb 04, 2025 5:08 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory. Trump made the pro...
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China launches an antitrust probe into Google. Here’s what it meansFeb 04, 2025 3:34 pm - The Chinese government's move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and tangled relationship that goes back to the early 2000s.
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FireAid benefit concert raised more than $100 million so farFeb 04, 2025 11:30 am - The stars came out for FireAid and so did wallets — the massive benefit concert last week to raise money for those affected by the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires is expected to raise more than $100 million.
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She has arrived: Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang’s ‘Beautiful Woman’ is stunningFeb 04, 2025 9:28 am - Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang’s voice could fill every crevice of the room, even if she used no microphone at all. Live, just as on record, her tone pins you down and holds you the moment she opens her mouth.
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US aid freeze puts at risk Ukraine’s wartime help for frontline evacueesFeb 04, 2025 7:59 am - In what used to be the concert hall in this town in eastern Ukraine, cots are arranged on stage. Instead of music, the room is filled with the muffled sobs of local people driven from their homes by fighting in the country’s almost three-year war with Russia.
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RFK Jr. appears on track to become US health secretary as he wins key Republican senator’s supportFeb 04, 2025 7:45 am - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned public health critic, is set to find out on Tuesday if he has cleared the first hurdle to become the nation’s top health official when the Senate Finance Committee votes on his nomination.
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Trump says he’s exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countriesFeb 04, 2025 7:20 am - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio left El Salvador on Tuesday with an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States.
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China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate GoogleFeb 04, 2025 7:12 am - China countered President Donald Trump's across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports Tuesday, as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade measures.