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Former FBI and CIA Director William H. Webster dies at 101Aug 08, 2025 7:41 pm - William H. Webster, the former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore public confidence in those federal agencies, has died, his family announced Friday. He was 101.
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New lawsuit on Epstein case seeks records of Trump administration communicationsAug 08, 2025 7:35 pm - A legal organization challenging President Donald Trump's administration on multiple fronts filed a new lawsuit on Friday seeking the release of records detailing the handling of the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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California’s Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkoutAug 08, 2025 7:20 pm - California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared shoulder-to-shoulder Friday with Texas Democratic lawmakers in a show of support for their nearly weeklong walkout, which has blocked a vote on congressional redistricting maps sought by President Donald Trump in a widening national battle over U.S. House control.
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Plans to take Gaza City are met with defiance from war-weary Palestinians and anger by many IsraelisAug 08, 2025 3:52 pm - Israel's decision to take over Gaza City was met with resignation and defiance by Palestinians who have survived two years of war and repeated raids. Many Israelis responded with fear and anger, worried it could be a death sentence for hostages held in Gaza.
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Wall Street clocks another winning weekAug 08, 2025 3:46 pm - U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market’s third winning week in the last four and another milestone.
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Trump meets with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for a White House peace summitAug 08, 2025 3:45 pm - President Donald Trump convened a peace summit at the White House on Friday with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan that is meant to help end decades of conflict and reopen key transportation routes while allowing the U.S. to seize on Russia's declining influence in the region.
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US has ‘no plans’ to recognize Palestinian state, Vance says before talks with UK foreign secretaryAug 08, 2025 3:37 pm - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday at a stately home south of London, with the two leaders saying the agenda includes global economics and the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Taking questions from reporters before their talks, Vance addressed the U.K. decision to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, saying he wasn’t sure what such recognition would even mean, “given the lack of a functional government there.”
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Germany halts military exports to Israel for use in Gaza amid outcry over Netanyahu planAug 08, 2025 3:32 pm - Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest international backers to a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet to take over Gaza City.
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Trump removes Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than 2 months after his confirmationAug 08, 2025 2:48 pm - President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation, a White House official said Friday.
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Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97Aug 08, 2025 2:47 pm - James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday.