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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.
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Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custodyAug 08, 2025 12:22 pm - A federal judge on Friday will hear a Trump administration request to end a nearly three-decade-old policy on ensuring safe conditions for immigrant children held in federal custody.
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Appeals court tosses judge's contempt finding against Trump administration in prison deportationsAug 08, 2025 12:19 pm - A split appeals court panel tossed out a judge’s contempt finding against President Donald Trump's administration on Friday in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison.
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Justice Department subpoenas New York AG James as it investigates whether she violated Trump rightsAug 08, 2025 12:18 pm - The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation into whether she violated President Donald Trump’s civil rights, according to people familiar with the matter.
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‘Outlander’ prequel series ‘Blood of My Blood’ goes back in time again — to meet the parentsAug 08, 2025 11:31 am - “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” tells the love story of Jamie’s parents, Ellen and Brian, and Claire’s parents, Julia and Henry. The characters are inspired by the stories of Diana Gabaldon, but there are no novels for showrunner Matthew B. Roberts to follow.
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College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aidAug 08, 2025 7:04 am - A big increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for the wealthiest colleges in the U.S., leading several already to lay off staff or implement hiring freezes.
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Ukrainian troops have little hope for peace as Trump’s deadline for Russia arrivesAug 08, 2025 6:52 am - Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war with Russia, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s Friday deadline for the Kremlin to stop the killing arrived and he eyed a possible summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict.