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Netanyahu says Israel has 'no choice' but to continue fighting in GazaApr 19, 2025 5:49 pm - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has "no choice" but to continue fighting in Gaza. He says Israel will not end the war before destroying Hamas, freeing the hostages and ensuring that the territory won't present a threat. He is under growing pressure at home after Israel resumed the war last month. The prime minister on Saturday evening also repeated his vow to make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu spoke after Israeli strikes killed more than 90 people in 48 hours. That's according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Israeli troops have been increasing their attacks to pressure Hamas.
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US and Iran say talks over Tehran's nuclear program make progress and set plans for moreApr 19, 2025 5:42 pm - Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week, after both sides said they made progress in their talks in Rome. A U.S. official confirmed that at a point during the negotiations Saturday, President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke face to face. Iranian officials described them as indirect talks. Before they meet again in Oman on April 26, Araghchi said technical-level talks would be held in the coming days.
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Questions emerge about how a deputy's stepson became the accused gunman in deadly FSU shootingApr 19, 2025 5:21 pm - After a deadly shooting at Florida State University, questions are emerging about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff's deputy tasked with school safety at a middle school became the accused gunman.
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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime lawApr 19, 2025 5:11 pm - The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order early Saturday, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order of this court."
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Anti-Trump protesters turn out to rallies across countryApr 19, 2025 5:00 pm - Protests against President Donald Trump's administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S. Organizers of Saturday's events say they're protesting against what they view as the Republican administration's constitutional and civil rights violations. Some of the protests are drawing on themes from the American Revolutionary War as Saturday marks 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts launched the conflict.
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10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination are released, on Trump’s orderApr 18, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, including handwritten notes by the gunman, wh...
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IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the jobApr 18, 2025 7:26 pm - WASHINGTON — Just days after being promoted to acting IRS commissioner, the whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is out of ...
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Trump moves to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workersApr 18, 2025 7:20 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has begun making one of the controversial personnel changes for government employees that was spelled out in the conservative Project ...
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In ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ a queer landmark is reborn for todayApr 18, 2025 4:14 pm - When filmmaker Andrew Ahn was approached about revisiting “The Wedding Banquet,” he was daunted. But, as the son of Korean immigrants, Ahn, whose movies include “Driveways” and “Fire Island,” felt like he had something to contribute.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassadorApr 18, 2025 4:01 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Is...