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Trump says he will create an ‘External Revenue Service’ agency to collect tariff incomeJan 14, 2025 8:12 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from...
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Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials sayJan 14, 2025 4:27 pm - CAIRO — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Me...
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What Americans think about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary pickJan 14, 2025 3:34 pm - WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth faces an important test on Tuesday — but he won't just have to prove himself to the senators who immediately began sparring over his nomination ...
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Zelenskyy, Macron discuss Western troop deployment in Ukraine before German defense chief visitsJan 14, 2025 3:27 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western t...
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Russia’s top diplomat praises Trump’s views on Ukraine conflictJan 14, 2025 3:23 pm - MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO's plan to embrace Ukraine...
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Biden takes big step for the future of AI with ambitious executive orderJan 14, 2025 1:55 pm - President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean power facilities, can be built quickly and at scale in the United States.
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Hollywood’s awards season dates, and how they’ve been affected by the wildfiresJan 14, 2025 1:43 pm - Hollywood’s awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life in the Los Angeles area. There are near daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the ongoing crisis.
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Biden administration will announce it's lifting state sponsor of terrorism designation for CubaJan 14, 2025 1:01 pm - The Biden administration on Tuesday is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to U.S. officials familiar with matter. The officials were not authorized to comment and insisted on anonymity to discuss the yet to be publicly announced move.
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Q&A: Franz Ferdinand discuss their new album, the resurgence of 2000s indie and Charli XCXJan 14, 2025 12:42 pm - In a recent interview, Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy discussed their sixth studio album “The Human Fear,” the resurgence of indie music, and the band’s love for Chappell Roan and Charli XCX.
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Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the YearJan 14, 2025 12:37 pm - Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.