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Analysis: Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on his political heels
Two weeks into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly been knocked back on his political heels.
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Hard Times Have Come For The PhD Degree
Long considered the pinnacle of academic achievement, the PhD is now facing strong headwinds, including reduced federal support for jobs, research and graduate training.
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Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members’ access to ICE facilities
A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities.
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White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"
Lawyer calls it "outrageous that the White House would make up stories."
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US military dogs died in poor kennel conditions as others fell ill, Pentagon watchdog says
Military watchdog report reveals widespread canine welfare problems at military kennels across the country.
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The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get her
Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family.
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Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum considers legal action after Elon Musk criticism
President Sheinbaum responds to accusations from Musk that she was repeating what ‘cartel bosses tell her to say’.
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Withheld Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department
The Department of Justice said the released files had been "incorrectly coded as duplicative" and inadvertently not published.
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A lawsuit seeks to stop Trump’s overhaul of a 100-year-old public golf course in Washington
Two golfers in Washington, D.C., have sued the federal government to try to prevent the Trump administration from overhauling a more than 100-year-old public golf course.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone
Social media platforms are awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed or injured and replaced by AI-generated deepfakes.
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I went to Trump's State of the Union. This was the moment when the room's mood shifted.
Here's what it was like for one reporter to be in the room for the longest State of the Union in American history.
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FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The agency says it will ground all flights to and from the airport for "special security reasons."
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How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
Jeffrey Epstein is dead. His ideas aren’t — and he made sure to spread them to a lot of influential people before he died.
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Returning from a humanitarian aid trip to Cuba, Americans have phones seized at US airport
Customs and Border Protection agents briefly detained 20 activists traveling with CODEPINK, 18 of whom had their phones taken.
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Republicans condemn racist Trump video post depicting Obamas as apes
Members of Trump’s political party called for the removal of the reposted clip, which has since been taken down.
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California Gov Newsom says Trump administration blocked his Davos event
The California governor, whose state has the fourth largest global economy, said the event was cancelled just before it was set to begin.
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Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians
US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
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Three charts that are warning signs flashing for Trump on Iran war
As gas prices rise, Trump's approval rating is heading into politically dangerous territory.
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Trump shares video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes
As a black Republican senator calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House", the administration says "stop the fake outrage".
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Young Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows
New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties.
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The largest federal workers union says 'untrained, armed' ICE agents should not replace TSA
President Donald Trump said he would tap ICE agents to run security at US airports as unpaid TSA officers stop showing up to work.
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Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues.
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‘I said no, then I just gave up’: Brooke Nevils on her sexual assault claims about one of TV’s biggest stars
The former NBC producer says she was repeatedly assaulted by Matt Lauer, an anchor at the network – then spent years blaming herself in the aftermath. She talks about power, preconceptions and life after #MeToo
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Judge: Trump violated Fifth Amendment by ending energy grants in only blue states
Donald Trump’s social media post triggers rare Fifth Amendment ruling.
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Alex Pretti killing: Minnesota CEOs, including UnitedHealth, Target, call for 'immediate deescalation'
The Trump administration has surged federal law enforcement to the city to enforce its immigration crackdown and pursue allegations of widespread welfare fraud.
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All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds
Musk’s X posts bragging about DOGE may trigger reversals of its biggest wins.
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'Trump will be gone in three years': Top Democrats try to reassure Europe
Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First - and stake a claim as future party leaders.
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How Ghislaine Maxwell brought Bill Clinton into Epstein's orbit
Documents in the Epstein files reveal how Maxwell nurtured the connection between the two men after Clinton left the White House.
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U.S. says it may be forced to shut down some airports over funding standoff
The partial government shutdown has forced 50,000 Transportation Security Administration airport security officers to work without pay for the last month.
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Epstein files: Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler asked to testify to House panel
Kathryn Ruemmler said last month she would leave Goldman Sachs at the end of June after fallout over her emails with Jeffrey Epstein.
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State Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450
The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship.
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Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump depicting him as an ape
The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials.
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Justice Department swiftly fires lawyer chosen as top federal prosecutor for Virginia office
A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump has been swiftly fired by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys.
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The US airports where you should brace for long security lines as unpaid TSA agents stop showing up for work
The effects of the partial government shutdown were on display in some US airports starting on Sunday.
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Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it
A racist post on President Donald Trump's social media account depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been taken down.
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'Painful times in my marriage' - Melinda French Gates reacts to ex-husband in Epstein files
She said her ex-husband and others named in the Epstein files need to answer whatever questions remain.
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No Kings protests across the US rally against Donald Trump
The demonstrations against the Trump administration are set to sweep cities across the US on Saturday.
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Pentagon says it’s cutting ties with ‘woke’ Harvard, discontinuing military training, fellowships
The Pentagon says it will cut ties with Harvard University, ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs.
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Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick face new scrutiny over Epstein ties
New files suggest the men had more extensive contact with Epstein than previously known.
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Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events.
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Trump abandons attack mode as Minneapolis shooting backlash grows
The White House has shifted how it talks about Alex Pretti's killing as more Republicans express concern over the deadly encounter.
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Greenland does not need US hospital boat sent by Trump, says Denmark
Defence minister rebuffs US president’s claim that Arctic islanders are ‘not being taken care of’
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Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files 'cover-up' in BBC interview
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it," the former US secretary of state says. The White House says it has done "more for the victims than Democrats ever did".
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Judge denies restraining order for conservative media figures who sought press passes
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures.
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Trump posts racist image of Obamas, White House defends it and slams 'fake outrage'
The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.
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From surge in patriotism to fewer US trips - Trump's impact on Canada
The first year of Donald Trump's second term has had a profound effect on Canada, from its politics and economy to the way Canadians shop and travel.
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Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful orders
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen.
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Troops are mocking Air Force gate guards over a new rule: 'You sound like a Walmart greeter'
One Air Force base's new mandated greetings for security personnel saw backlash, with troops and civilian workers calling them 'stupid.'
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Epstein files: AG Pam Bondi appeared to have Rep. Jayapal's DOJ database search history at hearing
Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House Judiciary Committee hearing seemed to have a printout of Rep. Jayapal's search history related to Epstein.
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Maxwell won't answer questions from Congress, lawyer says
Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will invoke her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.
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