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US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits. Chevron, the only U.S. oil company that has a major presence in the country, said Wednesday that it has been assigned additional…
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration.
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Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump’s $400 million ballroom
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out.
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Why Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to the US and the world
Taiwan and the South China Sea have long been major issues in U.S. foreign policy, and tensions involving China have kept both in the news in recent months.
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Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he’s in no hurry
President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark.
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Fed chair signals rate hikes may be needed with inflation still elevated
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday that inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he had sent previously about his economic outlook.
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US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say
The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press.
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Ratko Mladic, warlord who oversaw Sarajevo atrocities, dies in prison at 84
Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers’ bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported. He was 84.
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Florida, hard-hit by Obamacare drop-off, feels the squeeze of rising healthcare costs
After Republicans in Congress let enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans expire in January, millions of Americans had to decide whether to keep insurance that often doubled or tripled in cost — or risk going without it.
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Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction
Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday.
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US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
After a pause of more than two months, the U.S. military announced Monday that it once again carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs.
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
The decision appears to leave room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump’s order.
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The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’
In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world’s nations to unite to combat climate change. Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense…
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US and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread
The United States and Canada, historic allies along an undefended border, fell deeper into a trade war Saturday marked by angry recriminations and new tariffs that are expected to raise prices for products in both countries.
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US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why.
Twenty migrants deported from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, the first group of an eventual 1,200 deportees that the West African country says it will receive from the U.S. under a new deal.
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Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools
A Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities despite government investigations that were rushed and incomplete or that failed to establish legal violations by the schools, a former Justice Department lawyer alleged in a whistleblower disclosure.
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In Florida, Wasserman Schultz sparks debate over what representation means in diverse districts
Wasserman Schultz is seeking her 12th term by running in a new district after Republicans scrambled the state’s congressional map earlier this year.
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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3 states, 3 executions on the same day
Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday as U.S. states scheduled three lethal injection executions in one day.
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Karoline Leavitt to leave post as White House press secretary at month’s end
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
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Senate confirms new FEMA chief and clears more than 70 other Trump nominees
A group of 74 nominations were approved by the Senate on Aug. 7.
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Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee on Thursday voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting up a referral to the Department of Justice for potential investigation over whether the country’s longtime top infectious disease official properly…
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Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a massive victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.
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Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying evidence prosecutors had recently received refuted the idea that vandals were to blame. Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that additional documents provided by the Interior Department since the indictment of…
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‘The show must go on’, says Trump at White House correspondents’ dinner rescheduled after shooting
President Donald Trump addressed a huge roomful of journalists Friday night at a correspondents’ dinner rescheduled from April after a shooting upended the first edition. Said the president: “As I said three months ago, the show must go on.” Trump entered the ballroom to polite applause, and was thanked for his support by White House Correspondents’ Association…
