Nation and World Politics
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Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with a ‘massive’ attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of NazismMay 08, 2024 6:54 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area...
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Israeli forces seize Rafah crossing in Gaza, threatening aid and putting cease-fire talks on edgeMay 07, 2024 8:01 pm - CAIRO — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-...
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Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trialMay 07, 2024 7:51 pm - NEW YORK —With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor sa...
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University of Chicago clears a pro-Palestinian demonstration as MIT confronts a new encampmentMay 07, 2024 4:24 pm - Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday as tension ratcheted up in standoffs with demonstrators at other college campuses around the U.S. — and increasingly, in Europe.
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Trump Media fires auditing firm that U.S. regulators have charged with ‘massive fraud’May 06, 2024 2:31 pm - NEW YORK — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive...
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Massive pro-Palestinian college protests bring rare surge in disciplineMay 06, 2024 8:17 am - As pro-Palestinian student protests surged in the past week, universities responded with consequences not imposed en masse for decades: suspensions, expulsions and arres...
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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail timeMay 06, 2024 8:57 am - NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that addition...
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Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelistMay 06, 2024 7:09 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in polit...
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Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AIMay 06, 2024 7:04 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelli...
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Russia warns Britain and plans nuclear drills over the West's possible deepening role in UkraineMay 06, 2024 10:01 am - Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tens...