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Iran says 'time to decide' ahead of nuclear talks with US

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Iran said it’s “time to decide” ahead of Friday’s nuclear talks with the U.S., with the main sticking point being whether Tehran will be able to continue enriching uranium.

The first four rounds of talks, mediated by Oman, have broadly gone well, according to both U.S. and Iranian officials. But Iran insists that any deal must enable it...Read more

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South Korean presidential race tightens sharply after tv debate

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South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung saw his lead in the election campaign narrow sharply in the latest opinion poll released Friday as the conservative ruling party’s Kim Moon-soo made up ground after their first TV debate.

The opposition Democratic Party nominee Lee had the backing of about 45% in a Gallup Korea poll conducted ...Read more

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Editorial: The GOP's latest reverse-Robin Hood tax scheme will test its populist rhetoric

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It is with a typically Trumpian focus on packaging that supporters have dubbed the Republican tax-cut legislation the House passed early Thursday “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” But make no mistake: For Medicaid recipients, working people and anyone else who doesn’t dwell among America’s wealthy elite, this is the ugliest mess to emerge from ...Read more

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Commentary: Trump's first 100 days changed the game – the next 1,300 could change the nation

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The country has now witnessed and felt the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term. These days were filled with unrelenting, fast-paced executive action.

He signed a record-breaking number of executive orders, though many have been challenged and may be reversed. Working with Congress to pass legislation, though more difficult...Read more

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3 things to watch on mental health in Trump's early budget proposals

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Since President Donald Trump released his 2026 budget blueprint in early May, calling for $163 billion in federal spending cuts, much of the attention has focused on his slashing of foreign aid and boosting of border security. But the proposal also holds important clues — amid some mixed messages — about the administration’s approach to ...Read more

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Claver-Carone, a Cuba hard-liner and key Latin America adviser, leaves the Trump administration

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Mauricio Claver-Carone, the Cuba and Venezuela hard-liner tapped as special envoy for Latin America, will leave his position by the end of May, leaving Secretary of State Marco Rubio with some policy wins but without an important ally to navigate the Trump administration.

As a former Western Hemisphere director at the National Security Council ...Read more

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Trump organization to pay $4.8 million to settle fish-kill lawsuit against its Chicago high-rise

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CHICAGO — Eight months after a Cook County judge found Trump Tower repeatedly violated clean water laws, the president’s business operators agreed Thursday to pay $4.8 million to settle lawsuits alleging the skyscraper’s cooling system killed untold numbers of fish in the Chicago River.

The glass-and-steel tower, emblazoned with a sign ...Read more

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GOP lawmakers in Michigan vote to hold Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in contempt of the House over subpoena

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LANSING, Mich. — The Republican-controlled Michigan House voted Thursday to hold Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in contempt of the chamber and authorize litigation against her office after Benson failed to comply fully with a subpoena seeking election training materials for training clerks.

Benson has argued over the past ...Read more

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Supreme Court upholds for now Trump's firing of two independent agency officials

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld, for now, President Donald Trump's decision to fire two agency officials who had fixed terms that were set by Congress.

By a 6-3 vote, the justices set aside rulings that would have reinstated Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris to the Merit Systems Protection ...Read more

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Sweeping budget package passes House after weeks of arm-twisting

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans passed their “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill early Thursday morning, sending to the Senate a filibuster-proof package that would deliver the major elements of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, from tax cuts and border security to lifting the nation’s borrowing limit.

The 215-214 vote ...Read more

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Trump to attend G7 leaders' summit in Canada in June

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will attend the Group of Seven summit in June, the White House said, as tensions over trade and his efforts to halt Russia’s war in Ukraine cloud U.S. ties with some of its closest allies.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Trump would attend the gathering from June 15 to 17. ...Read more

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With 2026 midterms top of mind, budget vote takes center stage

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WASHINGTON — Now that House Republicans have passed their “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, both parties are poised to make Thursday’s early morning vote a central point of their midterm messaging.

Democrats asserted that the GOP budget hurts working Americans and helps billionaires, declaring that the vote would help ...Read more

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Protesters yell 'Shame!' at guests of Trump's memecoin dinner

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WASHINGTON — Top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin and other guests were greeted by protesters as they arrived for a dinner with the president at his golf club outside Washington on Thursday, a day that saw Bitcoin extend its record high amid optimism about U.S. government support for the crypto industry.

Chinese crypto entrepreneur ...Read more

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SALT write-off, Harvard tax, Medicaid cuts: What's in Trump's bill

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s economic package after a series of all-night negotiations and eleventh-hour compromises.

The legislation now heads to the Senate where lawmakers are looking to make their own stamp on the bill. The core of the package — an extension of the president’s 2017 first-...Read more

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Supreme Court allows Trump firings from national labor boards

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to fire without cause members of the national labor boards for federal employees and workers, despite lower court judges finding that the terminations likely violated federal law.

The unsigned, two-page decision addressed a tangle of lower court orders on the firings of Cathy ...Read more

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What are Trump's betting odds to win Nobel Peace Prize?

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LAS VEGAS — Only four U.S. presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt (1906), Woodrow Wilson (1919), Jimmy Carter (2002) and Barack Obama (2009).

UK oddsmakers have made President Donald Trump the favorite to win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, while offshore sportsbooks list him as the second choice.

Ninety-seven percent of ...Read more

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California to sue over Congress blocking climate waivers

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Senate’s unprecedented move to revoke California’s ban on gasoline-powered cars by 2035 threatens to upend the U.S.’s status as both an economic powerhouse and a world leader on climate change mitigation, Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters Thursday.

He and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced plans to sue to block...Read more

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Gov. Wes Moore stands by Biden, says he's not looking back in 'hindsight'

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As Democrats reevaluate their past support for then-President Joe Biden amid new reports that some people around him were concerned for his health and mental acuity while he was in office, Gov. Wes Moore said this week he isn’t wavering.

The Maryland Democrat was a fierce defender and active campaign surrogate for Biden before he dropped out ...Read more

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Political rival of Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna gets 3 years in prison for threats

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A onetime congressional opponent of Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for threatening to have her killed.

William Braddock, 41, was secretly recorded in 2021 saying he had access to a “hit squad” and that he could make Luna “disappear,” according to the U.S. ...Read more

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Senate Republicans vow changes to Trump megabill

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WASHINGTON — Landmark legislation that would rewrite the tax code and levy steep cuts to programs providing health care and food stamps to the poor passed the House early Thursday, a development that was celebrated by President Trump despite the bill facing an uncertain future among Senate Republicans.

The measure, titled the “One Big ...Read more

 

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