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Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after chaotic votes in House
The act permits spy agencies to collect vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant
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Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but Trump says blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force BEIRUT – Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to…
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The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
Chevron, previously ordered to pay $740 million, gets a new day in court
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Federal agency approves concept for Trump’s Triumphal Arch
The 250-foot arch will dwarf the Lincoln Memorial
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Over 10,000 U.S. troops are enforcing the Iran blockade, but no ships boarded so far, military says WASHINGTON – More than 10,000 American troops are helping enforce the blockade on…
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Hezbollah official says the group won’t abide by any agreements from Lebanon-Israel talks in the U.S.
Wafiq Safa, senior Hezbollah political council member, gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, on Monday. Hussein Malla/AP Photo BEIRUT – The Lebanese militant…
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Postal Service union launches ad campaign promoting mail voting as Trump assails the method The American Postal Workers Union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail.…
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Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis
Gavino Rivera talks about the decline of the Hillcrest neighborhood Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, as he gathers scrap metal near a Citgo oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Jon Shapley/Houston…
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‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ rockets to $629 million worldwide at the box office
‘You, Me & Tuscany’ was the weekend's big new opener
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Hollywood heavyweights voice ‘unequivocal opposition’ to Paramount-Warner merger in open letter
Vehicles enter Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles on Dec. 17, 2025. Jae C. Hong/AP File PhotoJae C. Hong NEW YORK – More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and…
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Pope Leo says he does not fear Trump, citing Gospel as he pushes back in feud over Iran war
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. Alberto Pizzoli/Pool…
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Melania Trump delivers statement at the White House denying knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes
First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak with reporters on Thursday in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo WASHINGTON – First lady Melania Trump…
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Federal court hears new case against Trump’s latest global tariffs
Trump is now using Section 122 after the Supreme Court struck down his first attempt
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Federal judge extends restraining order on $6.2B merger of local TV giants Nexstar and Tegna
If approved, the company would own 265 television stations in 44 states
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Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
A sea anemone sits beside a patch of eelgrass in San Diego's Mission Bay, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Annika Hammerschlag/AP Photo SAN DIEGO – Evolution works over millennia. Climate change…
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Lebanon digs for survivors after deadliest day of renewed war between Israel and Hezbollah
Wednesday’s strikes killed at least 203
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Rutte the ‘Trump whisperer’ faces a fresh test as Trump turns on NATO over Iran BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has weathered a fresh ordeal with President Donald Trump.…
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Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies
Then North Korea's IOC representative Chang Ung arrives after a flight from Pyongyang at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2018. Mark Schiefelbein/AP File Photo SEOUL, South…