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CBS postpones ’60 Minutes’ report on El Salvador’s CECOT prison
CHINA – 2021/04/02: In this photo illustration the American English language commercial broadcast television and radio network CBS logo is seen on an Android mobile device with United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US), flag in the background. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa […]
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Epstein files: DOJ restores image showing Trump after backlash
The Department of Justice on Sunday restored online a photo from the Jeffrey Epstein files that contained images showing President Donald Trump after backlash over its removal. The image, which contained two separate photos showing Trump, had been removed by the DOJ from public view after being published on the department’s website on Friday. The […]
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Kremlin says chances of peace not improved by European and Ukrainian changes to U.S. proposals
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks, as he visits the command post of the Russian forces “West” grouping in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in unidentified location, in this still image taken from video released Nov. 20, 2025. Kremlin.ru | Via Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide said on Sunday that he was […]
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Epstein files: A number of documents, including Trump photo, reportedly removed from DOJ release site
A photo showing President Donald Trump’s face that was included in the release of the investigative files on notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein — and more than a dozen other files — appears to have been removed from the Department of Justice’s website. The photo, released on Friday along with a slew of other files, […]
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U.S. seizes vessel off Venezuelan coast: Reuters
Government supporters participate in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to blockade sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela December 17, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria | Reuters The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, three U.S. officials told Reuters on […]
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U.S., Russian officials to meet in Florida for more Ukraine talks
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images U.S. negotiators are set to meet Russian officials in Florida on Saturday for the latest talks aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, as President Donald Trump’s administration tries to coax an agreement out of […]
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U.S. hits ISIS in Syria with large retaliatory strikes, officials say
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in Washington, DC, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on American personnel, U.S. officials said. A U.S.-led coalition […]
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Inside the dealmaking that pushed Trump to reclassify pot, expand access
President Donald Trump’s move Thursday to sign an executive order easing federal restrictions on marijuana — and clearing the way for a Medicare pilot program covering CBD — caps a coordinated, yearlong push by the cannabis industry that combined traditional lobbying, sizable political donations, data-driven messaging and direct outreach to the president’s inner circle, industry […]
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Trump’s name added to Kennedy Center building a day after board votes to rename DC theater
President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, a day after the center’s board voted to rename that Washington, D.C., institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center.” Workers affixed Trump’s name to the building, above the center’s original name. The center’s website had already been […]
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NY Fed President Williams says some ‘technical factors’ distorted November’s CPI reading downward
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Friday that “technical factors” likely distorted November’s inflation data, pushing the headline reading lower than it otherwise would have been. “There were some special factors of practical factors that really are related to the fact that they weren’t able to collect date in October and not in […]
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