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Florida’s universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape higher education in a conservative mold aren’t just targeting Ivy League elites. They’re stripping millions from Florida universit...

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NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker: "It's possible" Zelensky attends Trump-Putin talks in Alaska

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said "it's possible" that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin i...

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Trump team pushes for ouster of top IEA official

The Trump administration is aiming to replace a top-ranking official at the International Energy Agency, amid a ratcheted-up U.S. pressure campaign on the Paris-based body, multiple energy industry...

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Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data defies Congress’ authority

A federal appeals court panel shot down a Trump administration bid to make secret a public database of federal spending that researchers say is crucial to ensure the administration is not flouting ...

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Putin’s Ukraine land pitch sparks firm European response ahead of Trump summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, which would require Kyiv to cede regions in the east, sparked a firm response from European leaders on Sat...

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Everything we know about the fatal shooting near CDC headquarters

A gunman opened fire near CDC headquarters Friday, hitting at least four buildings on the agency’s campus in Atlanta and killing a Dekalb County police officer, authorities said.Media outlets have ...

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Universities want a deal in research funding battle with Trump

First Columbia, Brown and UPenn folded. Harvard is reportedly looking for a way out after President Donald Trump cut its health and science research funding by billions.Now academia writ large is t...

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Israel faces growing global condemnation over military expansion in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — International condemnation grew Saturday over Israel’s decision for a military takeover of Gaza City, while little appeared to change immediately on the ground in the te...

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Trump team pushes to oust No. 2 official at world energy body

President Donald Trump’s campaign to shake up international institutions has a new aim: upending the leadership of a Paris-based agency whose data and research help shape global energy policy.The 3...

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Foreign governments bet big to lobby Trump on tariffs. Most came up empty.

Countries across the globe have dropped tens of millions this year on lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump as they rushed to stave off tariffs that could cripple their economies.In most ca...

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The FBI Isn’t an Arm of the Republican Party

We are about to find out, in real time, whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation remains a neutral law-enforcement agency or whether it has been transformed into an instrument of Republican powe...

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Bolton: Trump-Putin summit a ‘great victory’ for Moscow

Former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday suggested President Trump’s highly anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week is another step toward success...

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Pluralistic: Millionaire on billionaire violence (10 Aug 2025)

Today's links Millionaire on billionaire violence: Let them fight. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Private equity vs investors; French teens who fought Nazi...

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The ‘Day After’ Plan for Gaza That Netanyahu Doesn’t Want to Talk About

JERUSALEM — Every day, now, we are served up horrifying pictures of starving Gazans and starving hostages, yet ceasefire negotiations between the Netanyahu government and Hamas have proven hopeless...

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‘We are running from nothing’: Texas Democrats join California allies in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, California — Texas Democrats appearing alongside California Gov. Gavin Newsom here Friday vowed to press forward with their quorum-breaking effort to counter a Republican-led redistrict...

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Newsom blasts Trump’s $1 billion settlement proposal to UCLA as ‘extortion’

SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday blasted Donald Trump’s demand for $1 billion from UCLA over antisemitism allegations in return for millions of dollars in frozen fede...

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Nazis are having a moment—and they’re thanking Trump

Neo-Nazi groups are praising President Donald Trump for bringing their bigoted ideas and rhetoric into the mainstream of American politics. Over the years, multiple Democratic leaders have warned a...

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Gunman opens fire near CDC headquarters in Atlanta

A gunman opened fire outside of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s main campus in Atlanta, killing a police officer and hitting some of the buildings several times, authorities said.Law e...

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U.S. attorney’s office subpoenas New York AG Letitia James

ALBANY, New York — The U.S. attorney’s office in Albany has issued two subpoenas to New York Attorney General Letitia James stemming from a pair of politically charged civil cases against President...

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Trump administration demands $1B from University of California-Los Angeles

The Trump administration is pushing the University of California-Los Angeles to enter a $1 billion settlement that would resolve alleged civil rights violations, restore hundreds of millions of dol...

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Billy Long out as IRS commissioner

President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as head of the Internal Revenue Service.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve at the agency’s acting commissioner, said a White House official, s...

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