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What Susan Rice said before Trump demanded Netflix fire her

President Donald Trump warned Netflix to remove former US ambassador and national security advisor Susan Rice from its board "or pay the consequences" after she criticized his second term during an appearance on the "Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara" podcast. Rice said corporations that "take

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Trump Aides Project Confidence on Tariffs After Court Loss

The administration said it plans to resurrect many of the tariffs the Supreme Court invalidated, arguing a new approach will achieve President Trump’s trade goals. Mr. Trump announced a 15 percent global tariff on Saturday, and officials are launching additional trade investigations that could lead to steep duties on

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Venezuela Passes Amnesty Bill Denounced by Some as ‘Unjust’

Venezuelan lawmakers passed a wide-ranging amnesty bill on Thursday that could free hundreds of political prisoners, perhaps the strongest indication yet that the interim government, under pressure from the United States, is moving to ease some of the regime’s most repressive tactics. Experts and activists say the measure is

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France to summon US ambassador over comments on Deranque's death

The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, has said he will summon Charles Kushner, the US ambassador to France, over comments related to the killing of the French far-right activist Quentin Deranque. Official US social media accounts posted about a rise of "violent radical leftism" after the killing, a

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DHS suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry at US airports during shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security has temporarily shut down TSA PreCheck and Global Entry expedited lanes at US airports, effective Sunday at 6 am ET, after a partial government shutdown left the department without funding. Social media posts showed some PreCheck lanes still operating after the 6 am cutoff at

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Venezuela Releases Political Prisoners, With Conditions

Since Nicolás Maduro’s capture by the United States, Venezuela has released hundreds of political prisoners and approved a new amnesty law. The restrictions placed on those freed have raised questions about whether this signals real change. Our international correspondent Simon Romero describes what’s happening. Venezuela venezuela, nicolás maduro,

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Anti-Trump Republicans Face Divisions and an Uncertain Future

Some of President Trump’s most vocal Republican critics gathered at the Principles First summit near Washington and left with a clear sense of division about the party’s future and their place in it after being pushed to the margins. Attendees disagreed on what should come after the Trump

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Historians Confirm: Tomorrow Won’t Be Better Than Today

Living in Berlin under the Nazis combined extremes: tens of thousands of Jews were deported to death camps, non‑Jews endured a police state, and the city was bombed day and night in the war’s final years. Those horrors were often visible — Jews marched from wealthy Grunewald to the

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Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs Under IEEPA

The Supreme Court struck down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with six of the nine justices finding the Executive Branch lacked authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. “IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,” the opinion said, adding that the president has “no inherent

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Government’s response to Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban was ‘clumsy’, say MPs

A home affairs select committee has found the government’s response to West Midlands police’s ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was “clumsy”, late and did little more than inflame tensions. The report, published on Sunday, examined the November decision by the council-led safety advisory group to bar away

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Trump Pulls Support From House Republican Who Opposed Tariffs

President Trump withdrew his endorsement of Representative Jeff Hurd of Colorado and threw his backing to Hurd’s right-wing primary opponent, a move that could further imperil Republicans’ chances of holding the House in November’s midterm elections. Hurd was one of only six Republicans to join nearly all House

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Trump demands Netflix remove Susan Rice from its board

President Donald Trump called on Netflix to remove former US ambassador and national security adviser Susan Rice from its board, writing on Truth Social that the company should "immediately terminate" her or "pay the consequences." His post amplified a message from right‑wing activist Laura Loomer

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In Ukraine, Senators See War’s Impact and Press for Stronger U.S. Support

A group of Senate Democrats visited Kyiv and the port city of Odessa to show solidarity and to witness how Russia’s war has damaged civilian lifelines. They arrived during the coldest winter since the full-scale invasion and noted that heating, electricity and water have been repeatedly targeted, turning winter

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Tony Burke says few options to block return of 34 from Syrian camp

Tony Burke said authorities “know the state of mind” of each of the 34 Australian women and children stuck in the Roj detention camp in north-eastern Syria, but that his options to stop them returning to Australia are limited. Eleven women and 23 children remain in the camp near the

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Inside the Big Tech Lobbying Machine Aiming to Halt Social Media Bans

In November, Kim van Sparrentak, a Green Party lawmaker from the Netherlands, left a European Parliament debate on whether to bar young teenagers from social media and heard a Meta message opposing the ban on a podcast she was listening to. She said the interruption startled her; she had become

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Carlson-Huckabee clash reveals divide over Israel within US right

A confrontational video interview at Ben Gurion airport between Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, exposed a sharp split within the Republican movement over American support for Israel. One wing, a Christian nationalist current of the Maga movement, has grown suspicious of the US–Israel relationship;

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Lawmakers and experts criticize Trump's 10% global tariff

The tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, including the 10% global tariff announced on Friday, drew criticism from lawmakers, Washington, DC–based think tanks and attorneys. US Senator Rand Paul said the tariffs are a tax increase on "working families and small businesses," and Rep. Ro Khanna

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Car fires probed after botched Sydney kidnapping as Burke defends passport rules

Police are seeking information about two suspicious vehicle fires on Good Street, Westmead, that may be linked to the botched abduction of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian, who was taken more than a week ago when three men stormed his Sydney home and bundled him into an SUV. Detectives said the cars

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Iran’s Students Hold Anti-Regime Protests as Universities Reopen

Students at multiple universities in Iran held anti-government demonstrations on the first day of the new semester, weeks after a deadly government crackdown that had quelled a nationwide protest movement. In Tehran, large crowds — many wearing black to mourn those killed in earlier unrest — marched and gathered at Sharif University

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Trump says he will raise worldwide tariff from 10% to 15%

President Donald Trump said Saturday in a post on Truth Social he would raise the 10% "Worldwide Tariff" to 15% and that the change would be effective immediately. "I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on

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JPMorgan Admits to Debanking Trump After Jan. 6 Capitol Attacks

JPMorgan Chase said in a court response that it cut off more than 50 accounts tied to Donald J. Trump in February 2021, shortly after his first term ended. The accounts included those for Trump hotels, housing developments and retail shops in Illinois, Florida and New York, as well as

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New Jersey city removes data centers from redevelopment plan after backlash

New Brunswick’s city council voted to remove data centers from a redevelopment plan and to reinstate a park requirement for the site, prompting cheers from residents. Footage shared by the Climate Revolution Action Network captured Ben Dziobek running toward a crowd and shouting, "They canceled it! They canceled

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Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Tariffs Leaves Key Canadian Levies Intact

The Supreme Court struck down the 35 percent tariff on most Canadian exports to the United States, but the 50 percent duties on Canadian steel — which have contributed to layoffs at Algoma Steel — remain in place. Mr. Trump had largely excluded goods that qualified under the United States‑Mexico‑Canada

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Supreme Court Split Over Tariffs Highlights Conservative Divide

The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s tariffs after the court’s six conservative justices splintered over their legality. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the court’s 6-3 majority opinion, joined by the three liberal justices and by Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett; Justices Brett

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Supreme Court Invalidates Most Trump Tariffs That Raised Console Prices

The Supreme Court ruled against the majority of President Donald Trump’s tariffs that were enacted using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), rejecting an unprecedented use of the law to impose trade duties. The decision was 6–3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that “The president