McConnell Tells Hegseth U.S. Reputation Is at Stake in Ukraine War
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McConnell Tells Hegseth U.S. Reputation Is at Stake in Ukraine War

Two senior Republican senators sharply criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday over the Trump administration’s handling of Russia in its efforts to end the war in Ukraine,…

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Jury in Weinstein Trial Was Ordered to Cool Down Amid Shouting and Threats
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Jury in Weinstein Trial Was Ordered to Cool Down Amid Shouting and Threats

The jurors who decided Harvey Weinstein’s fate in his New York retrial were ordered to take a break and “cool down” earlier on Wednesday, as their discussions seemingly…

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Brian Wilson, Songwriter and Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82
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Brian Wilson, Songwriter and Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82

Brian Wilson, who as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys became rock’s poet laureate of surf-and-sun innocence but also an embodiment of damaged genius through…

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ICE Protest To Spread Across America, Trump Blasts Newsom: Live Updates
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ICE Protest To Spread Across America, Trump Blasts Newsom: Live Updates

By Amanda M. Castro is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, breaking news, consumer topics, and…

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Musk Expresses ‘Regret’ Over His Criticisms of Trump
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Musk Expresses ‘Regret’ Over His Criticisms of Trump

Elon Musk said in a social media post early Wednesday that he regretted some of his posts and comments about President Trump last week, which had led the…

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John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online
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John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online

John L. Young, who used his experience as a computer-savvy architect to help build Cryptome, a vast library of sensitive documents that both preceded WikiLeaks and in some…

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Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers
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Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to make decisions rooted in “gold-standard science,” fired an entire committee of vaccine advisers in part because all were…

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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway
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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway

A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause granted…

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Demonstrators Gather Outside ICE Headquarters in New York City
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Demonstrators Gather Outside ICE Headquarters in New York City

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Lower Manhattan early Tuesday evening for a demonstration against President Trump’s escalating immigration crackdown, continuing several days of protests that began more than…

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Says She ‘Felt Very Loved by Him’
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Says She ‘Felt Very Loved by Him’

After days testifying that the mogul pressured her to have sex with other men, the woman is being cross-examined by a lawyer for Combs about their three-year relationship.…

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