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Detention of South Sudan's VP nullifies peace deal, his party says
The detention of SouthSudan's First Vice President Riek Machar under house arrest has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:
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6 killed, 39 rescued after tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's coast
SixRussians diedon Thursdayand 39 foreign tourists were rescuedwhen aviewingsubmarine sank off theEgyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, the local governor's officesaid on Facebook, adding that no passengers or crew were still missing.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Trump administration narrows reach of law targeting drug cartels. Here's why the move is under attack
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South Korea's worst-ever wildfires double in size, killing at least 28 and incinerating temples
Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country's worst natural fire disaster with at least 28 people killed and historic temples incinerated.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Trump dangles possibility of lower tariffs for China to make TikTok sale happen
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok's Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell the short-video app used by 170 million Americans.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Organizer of transgender history conference in Canada says U.S. participants now afraid to cross the border
B.C. legal centre says it is overwhelmed with immigration requests from transgender Americans.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Appeals court keeps block on Trumpโs sweeping funding freeze
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge John McConnellโs ruling Wednesday, keeping a block on the Trump administrationโs plans to freeze federal loans and grants through an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo. Chief Judge David Barron, an appointee of former President Obama, and Circuit Judges Lara...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University say they cannot participate in formal apology
St. Louis University was set to apologize for enslaving people. Hours before the ceremony, a group of descendants of Black people the school owned and traded backed out, citing concerns that the yearslong reconciliation process ultimately felt too symbolic.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:GOP fundraiser calls for Witkoff's firing over Putin, Hamas comments
GOP fundraiser Eric Levine called for President Trumpโs Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to be fired over the diplomatโs recent comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing the presidentโs close friend was โdupedโ by the Palestinian militant group Hamas during hostage negotiations. Levine, who previously raised money for Sen. Tim Scottโs (R-S.C.) short-lived 2024 presidential campaign,...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:New Social Security clawback policy starts this week: What to know
A major change in how the Social Security Administration (SSA) treats its overpayments is set to kick in Thursday.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified
President Trump on Wednesday said he would ask Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to review what kinds of information should be classified, especially flight times, after they were included in the Signal group chat. The White House has insisted that no classified information was shared in the chat after The Atlantic released screenshots on Wednesday showing...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Will GOP praise for Tesla translate to sales?
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Will GOP praise for Tesla translate to sales? Conservatives are rallying around Tesla while liberals ditch or distance themselves from Elon Muskโs electric vehicles. Photo by Krisztian Elek/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Republicans, who have long eschewed...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Trump shifts Greenland approach amid blowback, Signal scandal
What looked like a Trump administration charm offensive in its gambit to take over Greenland, billed as a cultural heritage tour led by second lady Usha Vance, has turned into something different with the inclusion of her husband and the explosion of a national security scandal at home. Planned trips this week to Greenlandโs capital,...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Trump floats reducing tariffs on China to secure TikTok deal
President Trump on Wednesday floated reducing tariffs on China to get a TikTok divestiture deal done as the April 5 deadline nears. "With respect to TikTok, and China is going to have to play a role in that, possibly in the form of an approval, maybe, and I think they'll do that," Trump told reporters...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Trump officials face more questions as new details from Yemen strike chat revealed
The Atlantic published the full message exchange among the presidentโs national security aides right before the launch of a military campaign in Yemen. The messages were written on the non-secure, commercial app Signal and the issue dominated a hearing on Capitol Hill. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Trump cuts funding to global vaccine group
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story White House cuts funding to global vaccine program The Trump administration plans to stop providing U.S. funding for Gavi, a program that helps purchase shots to vaccinate children in developing countries. AP The program was launched...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Administration trying to avoid that Signal chat is massive security breach, Goldberg says
Details about U.S. military strikes being discussed on Signal have shocked many in the national security community. But President Trump called the whole episode a "witch hunt" and said Defense Secretary Hegseth "had nothing to do with this." Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic and moderator of Washington Week.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: DHS Secretary Noem tours El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans
U.S. Homeland Security SecretaryKristi Noemon Wednesday visitedthe high-security El Salvador prisonwhere Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour that included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Hegseth in eye of storm
Presented by Boeing {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth goes on attack as Signal scandal raises big questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to the center of the storm over the administration's Signal group chat scandal. AP Seeking to combat questions about whether he shared confidential military...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Sununu: Trump defense team was 'terrible' in handling group chat mess
Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration defense team's handling of the Signal group chat with high-level national security officials and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg. โThis was not President Trump's fault. I think the way this defense team has handled it had been terrible in terms of the messaging,โ Sununu...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:‘Just own it’: GOP Rep. Bacon says Signal chat contained classified info
To discuss the Signal chat on military strikes, Amna Nawaz spoke with Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska. He spent nearly three decades in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a brigadier general.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Mark Cuban wants to revolutionize US health care
Businessman Mark Cuban is making it his โmissionโ to shake up U.S. health care. Cuban is known for owning the Dallas Mavericks and for his role as an angel investor on the ABC reality TV show โShark Tank.โ He hasnโt shied away from the political arena as a prominent critic of President Trump. But Cuban says...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Appeals court upholds block on Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act
In our news wrap Wednesday, an appeals court upheld a ban on the deportation of hundreds of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, President Trump has announced new 25 percent tariffs on all foreign-made automobiles and the Supreme Court in Brazil ordered former President Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges that he attempted a coup to stay in power three years ago.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court upholds Biden regulation making ghost guns easier to trace
The Supreme Court upheld Biden-era regulations on ghost guns. Those are firearms that can be put together at home with partially assembled kits, making them nearly impossible to trace. Sales of those guns exploded after they came onto the market and their use in gun crimes also rose significantly. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Jennifer Mascia of The Trace, which covers gun violence in America.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:White House scrambles to contain Signal chat fallout
The White House on Wednesday scrambled to contain the controversy of a Signal chat among national security officials that became public, opting for its signature defiant approach but one that left even some Republicans scratching their heads. After The Atlantic published messages from the chat, which editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to, administration officials...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:CDC the latest federal agency to face leadership shakeup and cuts
President Trump has put into place a very different team than his predecessors when it comes to public health and research. The CDC is very much in the thick of it. Five senior leaders at the CDC have announced their departures and staff are anticipating cuts that could affect as much as a third of its workforce. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Lena Sun of The Washington Post.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing
On Capitol Hill, the heads of Americaโs public media networks, PBS and NPR, faced sharp questioning by a House oversight subcommittee about allegations of bias and why their work justifies continued federal support. That support also helps fund programs like the News Hour. President Trump, Elon Musk and many Republicans have argued those funds should be completely cut. William Brangham reports.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:FDA approves first new UTI drug in decades
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for treating urinary tract infections (UTIs), the first such drug approved in decades and the first in a new class of medications. British pharmaceutical company GSK announced Tuesday that the FDA had approved its oral antibiotic Blujepa for treating uncomplicated urinary tract infections in...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Ex-NIH director and truck driver explore how to bridge divisions deepened by the pandemic
Americans were sharply divided over the public health response to COVID-19, including masking, remote learning, business closures and vaccines. Five years after the start of the pandemic, Judy Woodruff sat down with two people on opposing sides of that divide trying to figure out how to move forward. It's part of her series, America at a Crossroads.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Rubio and Jamaican Prime Minister Holness hold joint press conference on security goals
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The culture war over Tesla
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Conservatives embrace Tesla as liberals ditch Elon Musk Conservatives are rallying around Tesla while liberals ditch or distance themselves from Elon Muskโs electric vehicles (EVs) in a surprising about-face for a company whose fate is deeply tied to the politics of sustainability and climate issues. AP Photo/George Walker...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Justice Department goes to bat for Trump in hush money caseย
The Justice Department went to bat for President Trump in his hush money criminal case Wednesday, urging that his prosecution be moved out of New York state court so he can attempt to toss his guilty verdict on presidential immunity grounds. Trump cannot pardon himself from his 34-count felony conviction on falsifying business records charges,...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Trump going ahead with 25% tariffs on autos
U.S. President Donald Trump is dealing another tariff blow to Canada, signing an executive order on Wednesday that will hit all non-U.S.-made autos with hefty import levies.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Appeals court won’t halt order barring Trump administration from deportations under Alien Enemies Act
A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deportingVenezuelan migrants to El Salvadorunder an 18th century wartime law.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Former Afghan women's soccer captain fights for team's chance to compete in World Cup
The founder and former captain of Afghanistanโs women's soccer team says it's past time FIFA let them back on the pitch.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: