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Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce
Hundreds killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes: Palestinian authorities By James Mackenzie, Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose March 18, 2025 3:45 PM CDT Summary JERUSALEM/CAIRO, March 18 (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more…
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Entire families killed during Syria’s violence, UN says
By Reuters March 11, 20251:00 PM CDT GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) – Entire families including women and children were killed in Syria’s coastal region as part of a series of sectarian…
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Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 6:02 PM CDT, February 21, 2025 A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of…
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Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and REGINA GARCIA CANO Updated 9:21 AM CDT, March 17, 2025 The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring…
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‘More than brick and mortar:’ DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza near the White House
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JACQUELYN MARTIN Updated 4:57 PM CDT, March 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Starlette Thomas remembers coming down almost daily to the intersection of 16th and H streets, to protest…
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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
By COLLIN BINKLEY Updated 5:15 PM CDT, March 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign…
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83,000 VA Employees Slated to Be Fired This Year by Musk’s DOGE, Memo Says
By Rebecca Kheel Published March 05, 2025 at 2:40pm ET The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to fire more than 80,000 employees under a sweeping reorganization effort being planned to comply with President Donald…
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US Education Department to investigate DC schools’ treatment of disabled students
The announcement of the DCPS investigation comes as President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order as early as Thursday to shut down the entire Education Department By Andrea…
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Supreme Court sides against veterans wanting stronger benefit of the doubt review in disability claims
Advocacy groups argue veterans have, for more than a century, been entitled to the benefit of the doubt for service-connect disability payments. Maureen Groppe March 5, 2025 WASHINGTON − The Supreme…
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