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Trump orders easing of commercial spaceflight rules, in boon to Musk's SpaceX

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to streamline federal regulation governing commercial rocket launches, a move that could benefit Elon Musk's SpaceX and other private space ventures.

20 hours ago
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Trump sends troops to US capital, mulls wider crackdown

Donald Trump on Monday deployed military and federal law enforcement to curb violent crime in Washington, seeking to cement his claim to be a "law and order" president with a crackdown that he said could be expanded to other major US cities. ...

2 days ago
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Indonesia, Peru to boost trade after sealing agreement

Indonesia and Peru signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on Monday, with President Prabowo Subianto and his counterpart Dina Boluarte pledging to boost economic ties as the two countries mark their 50th diplomatic anniversary. ...

3 days ago

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US lets Ukrainians fleeing war into United States from Mexico

Several Ukrainians told Reuters they passed through a checkpoint in the northern Mexican city of Tijuana this week and were granted permission to remain in the country until 2023.

3 years ago
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Obama tests positive for COVID, says "feeling fine"

"I just tested positive for COVID. I've had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise," the 60-year-old tweeted, adding his wife Michelle Obama had tested negative.

3 years ago
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First pig heart transplant patient dies after two months

The procedure raised hopes that advances in cross-species organ donation could one day solve the chronic shortage of human organs available for donation, and the team behind the operation say they are "optimistic" about its future success.

3 years ago
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Trump plane made emergency landing after engine failure

Trump was flying from New Orleans to Palm Beach in Florida on Saturday after delivering a speech to Republican Party donors, the news outlet Politico said, citing "two people familiar with the matter."

3 years ago
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Conde Nast, New York Times suspend Russian operations

In a statement published on Conde Nast's website on Tuesday, chief executive Roger Lynch said the company was "shocked and horrified by the senseless violence and tragic humanitarian crisis in Ukraine."

3 years ago
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US intel paints Putin as aggrieved, angry over Ukraine war

The long-standing president in Moscow has been "stewing in a combustible combination of grievance and ambition for many years," CIA Director William Burns told US lawmakers. 

3 years ago
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US officials travel to Venezuela, a Russian ally, for talks

The trip, the highest-level US visit to Venezuela in years, came as part of a US effort to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some analysts also see US-sanctioned Venezuela as a potential alternate source of oil supplies should Washington attempt to restrict Moscow's energy shipments.

3 years ago
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Donald Trump Jr's fiancee subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee

Guilfoyle, who worked on Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, abruptly ended an interview with the Select Committee on Feb. 25, criticizing House of Representatives members who were present.

3 years ago
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Biden slams 'dictator' Putin and his war in Ukraine

As he delivered his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, praising the Ukrainian "wall of strength" that has stood tall against Russian invaders, Biden made clear there would be no US boots on the ground in the week-old war on Europe's doorstep.

3 years ago
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Brazil 'neutral' in Russia-Ukraine conflict, Bolsonaro says

The far-right Bolsonaro, who undertook a controversial visit to Moscow on February 16 to meet with President Vladimir Putin just as Russian leaders were finalizing plans for their full-scale invasion, said his Russian counterpart confided some "secret" issues about Ukraine in their lengthy conversation.

3 years ago
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US governors order state-run liquor stores to stop selling Russian vodka

Utah Governor Spencer Cox became the latest over the weekend, instructing the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Saturday to take off all Russian-produced and branded products from the shelves of its retail stores.

3 years ago
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Trump praises Putin, revives election lies at conservative forum

Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, the former president spent 86 minutes reprising many of his favorite applause lines, assailing the "radical left" and its "witch hunt" against him.

3 years ago
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Russia postpones Cuba debt payments amid warming relations

The loans, worth $2.3 billion and provided to Cuba by Russia between 2006 and 2019, helped underwrite investments in power generation, metals and transportation infrastructure, according to a statement from the lower house, or Duma.

3 years ago
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Trump's Truth Social app hits Apple app store

The app was also automatically downloaded to Apple device users who pre-ordered the app ahead of the anticipated launch.

3 years ago
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Canada minister calls out 'foreign interference' in trucker-led protests

"My biggest concern as foreign affairs minister is the foreign interference that is happening in the convoy we're seeing in Canada right now -- this information campaign, where it comes from, the financing of it where it comes from," she told the Munich Security Conference.

3 years ago
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Trump can be prosecuted for role in US Capitol riot, judge rules

The former president is the target of several lawsuits by elected officials and police who accuse him of being directly responsible for the violence perpetrated by his supports when they stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

3 years ago
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US judge orders Trump to testify in New York fraud probe

The ruling is the latest legal blow to the 75-year-old as he fights numerous cases that threaten to complicate any bid for another run at the White House in 2024.

3 years ago
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Accountants ditch Trump, say records can't be relied upon

Mazars informed the Trump Organization in a letter last Wednesday that it would no longer work for the company, which is being probed by New York prosecutors for alleged fraud.

3 years ago
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Doodle-covered truck becomes symbol of Canada's COVID protests

Gaëtan, Derek, Ariana, Marc-André, Jessyca -- hundreds of signatures are scrawled in black marker all over the vehicle.

3 years ago
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Trump says he is in touch with North Korea's Kim: book

"As we know, he had a fixation on this relationship," New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN. The revelation is contained in her upcoming book on Trump, "The Confidence Man."

3 years ago
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Soup Nazis? Pro-Trump lawmaker mocked over 'gazpacho' police

In an angry rant delivered Tuesday on One America News, the congresswoman from Georgia described the Washington jail housing US Capitol riot suspects as a "DC Gulag," and denounced US House Speaker "Nancy Pelosi's gazpacho police spying on members of Congress."

3 years ago
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Biden finally mentions 'Tesla' after Elon Musk complains

The White House has indicated a preference for traditional manufacturers employing unionized workers, and Musk has made his feelings about that proclivity known.

3 years ago
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New York Times hits 10 million-subscription mark amid growth spurt

The paper has been trying to diversify its offerings and has successfully launched subscriptions to cooking recipes or to a games platform structured around crossword puzzles.

3 years ago
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Trump sets stage for 2024, saying the quiet part louder and louder

Surrounded by "Trump Won" flags at a rally Saturday in Texas, the loser of the 2020 election teased another run for president and dangled impunity for those who waged last year's attack on the Capitol in a failed bid to halt the transfer of power to Joe Biden.

3 years ago
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Trump says he would pardon Jan. 6 rioters if he runs and wins

Trump, who has not said whether he will run for president again after his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election, was speaking at a rally in Conroe, Texas.

3 years ago
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Biden vows to name Black woman to US Supreme Court

"This is a bittersweet day for me," Biden said during an appearance with the justice at the White House, noting that he has known Breyer since the 1970s.

3 years ago
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Harris speaks with with Taiwan Vice President in Central America

Speaking after a meeting with Honduras' new president, Xiomara Castro, Harris told reporters they did not discuss China.

3 years ago
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Biden caught insulting Fox News journalist

As journalists were leaving the room after the event, a reporter from Fox News, the favorite channel of conservatives, asked whether inflation is a political liability.

3 years ago
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Lab monkeys found, killed after fleeing road crash

The vehicle turned in front of an oncoming dump truck near Danville, Pennsylvania, on Friday en route to a lab in Florida.

3 years ago
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US Capitol assault probe asks Ivanka Trump to cooperate

The House January 6 select committee told the 40-year-old businesswoman -- then a senior advisor to her father -- it had evidence that she had pleaded with him to call off the violence as his supporters stormed Congress.

3 years ago
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