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New York temporarily shutters bird markets after seven cases of avian flu are detected in NYC
New York on Friday ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven cases of avian flu were detected at bird markets in th ...
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Ariel man pardoned over Jan. 6 US Capitol attack
A Cowlitz County man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol has been pardoned following President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency for the reported 1,500-plus people charged wit ...
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A federal judge is to consider whether to block DOGE access to the US Labor Department
A federal judge will consider Friday whether to block Trump adviser Elon Musk ’s team from accessing systems at the Labor Department, which has investigated the billionaire’s compani ...
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Forced leaves start for thousands at USAID under a Trump plan to gut the foreign aid agency
Forced leaves began in Washington and worldwide Friday for most employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, as federal workers associations turned to the courts to tr ...
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Washington governor rescinds wildlife commission appointments
The latest appointments to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission were sent back to the governor’s office on Wednesday, stalling the confirmation process before hearings were scheduled.
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Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions
Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising concerns about DOGE’s ...
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Trump promotes misleading claims about federal government’s media subscriptions
Federal government payments to news outlets like Politico, The New York Times and The Associated Press for subscriptions or to license content are in the crosshairs of Trump administra ...
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Kash Patel had a roster of foreign clients. Their interests could clash with FBI he hopes to lead
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, holds more than $1 million of stock in a fashion company founded in China. He established a nonprofit that spent big on pro ...
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2 dead, 3 injured in weather event with ‘possible tornado,’ officials in Tennessee say
Two people were killed in eastern Tennessee when severe storms with a possible tornado moved through the region.
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel
President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.
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Alaska crash marks third air tragedy in US in just 2 weeks
A plane carrying 10 people that went missing in rural Alaska on Thursday during bad weather looks set to be the third deadly aviation disaster in the U.S. over a span of just two weeks.
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Iran supreme leader criticizes proposed nuclear talks with US, upending push to negotiation
Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Teh ...