Author: The Gazette
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Rubio invites Brazilian foreign minister for talks as Brazil seeks to ease tariffs
SAO PAULO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday invited Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to meet in person soon in Washington as Brazil seeks an easing of U.S. tariffs, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said. The call followed a Monday phone conversation between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S.…
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Zelensky says Ukraine will nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize under stipulation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukraine will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he provides long-range Tomahawk missiles and helps secure a ceasefire with Russia. “During our most recent meeting, I didn’t hear a ‘no.’ What I did hear was that work will continue at the technical level…
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Paxton reveals eight arrested in connection to Texas’s illegal abortions investigation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed on Wednesday that eight people were indicted in connection with the state’s investigation into a midwife charged earlier this year for illegally performing abortions and practicing medicine without a license. His announcement comes after authorities arrested Maria Margarita Rojas in March on charges of illegally operating a network of…
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Cuba protests Gaza war as Israel and Hamas sign ceasefire deal
HAVANA (Reuters) -Thousands of Cubans demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Thursday to protest the war in Gaza, even as Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire and hostage deal that could pave the way to ending the two-year-old conflict. The event, led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and organized by the…
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US Republicans and Democrats split on party lines on Trump’s Tylenol-autism claim, KFF poll finds
(Reuters) -Republicans and Democrats are divided along party lines as to whether they believe the U.S. government’s claim that women who take Tylenol during pregnancy are raising the risk of autism in their unborn children, a new poll from KFF found. The poll showed that about 57% of Republicans and 12% of Democrats said the…
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US could fire air traffic controllers who fail to work as delays continue
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Thursday that the government could dismiss air traffic controllers who repeatedly fail to show up for work during the government shutdown as flight delays continue to rise. “If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don’t show up to work, and…
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WATCH LIVE: Johnson holds press conference during shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will hold a press conference Thursday morning, as the government shutdown persists with no funding resolution in sight. The House is currently in a district work period after the shutdown took effect last week, meaning most lawmakers are absent. Johnson and other House leaders continue to provide updates about the situation…
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Le Pen’s far right waiting in the wings as France’s crisis unfolds
By Gabriel Stargardter and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -After falling short of a majority in last year’s snap legislative vote, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said her party’s victory had merely been delayed. Fifteen months later, with the fallout of that vote having plunged France into a chronic crisis, Le Pen and her National…
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Thune on board for shutdown solution that would pass appropriations bills one by one
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is eying a proposal to end the government shutdown as the gridlock in Washington, D.C., enters its ninth day. Thune is “ready” to use Congress’s appropriations process to open the government. It’s an arduous process lawmakers seek to use every year to pass 12 sweeping appropriations bills that provide…
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Trump praises Middle East countries collaboration on peace deal: ‘This is more than Gaza’
President Donald Trump basked in the glory of what has the potential to be his greatest foreign policy accomplishment yet, arguing that it represented more than just a peace deal to end the war in Gaza. Giving his first interview since the historic peace deal was announced, Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity that it…