Tag: politics
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Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation
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Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown
Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks
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Belgian police detain 3 over a suspected plot to attack politicians with a drone
Belgian prosecutors say police have detained three people over a suspected plot to attack the country’s politicians using a drone carrying explosives
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Trump says Israel, Hamas set to release hostages in breakthrough
President Donald Trump said Israel and Hamas had agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a major breakthrough in the U.S.- and Qatari-brokered negotiations to end their two-year war. “I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the…
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Macron to name new prime minister within 48 hours after deepening political crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to name a new prime minister within 48 hours
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Former Bureau of Labor Statistics leaders say Trump’s attacks erode trust in data
President Donald Trump’s attacks on the integrity of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics were undermining trust in economic data and had accelerated retirements of key personnel at the agency, former BLS commissioners said on Wednesday. During a discussion at the libertarian Cato Institute, Erica Groshen and William Beach, who headed the agency under presidents…
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Few dozen hold vigil for Israeli hostages on anniversary of their abductions
Around 30 people stood in the center of Acacia Park to hold a vigil on Tuesday for the Israeli hostages abducted two years ago. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization, initiated coordinated surprise attacks on civilian residential communities, at social…
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Voting underway in California on new maps that could swing U.S. House control
LOS ANGELES — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide this week on whether to dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress — a possible offset to President Donald Trump’s moves in Texas and elsewhere…
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France’s Macron pressed to end political ‘mess’
PARIS (Reuters) -France’s President Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure on Tuesday to resign or hold a snap parliamentary election to end political chaos that has forced the resignation of five prime ministers in less than two years. The 47-year-old centrist president has repeatedly said he will see out his second term, which ends in 2027.…
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White House may nix pay for furloughed workers
WASHINGTON — An untested legal theory that the White House doesn’t need to pay furloughed workers once the partial shutdown ends shook up Capitol Hill on Tuesday, while Democrats appeared emboldened in their demands to renew expiring health care subsidies. A draft memo from the Office of Management and Budget’s top lawyer arguing that the…