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Hmmm: Qatar Orders Hamas Leadership to Disarm
Symbolic? Maybe, maybe not. If true, Hamas leaders didn't just get a soft ultimatum from Donald Trump this week. Yesterday, Trump warned Hamas that the final deal for a cease-fire in Gaza was on the table, and…
Elderly man dies as wildfires rage in western Turkey, forcing evacuations and road closures
ANKARA, Turkey — Firefighters on Thursday discovered the body of an elderly man after extinguishing a wildfire near a village in western Turkey, while crews elsewhere continued to battle another blaze that closed a highway…
Changes made — and not made — to WA Cares in 2025
Let’s start with a change that was not made to the WA Cares fund in 2025. Lawmakers did not pass a law requiring recertification from people who received exemptions from WA Cares because they had or obtained private insurance…
Ethiopia PM says controversial power dam on the Nile that’s opposed by Egypt has been completed
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that his country’s controversial power dam on the Nile has been completed. Egypt has long opposed the dam because of concerns it would deplete its share of Nile…
Intern for Republican Congressman Killed in Washington, DC
While the eyes of the country’s political world have been turned on Washington this week for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, tragedy struck the family of a Republican congressional intern on a far more personal…
Coast Guard: Recreation boating-related deaths dipped last year while injuries rose
The U.S. Coast Guard this week said deaths linked to recreational boating in 2024 were the fewest since it started collecting such statistics more than 50 years ago. Boating fatalities fell 1.4% to 556 from 564 in 2023, Coast…
Donald Trump calling Vladimir Putin as Russia-Ukraine rages
President Trump said he was to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. In a social media post, Mr. Trump said the two were to talk by phone at 10 a.m. The call comes amid the Russia-Ukraine war, which Mr.…
House Democrats filibuster but only delay the final passage of Trump’s big bill
House Republicans say they’ve finally rounded up the GOP support needed to pass President Trump’s sweeping tax cut legislation, but Democrats are using procedural tactics to slow down a final vote. Minority Leader Hakeem…
Controversial Trump Portrait Replaced in State Capitol After White House Gets Involved
A portrait of President Donald Trump that hung in the Colorado state Capitol has been replaced with one provided by the White House. The new portrait is by artist Vanessa Horabuena and replaced one to which Trump objected,…
Delta wing part falls off, lands on North Carolina driveway
Part of a wing flap fell off a Delta Air Lines plane over North Carolina on Tuesday. The part from the Boeing 737-900 was found on a Raleigh driveway the next morning. The Federal Aviation Administration said on its website…
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