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Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege
Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems. The anonymous whistleblowers allege in a letter to Congress that top Kennedy Center official Matt Floca halted a funded plan to add...
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German, Russian foreign ministers have rare meeting at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The German and Russian foreign ministers met Saturday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, holding what's believed to be the first such tête-à-tête since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The meeting came as tensions between the European Union and Ru...
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Thousands welcome cycling students in Kragujevac ahead of Serbia’s Oct. 25 election
KRAGUJEVAC, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people staged a cheerful welcome in a central Serbian town for a group of university students at the end of their cycling tour of the Balkan country ahead of an early election next month in which they are challenging populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
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CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump's Saturday trip to a college football game
CNN says it has been left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game. It is the latest media restriction imposed by the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. CNN reported Saturday that it had been scheduled to travel w...
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European ministers discuss stronger border controls and fast-track migrant returns
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — European interior ministers held talks on Saturday to strengthen border controls, improve emergency response times and establish fast-track procedures for returning some migrants.
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China, as usual, uses UN speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after his boss met with President Donald Trump in Washington, China's vice president unfurled the nation's familiar list of global talking points, emphasizing development, issuing mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism, and ma...
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Southern Democrats see hope for first time in years, seek to build on discontent of midterm voters
Democrats see hope for political gains in the Deep South this year despite disappointments in previous elections. Democrats say voters are motivated by the rising cost of living, the war in Iran, healthcare affordability and data center worries. Alabama saw a surge in Democratic primary voting in...
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House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an option
House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections. They're planning investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration, as well as alleged corporate wrongdoing. Being in the majority means bigger budgets and commit...
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Donald Trump attends a big college football game with plan in place to protect communications
Encouraging fans to get inside Neyland Stadium earlier than usual with President Donald Trump coming to Tennessee's college football game against Texas sure worked Saturday. Fans in their seats got to see Air Force One fly over the stadium on the way to the nearby airport. Disruptions caused by T...
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China and US agree to establish AI safety channel and continue trade and military talks
China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications. This follows a three-day summit between their leaders in Washington. The two sides will also work on a Board of Trade for selected bilateral trade issues. Th...
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Russian and Ukrainian strikes leave 10 dead as Trump calls on Zelenskyy to 'settle with Putin'
Russian attacks killed four people in Ukraine as the aerial war between Moscow and Kyiv intensified. Russia used cruise and ballistic missiles, glide bombs and drones as front-line advances remained limited. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged a stronger international response, citing s...
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As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance
Work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries begin across the U.S. in January, the result of President Donald Trump's big 2025 tax cut and policy law, and a handful of Republican-led states are imposing tougher rules than the law requires.
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Where things stand after Iran's new pitch for a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz
It’s been a busy week for Iranian diplomacy that may have come to nothing.
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Trump rejects Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news
U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump spoke to reporters Saturday outside the White House before leaving for a college football game. This week, Iran offered to reopen the strait and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the ...
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Far-right settlers divert West Bank spring water as Israel backs heritage site takeovers
PETZAEL, West Bank (AP) — The natural springs and ancient pools of the occupied West Bank have long provided a respite from the oppressive summer heat. They also have been a lifeline for Palestinian communities, which rely on them for tourism and irrigation for their farmland.
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China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to stop funding overseas coal power plants in an effort to help curb climate change. Five years later, as the assembly meets this week, the world's climate commitments are dangerously offtrack...
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Prosecutor accused of misconduct in 'Broadview Six' case resigns, says US attorney 'scapegoated' her
CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor who has been accused of misconduct over a failed attempt to bring felony charges against six protesters of the federal immigration crackdown in Chicago has resigned, saying she was being treated as a scapegoat after the case fell apart.
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Brazil's President Lula bans online betting ahead of presidential election
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday signed an order banning fixed-odds betting just over a week ahead of the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt.
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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.
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UN refugee chief urges action from Security Council so displacement no longer crosses generations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief urged the world’s divided nations Friday to focus on ending conflicts and crises so the more than 117 million people forced to flee their homes can return, and not spend generations displaced in a foreign country.
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Small bites from the UN: Terminator, outside meddling, more on that 'annihilate' comment
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The leaders of many island nations spoke of the dangers of climate change. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore was also on scene, talking to reporters as part of New York Climate Week.
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UN tries to build momentum on pandemic preparedness, but hits a speed bump
NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after COVID-19 forced the U.N. General Assembly 's annual meeting of world leaders to go virtual for the first time ever, pandemics no longer dominate the conversation at the global gathering. Wars, natural disasters, geopolitical polarization and this year's hot-button ...
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Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time
The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump. Friday's decision puts an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is underway in the midterm elections. The justices halted a last-minute revival of the Republican...
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A White House press ban was lifted this week. But the tensions and legal battle aren't over yet
Journalists from three news outlets that President Donald Trump banned from White House grounds are back at the executive complex with TV cameras, laptops and microphones in hand.
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AI ads are popular in the 2026 midterms, but state laws haven’t stopped a lack of disclosure
In what appears at first to be a typical campaign advertisement, two people introduce themselves as Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul while strolling through a park on a beautiful sunny day.
