43 m. ago Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages

Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many termsDonald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year long war.Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan. Continue reading...

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47 m. ago Trump tells Israel it ‘must immediately stop’ bombing Gaza to enable hostage release after Hamas accepts elements of peace plan

President says the militant group is ‘ready for a lasting peace’ based on the plan he announced on Monday

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58 m. ago Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostages

US president says he ‘believes’ Palestinian militant group is ‘ready for a lasting peace’

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59 m. ago Trump and Democrats deadlocked over government funding as shutdown drags on

Senate votes to reopen the federal government failed to pass on Friday

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67 m. ago Manchester United's decision on sacking Ruben Amorim if Sunderland beat them

Ruben Amorim has come under more pressure this week ahead of Manchester United crunch Premier League clash against Sunderland on Saturday afternoon

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67 m. ago Trump administration likely went after Kilmar Abrego Garcia for ‘vindictive’ reasons, judge says

Federal judge singles out statements from Todd Blanche suggesting prosecutors illegally retaliated against Salvadoran immigrant after he launched a high-profile legal battle over his arrest and removal

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70 m. ago Plane makes emergency landing after what passenger 'wearing 15 face masks' did

A plane was forced to land after a passenger is said to have gone on a mid-air rampage, telling others 'Trump is here' and blaming LGBTQ people for 'cooking' him

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81 m. ago Senate fails to end the shutdown as both parties aren’t even speaking to each other: ‘I’m not optimistic’

Neither Republicans nor Democrats appear willing to give an inch as Americans pay the price

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95 m. ago Hamas AGREES to hand over all hostages under Trump peace plan for Gaza: Rejects Tony Blair

Hamas says it has agreed to release all Israeli hostages and return the remains of the deceased under Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, Reuters has reported.

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99 m. ago Treasury considers $1 coin with Trump’s image on it for America’s 250th anniversary. Is it legal?

Law states that ‘only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency’

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1 hour ago Hamas agrees to release hostages and accepts some of Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Palestinian militant group wants to negotiate other parts of agreement

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2 h. ago The government is shut down. Trump’s immigration agenda is still open for business

Deportations continue despite federal shutdown imperiling other immigration services

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2 h. ago AP reader question: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online in discussing the shutdown

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2 h. ago Nervous corgi that ran away during California storm found 2,000 miles away ... near Chicago!

The five-year-old corgi shepherd mix named Opie was reunited with his owner after an extended trip away from home

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2 h. ago Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages as it accepts part of Trump’s plan

Palestinian militant group issues response to US president’s stipulations, but seeks further negotiations on many termsHamas said on Friday that it approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end the war in Gaza, agreeing to a hostage exchange and to surrender governing power in the Gaza strip, but insisted on further negotiations over aspects of the plan.The group did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal – and kept its response vague to other parts of the 20-part proposal unveiled on Monday. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Hamas AGREES to hand over all hostages under Trump peace plan for Gaza: Terrorists praise president

Hamas says it has agreed to release all Israeli hostages and return the remains of the deceased under Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, Reuters has reported.

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2 h. ago Trump administration offers migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to home countries

The Trump administration is offering migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to their home countries, dangling a new incentive in efforts to persuade people to self-deport

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2 h. ago Portland braces for federal troops as protests escalate and conservative influencer is arrested

Five years after protests roiled Portland, Oregon, the city known for civil disobedience is again at the center of a political maelstrom as it braces for the arrival of federal troops promised by President Donald Trump

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2 h. ago Hamas agrees to release all hostages after Trump's 'all hell would break loose' threat

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2 h. ago US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’

US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country’s 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fistTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence, the treasury department is mulling production of a $1 coin displaying Donald Trump with a clenched first under an American flag and the words “fight, fight, fight”.The words overtly reference what Trump said immediately after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt four months before he won a second presidency. Continue reading...

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