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Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.
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Flooded streets and subway systems as storms slam US East Coast

  • News source: BBC News - World
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New York and New Jersey have issued a state of emergency for areas hit by the strong storm system.
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Trump Clashes With Reporter Over Tariffs, Citing Pandemic and ‘Fighting Lunatics’

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump clashed with a reporter Thursday over questions about a newly signed tariff, telling him that he had spent his first term "fighting lunatics like you." The intense exchange follows a White House signing ceremony for a series of executive actions aimed at expanding reciprocal tariffs and strengthening U.S. trade policy.

While speaking with reporters at the White House after the signing, a reporter confronted Trump on why he is emphasizing tariffs more in his second term.

"You’re weighing your decision to do that, your...
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Judge delays termination of legal status for immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the legal status and deportation protections for tens of thousands of immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.

While it could be suspended by a higher court, the ruling is a reprieve for more than 60,000 immigrants who had been previously allowed by the U.S. government to live and work in the country legally for years and in some cases, since the late 1990s, under the Temporary Protected Status program.

Immigrants from Nepal enrolled in the TPS program were...
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Biden takes aim at Trump as ‘existential’ threat to Black Americans in speech to lawyers group

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Joe Biden took a number of potshots at President Donald Trump addressing the National Bar Association's100th annual gala at the Hyatt in Chicago Thursday evening, saying his successor's administration is engaged in an "existential" fight with minority communities.

"Not since those tumultuous days in 1960s has this fight been so existential to who we are as a nation, with marginalized groups so dramatically under attack," said Biden, who spoke before being presented with the organization's C. Francis Stradford Award, named for a...
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Reporter's Notebook: Trump's White House ballroom and Martin Van Buren

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump's plan to build a $200 million ballroom at the White House brings to mind an episode from Martin Van Buren's presidency. John Dickerson explains
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Where things stand on U.S. trade deals with Trump's tariff deadline a day away

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump's self-imposed Friday deadline for countries to make trade deals or be hit with higher import tariffs is looming over the global economy. Scott Lincicome, vice president at the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, joined "CBS Evening News Plus" to talk about it all.
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Trump unveils new tariffs on dozens of countries ahead of tonight's midnight deadline

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump on Thursday formally announced higher tariffs against more than 60 U.S. trading partners starting next week — just hours before the administration's self-imposed midnight deadline.

The president signed an executive order listing out tariff rates for imports from dozens of countries, including a handful that have cut trade deals with the administration and dozens that haven't reached a deal yet. The duties range as high as 41% for Syria and 40% for Laos and Myanmar, while almost no country's imports will face tariffs below 10%.

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Trump administration rolling out health data sharing program

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration has announced a new program that will let Americans share their health data across private apps and systems. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder has more.
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New analysis shows where most immigration arrests are happening

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A new CBS News analysis shows nearly one in four ICE arrests have happened in Texas since the start of President Trump's second term. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
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Longtime Biden aide testifies he stood to earn up to $8M had president won re-election

  • News source: FOX News
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A longtime ally of former President Joe Biden told House Oversight Committee investigators that he could have been paid a total of $8 million if the former president won his 2024 re-election bid, a source familiar with the conversation told Fox News Digital.

Michael Donilon served as senior advisor to the president for the entirety of Biden's four-year term. Their relationship goes back decades, however; Donilon first worked for Biden in 1981 when he was a U.S. senator from Delaware.

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Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US President considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour
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Iran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Since a war with Israel in June, Iran has stepped up forcible returns. Some Afghans say they were beaten.
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Radioactive wasp nest found at old US nuclear weapons site

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The nest with 10 times more radiation than permitted was found at a facility that once produced parts for US nuclear weapons.
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White House unveils plans for new $200m ballroom

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Donald Trump has been calling for the White House to build a new ballroom for nearly a decade.
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