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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has appeared in two different courts, contesting his arrest on rebellion charges in one and pleading to preserve his presidency in the other, both related to his brief imposition of martial law in December.

With Thursday’s event, Trump is preserving a tradition at the same time his far-reaching executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government is disrupting its observance elsewhere.

Israeli family mourns ‘man of peace’ as body returned from Gaza  BBC.com Bibas Family Remains Returned to Israel, Hamas Says  The New York Times Israel’s UN ambassador slams Hamas’ ‘evil and depraved’ display of hostages’ coffins  Fox News Hamas Turns Handover of Dead

Israeli family mourns ‘man of peace’ as body returned from Gaza  BBC.com Hamas Releases Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages  The New York Times Parading of bodies in Gaza abhorrent, UN rights chief says  Reuters The return of the bodies of the Bibas family

A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries.

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The format of the press event, which was to include comments to the media by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was changed at the last minute so that the two did not deliver statements

The format of the press event, which was to include comments to the media by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was changed at the last minute so that the two did not deliver statements