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Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.

Nearly 300 U.S.-based researchers have applied to one program that promises “scientific refugee status” for those fleeing Trump’s academic funding rollbacks. (Image credit: Robyn Beck)

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Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise

The sanctions mean the companies will not be able to do business with Ukraine and any assets they have in the country will be frozen. (Image credit: JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Authorities shot a suspect minutes after 911 calls reported a shooting at Florida State University. Here’s what we know – CNN

Authorities shot a suspect minutes after 911 calls reported a shooting at Florida State University. Here’s what we know  CNN ‘We barricaded both doors’: Fear and chaos at Florida State University  BBC A visual timeline of the Florida State University shooting  CNN Two

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Florida State students mourn campus shooting, question gunman’s motive – The Washington Post

Florida State students mourn campus shooting, question gunman’s motive  The Washington Post ‘We barricaded both doors’: Fear and chaos at Florida State University  BBC How Florida Students Survived Mass Shooting Using Chewing Gum  NDTV A loving father of two and a dining coordinator

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Huckabee arrives in Israel as new U.S. ambassador and visits the Western Wall

At the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, Mike Huckabee said he’d brought a note with a prayer for peace handwritten by President Trump, who had instructed him to insert it into the wall. (Image credit: Gil Cohen-Magen)

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FSU shooting leaves two dead. And, Trump criticizes Fed chairman over interest rates

A shooting on Florida State University’s campus has left two people dead and six people injured. And, President Trump criticizes the Fed chairman for not cutting interest rates. (Image credit: Tasos Katopodis)

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Trump: Putin not playing me – but I might give up on peace talks

Donald Trump has threatened to “take a pass” on attempts to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, as he denied the Kremlin was playing him.

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Rubio’s tough talk shows Trump’s frustration – but there’s only one loser if US walks away

Marco Rubio’s comments are the strongest indication yet of Washington’s apparent growing frustration at the lack of progress in peace talks. 

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‘Relishing the opportunity’: Chuck Todd suggests deeper strategy behind fight over migrant

The fight over Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia came down to “optics” for the Trump administration, Journalist Chuck Todd surmised Friday on CNN. The only explanation for the administration’s continued resistance to bring Abrego Garcia home from El Salvador, where

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‘Extortionist!’ Columnist flags Trump move ‘deserving of an exclamation point’

President Donald Trump’s dealings with everything from Ukraine to Ivy League universities amount to blatant extortion, Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker wrote Friday. “Trump isn’t a dealmaker; he is closer to an extortionist,” Parker wrote. “At least he meets the

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