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For an emergency medicine physician, a typical shift is a front-row seat to the worst days of people’s lives—a whirlwind of drama, frustration, quiet victories, devastating losses, and unfiltered humanity. And then, it’s onto the next patient’s room to do

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive commission said Thursday it will put retaliation measures on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs on global trading partners and leave room for a negotiated

Was the president manipulating the market with his comments, as his critics say, or reassuring Americans, as the White House maintains?

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Yesterday, Trump abruptly announced a pause to big, sweeping tariff hikes for most countries. And, teachers across the U.S. share how freedom of speech is changing in their classrooms. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

Over the past eleven weeks, the Trump administration’s aggressive use of presidential power has been on full display—firing career officials, weakening oversight, and asserting sweeping executive authority. While these actions have already raised serious alarm, it is worth imagining what

Plus, the soundtrack of America.

A U.S.-Russian dual national imprisoned in Russia on treason charges was freed Thursday in a prisoner exchange with Washington, the woman’s lawyer and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Ksenia Karelina, also identified in the media as Ksenia Khavana,

US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was on a plane back to the United States on Thursday after being released in a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Washington, her lawyer and America’s top diplomat said. She spent more than a year in

US and Russia swap prisoners in deal that released Ksenia Karelina  CNN American Ksenia Karelina released in prisoner deal with Russia  Axios Moscow frees US-Russian ballet dancer jailed over charity donation, US says  The Guardian Woman jailed over £39 donation to Ukraine freed