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State Department suspends nearly all U.S. foreign aid for 3 months
The State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months. That affects tens of billions of dollars on programs that run from military assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who interdict fentanyl coming
Read MoreState Department suspends nearly all U.S. foreign aid for 3 months
The State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months. That affects tens of billions of dollars on programs that run from military assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who interdict fentanyl coming
Read MoreNews Wrap: Hamas names 4 Israeli hostages it intends to release next
In our news wrap Friday, Hamas announced the names of four Israeli hostages it intends to release as part of the ceasefire deal, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israeli forces might not withdraw from Lebanon by the deadline set in
Read MoreNews Wrap: Hamas names 4 Israeli hostages it intends to release next
In our news wrap Friday, Hamas announced the names of four Israeli hostages it intends to release as part of the ceasefire deal, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israeli forces might not withdraw from Lebanon by the deadline set in
Read MoreA Chicago school says immigration agents visited campus. Panic ensued. – The Washington Post
A Chicago school says immigration agents visited campus. Panic ensued. The Washington Post Secret Service approached Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, not Immigration and Customs Enforcement: CPD officials ABC7 Chicago Chicago school district says it was wrong about ICE
Read MoreU.S. puts virtually all foreign aid on 90-day hold, issues ‘stop-work’ order
Following Trump’s Monday freeze on foreign aid, a subsequent memo calls for for a stop-work order for current grants and contracts. (Image credit: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe gets Trump’s endorsement for federal recognition
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a major boost in its decades-long fight to become federally recognized. President Trump signed a memo directing the Interior Secretary to submit a plan for full federal recognition of the tribe. That status
Read MoreCourt rules North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban won’t be in effect during appeal
North Dakota’s abortion ban will not be enforced while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it unconstitutional, the state’s highest court ruled Friday.
Read MoreHolocaust survivor’s daughters search for answers while retracing her steps at Auschwitz
Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. One of the youngest survivors was an eight-year-old Polish girl named Rutka. She moved to Canada after the war and took the name Rachel Hyams. Decades later,
Read MoreBrooks and Capehart on the busy first week of the new Trump administration
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the busy first week for the Trump administration, what President Trump has prioritized since reentering the White
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