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Trump signs order that likely sets in motion a future ban on transgender troops

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future...

Jan 27, 2025

Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution a...

Jan 27, 2025

Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. The abrupt action targeting ...

Jan 27, 2025

Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) - A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away...

Jan 27, 2025

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) - The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as ...

Jan 27, 2025

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) - The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as ...

Jan 27, 2025

Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war wi...

Jan 26, 2025

Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Ham...

Jan 26, 2025

White House says Israel and Lebanon have extended deadline for troop withdrawal to Feb. 18

MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) - The White House said Sunday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon until Feb. 18, after Israel requested...

Jan 26, 2025

Qatar says agreement reached to release Israeli hostage, allow Palestinians to return to north Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Mediator Qatar says an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza. The deal eases the first ma...

Jan 26, 2025