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This week, for the third time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed it fully occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region.The Russian military has held almost all of Luhansk – one of four eastern regions that Moscow has illegally sought to annex - since the first year of the conflict.It’s unclear why Russia felt the need to announce -again - that its forces had “completed the liberation of the entire territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic,” as it calls the region.Analysts note that the Russia Defense ministry has a habit of exaggerating advances when the frontlines are

Russia again claims to have taken an eastern Ukrainian region. The real picture is very different

Trump administration asks appeals court to pause order halting White House ballroom construction

US revokes green cards and visas of several Iranian nationals connected to Tehran government

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Cocoa prices are falling — but not in time for Easter

This year’s Easter baskets will come with a higher price tag and a little less chocolate, despite lower cocoa prices.Cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — has been steadily falling in price from its all-time high in 2024, when cocoa beans were trading for over $12,000 a ton. Today, they’re about $3,300 a ton.But that drop hasn’t trickled down to what consumers are paying. Candy prices are up 11.6% in the last year, according to February’s Consumer Price Index.The reason: The Easter chocolate on shelves today was produced using cocoa purchased at its extreme high, according to D

Some countries are reducing paths to citizenship. This one’s opening up

Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization. Here’s what that could mean for airport security screening

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Bondi’s ouster sparks debate on DOJ’s independence

On the short drive from the White House to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Pam Bondi was informed by the president that she was being removed as attorney general.But for 24 hours, Bondi acted the part.She emerged from the car smiling and sat next to Donald Trump during the oral arguments on birthright citizenship. Later, she met with a senior prosecutor from Florida to push for charges against one of Trump’s political enemies, and she attended the president’s address to the nation that evening.Aides insisted that it was “business as usual.”By mid-Thursday, when news of her ouster had l

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The global oil crisis is turning into an everything crisis

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‘This is a recalibration’: Trump Cabinet worries no one is safe after Bondi and Noem firings

When President Donald Trump ousted his attorney general, Pam Bondi, it sent a clear message to his remaining Cabinet members: The job security they’ve enjoyed until now is no longer guaranteed.Trump has grown increasingly willing to fire top officials who he believes are underperforming, amid deepening frustration with his declining approval ratings and fears of a wipeout in the November midterm elections, a half-dozen sources familiar with the matter told CNN.The president announced he was removing then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in March following months of damaging headlines

Trump’s DOJ tells Trump he can hold onto government docs when he leaves office, contrary to Watergate-era law

A new memo from the Justice Department says President Donald Trump no longer has to follow a Watergate-era law barring him from holding on to presidential records when he leaves office.It is the latest action by the administration to stymie transparency, government watchdog groups say, and yet another Trump swipe at the National Archives after its role in prompting the criminal case he faced for allegedly mishandling national defense materials.The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel – which gives legal advice to the executive branch – issued an opinion Thursday that said the Presidential Recor

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Trump wants $152 million to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a secure prison

President Donald Trump is seeking $152 million to cover the first year of costs to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison as a secure facility.The funds, requested as part of the White House’s budget blueprint, would be part of a $1.7 billion proposed boost to the Federal Bureau of Prisons to improve pay and working conditions in hopes of ending a longstanding correctional officer shortage.The White House released the budget proposal on Friday. It amounts to a funding wish list that is rarely enacted in full by Congress, but it provides insight into an administration’s priorities.Now a major

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans an April rally to mark his first 100 days in office

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will host a rally next week to mark 100 days since his inauguration.The event will take place at the Knockdown Center, a live music venue in Maspeth, Queens, on Sunday, April 12.The mayor will deliver a rally-style address at the event, an aide told CNN. Mamdani will reflect on his past three months in office and look ahead to the rest of his administration while being joined by New Yorkers on stage, the aide said.He plans to touch on what he sees as his accomplishments since taking office in January, including announcing expansions of childcare programs, str

Why Justice Alito was taken to a hospital last month

Mavs rookie Cooper Flagg scores 51 points to become first teen to reach 50 in an NBA game

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Retired matador killed by bull ahead of bullfight in southern Spain

A retired matador was killed by a bull on Friday as he prepared the animals for a bullfight at an arena in Málaga, in southern Spain, organizers said.Ricardo Ortiz was handling the bulls in their enclosures at La Malagueta, a historic bullring in Málaga, when one of the animals gored him, according to Lances de Futuro, the company organizing the bullfight.“We want to convey our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased, a much loved and respected person in the bullfighting world,” the company statement said.Ortiz’s death came a day before a Picasso-theme

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Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon as they seek to break Apollo 13's record

Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts were toasted by Canada on Saturday as they prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around. It's the first moonbound crew in more than 53 years, picking up where NASA’s Apollo program left off. Artemis II was poised to set a distance record for humans, traveling more than 252,000 miles (400,000 kil

Iran’s ‘new’ regime looks much the same, only harsher

White House seeks massive increase in defense spending and looks to slash housing, social services and health care

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12-year-old was arrested in death of a classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle

A 12-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at a Los Angeles school, authorities said Friday. The juvenile, whose age and gender have not been made public, was arrested on suspicion of murder on Thursday, Los Angeles Police Officer Charles Miller said. The arrest stems from the Feb. 25 death of 12-year-old Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, which will be responsible for filing charges, said

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Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader in the world today, and for this voice, that everyone wants to hear, that says Christ still suffers,” Leo told reporters this week outside of the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo. “I carry all of this suffering in my prayer.” Inside the Colosseum

Pooping and snacking: More on an astronaut’s daily life inside the tight Orion

US fighter jet shot down over Iran, 1 of 2 crew members rescued, US sources say

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President Trump signs order intended to stabilize college sports, threatens lost federal funding

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry