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Thousands of people protested Saturday against wars in the Middle East and judicial reforms proposed by Italy’s conservative government — linking international tensions with a growing domestic political battle before a national referendum. The March 22–23 referendum on changes to the judicial system has become a major political test for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, which faces an election next year. The debate over legal reforms has escalated into a broader confrontation between the prime minister and her political opponents. In central Rome,

Anti-war protests in Italy and Spain as high-stakes referendum on Italian judges looms

US Energy secretary directs oil company to restore operations off California

Trump seeks to replace White House visitor screening center with underground facility

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American flag raised at US Embassy in Venezuela for the 1st time since 2019

The American flag was raised Saturday over the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two countries since then President Nicolás Maduro was captured by American troops in January. Though the flag is now waving, the building is undergoing renovations and it remains unclear when it will fully reopen. The move comes after several statements from U.S. President Donald Trump in support of Maduro’s successor, acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who has tried to keep negotiations open w

Trump administration must provide Kennedy Center renovation plans to board members before key closure vote, judge rules

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks diplomatic efforts as regional war rages

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Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency for 3 months over crime

Trinidad and Tobago's government has received House of Representatives approval to extend a state of emergency for three months, as the twin-island Caribbean nation struggles with a high level of crime. The two motions to extend the measure, which grants the government additional powers, including to make arrests and conduct searches without warrants, were approved in a 26-12 vote late Friday. There were no abstentions. Trinidad and Tobago has spent roughly 10 of the last 14 months under an emergency. The state of emergency has an initial duration of

Union president Nneka Ogwumike: Revenue sharing and housing remain key hurdles in WNBA CBA talks

Burt Jones was the inevitable Republican nominee for Georgia governor. Then Rick Jackson showed up

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Trump fundraising email uses photo from soldiers’ dignified transfer and promises ‘private national security briefings’

A fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using an image from Saturday’s dignified transfer honoring six fallen US soldiers, it promises access to the president’s “private national security briefings.”The email, sent by Never Surrender, Inc., promotes what it calls a “National Security Briefing Membership” and urges recipients to “claim your spot” with multiple links to donate, in what it describes as an exclusive group receiving updates about national security threats.It promises that members will “receive my priv

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The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors

The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors, the latest step in the Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the grounds. Plans, including renderings of the 33,000-square-foot (3,066-square-meter) center, were included in the preliminary agenda released on Friday for the April meeting of a federal commission that approves construction on federal land in Washington. The screening facility would be built beneath Sherman Park, which is located southeast of the White House and directly south of the Treasury building.

Ric Grenell took a ‘sledgehammer’ to the Kennedy Center. Trump still soured on him

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices

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A truck rammed a Michigan synagogue with more than a hundred children inside. Here’s what we know

On a quiet Thursday morning in suburban Detroit, a pickup truck pulled into in the parking lot of a synagogue, as children and teachers inside went about their normal routines.After sitting in the lot for more than two hours, the truck’s driver suddenly stepped on the gas pedal and rammed the vehicle through the front doors of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. The truck barreled down a hallway and became wedged between the walls as gunfire erupted. The engine compartment caught fire, and the smell of smoke drifted through the building, which includes an early childhood edu

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Trump ally Ric Grenell stepping down as Kennedy Center president

Richard Grenell, an ally of President Donald Trump who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the institution's president. Trump announced the change in a social media post on Friday after it was first reported by Axios. The president said Matt Floca, who manages the Kennedy Center's facilities operations, will succeed Grenell. The moves are expected to be finalized at a board meeting scheduled for Monday at the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter who req

Male shoe anxiety hits the Oval Office

Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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The rapper who railed against corruption now set to be Nepal’s new leader

Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles.More than a decade ago, armed with a microphone and his signature sunglasses, he spat verses about Kathmandu’s corruption, its broken roads, and social inequality. Those in power dismissed it as noise, but the country’s young people were listening.Today, the kids who streamed his music have grown up; and in nationwide elections last week, they handed the 35-year-old the keys to the country.Shah, widely known as Balen, is on track to become the Himalayan nation’s next prim

A strong chemical smell forces a 1-hour flight halt at 4 major DC-area airports

Four airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, halted all flights on Friday evening for over an hour because of a strong chemical smell that was impeding air traffic controllers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The ground stop affected Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Richmond International Airport, FAA Secretary Sean Duffy announced on social media Friday. The declaration caused flight delays to soar to roughly two hours across some of t

Punch the monkey is finally making friends and fitting in

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96

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Italy ruling tells millions with Italian roots they have lost the right to citizenship

Since Italy became a country in 1861, there has been a surefire way to know who is and isn’t an Italian citizen: look at their parents.The first page of the civil code, published in 1865 as the rulebook to Europe’s newest country, declared that a child born to an Italian citizen was an Italian citizen.This founding tenet of the Bel Paese now looks set to change — ending diaspora dreams of returning to the mother country, and meaning that Italians who move abroad risk denying citizenship to their descendants.On Thursday the Constitutional Court said it would rule in favor of the governm

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Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in what mayor says is ‘targeted attack’ against Jewish community

An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city’s mayor called a “targeted attack against the Jewish community.”The blast hit the outer wall of the school, located in Buitenveldert, considered the city’s modern Jewish quarter and home to synagogues, religious schools and Jewish restaurants.Police have obtained images of the person who allegedly detonated the bomb, the City of Amsterdam told CNN in a statement.Security in Amsterdam had been heightened following antisemitic incidents in Rotterdam and Liège in neighboring Belgium earlier the same week, the