Biden takes a political hit but brings Americans home
President Joe Biden's deal with Iran that unlocks $6 billion in Tehran's frozen funds to bring five imprisoned Americans home is creating the kind of terrible optics and an opening for his domestic foes that a politically weakened president can ill afford.
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What we know about 3 of the Americans who were released from Iranian detention
The release on Monday of the Americans who were wrongfully detained in Iran ends a years-long saga that included lengthy detentions in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, which is known for its long record of human rights abuses.
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Speaker McCarthy running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at new plan
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is running out of options as he races to come up with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down
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With Hollywood on strike, Biden leans on Broadway stars in his hunt for 2024 campaign cash
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is getting some fundraising help from Broadway's biggest names
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Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan start in Beirut
Lebanese judicial officials say hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan and other defendants have started in Beirut
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With Hollywood on strike, Biden leans on Broadway stars in hunt for campaign cash
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is getting some fundraising help from Broadway's biggest names
1970-01-01 08:00
Landmark buildings ablaze in Khartoum as Sudan fighting erupts
Sudan's warring factions have traded blame over a massive blaze that engulfed landmark towers in the capital Khartoum, amid fierce fighting in the conflict between the country's armed forces and a paramilitary group.
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The remaining dates on comedian Russell Brand's tour are postponed after sexual assault allegations
British police say they received a sexual assault allegation after media outlets published claims against comedian Russell Brand
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UN warns disease outbreak in Libya's flooded east could spark 'a second devastating crisis'
Officials are warning that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed more then 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis” as diarrhea spread among those who drank contaminated water
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'This is God's will.' Survivors dig mass graves for those killed in Libya's devastating floods
It's quiet at the Martoba cemetery outside the Libyan city of Derna, despite the presence of dozens of volunteers. Men in white hazmat suits pour lime over the brown soil to seal the graves. Cement bricks jutting out of the heaps of dirt are the only signs of the hundreds of bodies buried underneath.
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Trump calls DeSantis abortion ban 'a terrible mistake,' sparking anger from some key Republicans
Donald Trump is facing political blowback from within his party for his comments about abortion
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Five US citizens land in Qatar as part of US-Iran prisoner swap
By Andrew Mills DOHA Five U.S. citizens left Iran and landed in Doha on Monday in a prisoner
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