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• Bangladeshi protesters destroy ex-PM’s family home symbolising independence

  05-02-2025 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Property from which Sheikh Hasina’s father declared break from Pakistan attacked due to link with authoritarianismThousands of protesters in Bangladesh have taken out their anger at exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolise the country’s independence – and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she stood for.The attack was sparked by a speech that Hasina gave to supporters from exile in neighbouring India, where she
  
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• Javier Milei announces Argentina to leave World Health Organization

  05-02-2025 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Country’s president and Donald Trump fan follows US example in move criticized by health organisationsArgentina’s president, Javier Milei, has followed Donald Trump’s example and announced that Argentina will also leave the World Health Organization (WHO).Milei attributed his decision to the WHO’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which he described as a “caveman quarantine that involved … one of the most outlandish crimes against humanity in history&rdquo
  
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• Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte impeached, faces senate trial as political battle rages

  05-02-2025 21:40 via foxnews.com
  
  MANILA, Philippines — The lower house in the Philippines impeached Vice President Sara Duterte Wednesday, accusing her of a wide range of crimes that included plotting to assassinate the president, large-scale corruption and failing to strongly denounce China’s aggressive actions against Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea.The move by legislators in the House of Representatives, many of them allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., deepens a bitter political rift that in
  
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• Rwandan-backed M23 rebels launch new offensive in DRC

  05-02-2025 21:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Clashes break ceasefire days before Rwandan and Congolese presidents attend crisis summitRebels of the M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces have launched a new offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit.The UN said the battle for the key city of Goma, which M23 and Rwandan troops seized last week, had left at least 2,900 people dead – far higher than the previous death toll of 900. Con
  
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• Allies and foes reject Trump's 'Riviera' plans for Gaza: 'New suffering and new hatred'

  05-02-2025 21:06 via foxnews.com
  
  The world reacted in unified shock on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced his intention that the U.S. develop the Gaza Strip to create a "Riviera of the Middle East," and that millions of Palestinians living there would be relocated. The bombshell proposal was made during a press conference on Tuesday when Trump, standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, refused to rule out U.S. military intervention and said Washington "will take over the Gaza Strip."White Ho
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: US ally cautions world against doubting Trump's 'shockingly innovative' Gaza proposal

  05-02-2025 20:33 via foxnews.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. "take over" the Gaza Strip has garnered negative reactions across the globe and even from within his own party.Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, however, doesn’t think the world should be so quick to dismiss President Trump’s proposal. Szijjártó compared the Gaza proposal to another of Trump’s "shockingly innovative" ideas in a paradigm-shifting move the presiden
  
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• New York Democrat eyeing Stefanik's seat ripped Border Patrol, corrections officers in resurfaced interview

  05-02-2025 20:02 via foxnews.com
  
  The Democratic candidate who will run to replace outgoing Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik in upstate New York can be heard in a resurfaced interview condemning U.S. Border Patrol for apprehending illegal immigrants and disparaging off-duty corrections officers and local American laborers he hired to work on his dairy farm. Blake Gendebien, the owner and president of Twin Mill Farms in Lisbon, New York, since 2002, was tapped Tuesday to run in an eventual special election in New York’s
  
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• USAID has 'demonstrated pattern of obstructionism,' claims top DOGE Republican in letter to Rubio

  05-02-2025 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: The Senate chair of the DOGE Caucus is exposing a "demonstrated pattern of obstructionism" at the U.S.' top aid agency in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, outlined how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been "stonewalling" her office for years as she sought documents to ensure taxpayer dollars weren't wasted at the agency, which is now under the microscope of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
  
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• Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni war escalates with new defamation lawsuit

  05-02-2025 19:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Blake Lively has found herself entangled in yet another lawsuit. On Tuesday, Jed Wallace and his crisis PR firm, Street Relations Inc., filed a lawsuit against the 37-year-old actress for defamation after she named both parties in her December civil complaint against "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni. While Lively did not name the parties in her formal lawsuit, Wallace said the damage had already been done after naming Wallace and Street Relations in her initial complaint with t
  
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• Foreign policy experts split on whether Trump will follow through with Gaza takeover: 'It's a wakeup call'

  05-02-2025 19:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Middle East and foreign policy experts are split on President Donald Trump's eyebrow-raising call for the U.S. to "take over" Gaza, with some arguing it is a reversal of his "America First" policy and others saying it is just the catalyst required to secure lasting change in the region.Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., led the charge opposing Trump's proposal on Wednesday, declaring on X that taking over Gaza would be "yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers' blood." Some Middle
  
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• Senators leapfrog House Republicans on anticipated Trump budget bill

  05-02-2025 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: The Senate will look to beat House Republicans to the punch next week on plans to enact President Donald Trump's agenda via the budget reconciliation process.Ahead of a weekly lunch meeting hosted by Senate Steering Committee Chairman Rick Scott, R-Fla., a plan was unveiled by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to push for a vote next week on a first bill, with plans for an additional reconciliation bill later in the year, a Senate Republican source told Fox N
  
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• Father of Hamas hostage: Let Trump close deal of the century

  05-02-2025 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023 are starting to come home, and it’s been a cause for celebration in Israel. Even before the inauguration, the Trump administration took the reins of driving a hostage deal and keeping pressure on the parties to keep the releases on schedule. For that, they have the gratitude of an entire nation.But there is much work left to do.My son, Itay, a U.S. citizen, was not on the list of those being released in the first phase of the deal. With the pos
  
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• Trump not committing to putting US troops on the ground in Gaza, White House says

  05-02-2025 19:46 via foxnews.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump isn’t committing to deploying U.S. troops to Gaza after suggesting Tuesday that the U.S. would "take over" the Gaza strip. "It's been made very clear to the president that the United States needs to be involved in this rebuilding effort, to ensure stability in the region for all people," Leavitt told reporters Wednesday at a White House press briefing. "But that does not mean boots on the ground in Gaza. It
  
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• Authorities nab White House fence climber just two weeks into Trump's new term

  05-02-2025 19:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities apprehended an individual who climbed up, then back down, the White House fence on Monday.The incident was caught on camera — the individual slid back down on the outside of the fence after reaching the top."On February 3rd at approximately 4:20 p.m., U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers responded to an individual climbing an outer fence along the South Grounds of the White House. The individual was subsequently taken into custody by our officers," a U.S. Secret Serv
  
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• DOGE targets Medicare agency, looking for fraud

  05-02-2025 19:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and has gained access to payment and contracting systems in search for potential fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.Trump's DOGE has already gutted USAID, but Musk argued on X that Medicare and Medicaid are where the "big money fraud" is happening.CMS oversees Medicare, the health coverage program for older and disabled Americans, and Medicaid, for lower-inco
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg addresses 'phony weight loss ad' depicting her on Instagram

  05-02-2025 19:35 via foxnews.com
  
  "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg addressed a "phony ad" she came across on Instagram on Wednesday, depicting her talking about a weight loss drug, and told viewers to not engage with the advertisement. "There is a phony weight loss ad floating around online on Instagram that has me AI-mouthed saying all kinds of stuff," Goldberg said during the show. Goldberg has spoken out on the show about using Mounjaro, a tirzepatide medication typically used to treat diabetes. The drug is also u
  
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• Energy Sec. Wright outlines Day 1 priorities: Refilling SPR, promoting 'energy addition, not subtraction'

  05-02-2025 19:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright has outlined eight "Day 1 Priorities" he aims to accomplish, several of which he laid out in his inaugural address at the Energy Department headquarters Wednesday. Wright, the CEO of Colorado oilfield services company Liberty Energy, said he will prioritize refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), modernizing the U.S. nuclear stockpile, streamlining federal permitting for energy development, and abiding by the mantra: "Advance energy addition, not subtr
  
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• Major California Democrat predicts Kamala Harris would be 'field-clearing' if former VP runs for governor

  05-02-2025 19:21 via foxnews.com
  
  California Attorney General Rob Bonta says he will support former Vice President Kamala Harris if she decides to run for Golden State governor in 2026.Bonta, a former state lawmaker who has served as California attorney general since 2021, says he will run for re-election next year rather than launch a gubernatorial campaign, putting to rest speculation about his next political moves."Kamala Harris would be a great governor," Bonta said in an interview with Politico.THESE DEMOCRATS MAY RUN FOR T
  
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• Trump's Super Bowl LIX visit would be 'great honor,' Chiefs star Travis Kelce says

  05-02-2025 19:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce reacted on Wednesday to the possibility of President Donald Trump going to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.Trump is expected to attend the game and become the first sitting president to do so, a source told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. A White House official also told The Associated Press that the 47th president was expected at Caesars Superdome.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREEKelce was asked about it at a pre-Super Bowl press conference."I t
  
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• Former GOP leader McConnell falls while exiting Senate chamber after Turner confirmation vote

  05-02-2025 19:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday as he was exiting the Senate chamber after a confirmation vote for Housing and Urban Development secretary nominee Scott Turner. McConnell, who is 82 years old and a survivor of childhood Polio, fell down the stairs and was quickly assisted by Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla.It is not clear whether he suffered any injuries, but Fox News was told the former leader appe
  
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• Trump’s Small Business Administration nominee advances to Senate floor

  05-02-2025 19:03 via foxnews.com
  
  The Senate’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee voted Wednesday by a 12–7 margin to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator to the Senate floor. Kelly Loeffler, a prominent business executive and philanthropist who served as a senator from Georgia for two years, appeared before the committee on Jan. 28 and pledged to donate her annual $207,500 salary to charity. Loeffler and her husba
  
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• Senate tees up Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought for final confirmation vote

  05-02-2025 19:01 via foxnews.com
  
  The Senate on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, to a final confirmation vote. The cloture motion passed with a strictly party-line vote, 53-47. The entire Democratic caucus opposed Vought, as they promised to do. Republicans have backed Vought’s nomination and claim he is prepared for the role since he led the office during Trump’s first administration. But Democrats remain staunchly opp
  
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• You're hired! Here's who passed Congress' Trump cabinet test and how stormy their hearings were

  05-02-2025 18:52 via foxnews.com
  
  As of Wednesday, 11 of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees have been successfully confirmed to their posts.While some, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sailed through, while others, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, saw their confirmation process marred with pointed confrontations and deep dives into their personal lives, as was the case for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.MARCO RUBIO: STATERubio, a longtime Florida senator from Miami, and the son of Cuban immigrants, enjoyed a relativel
  
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• Trans lawsuit lobbed against Trump admin based on 'faulty interpretations': Legal expert

  05-02-2025 18:52 via foxnews.com
  
  As LGBT advocates and medical organizations challenge the Trump administration's ban on transgender treatments for minors, legal expert Sarah Parshall Perry of the Heritage Foundation warns that this lawsuit is just the "tip of the iceberg," driven by "faulty interpretations," with more legal battles expected in the coming months."This is a $5 billion a year industry," Perry said. "I would not expect what I like to call the gender ghouls to go quietly into that good night, they are going to sudd
  
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• Trump’s insists ‘everybody loves’ his plan for US to ‘take over’ Gaza amid global condemnation – live

  05-02-2025 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  UK, Germany, China, Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia speak against announcement described as ethnic cleansing by human rights groupsFull report: Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip‘We would rather die than leave’: Palestinians on Trump’s planAustralian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says his government continues to support a two-state solution in the Middle East, “where both Israelis and Palestinians could live in peace and security.”
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• Trump is attempting to ‘destroy’ government, largest federal union warns Congress – live

  05-02-2025 18:51 via theguardian.com
  Union president tells House committee Trump issuing ‘legally dubious policy to drain departments and agencies of experienced and dedicated professionals’ Donald Trump will sign an executive order to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at 3pm today, the White House said.Dubbed “No Men in Women’s Sports”, the order will change how the administration interprets Title IX, a civil rights law that addresses sex discrimination at schools tha
  
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• Farage laughs off question about Trump’s plan for Gaza, saying ‘casinos, nightlife … very appealing to me’ – UK politics live

  05-02-2025 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Reform UK leader says he ‘loves’ Donald Trump’s idea of displacing millions of Palestinians and turning Gaza into ‘Riviera of the Middle East’This is from Max Kendix from the Times.EXCLUSIVE: More than five million lose the chance to vote in local elections this year. Elections cancelled in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Thurrock, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight - replaced with elections to new unitary councils in 2026 Continue reading...
  
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• US Postal Service briefly halts packages arriving from China and Hong Kong

  05-02-2025 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Normal service resumes after initial suspension, in latest episode of growing trade war between the US and ChinaUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Postal Service briefly suspended incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong on Tuesday before returning to normal service on Wednesday after accusations of “unreasonable suppression” from Beijing, in the latest episode of a growing trade war between the US and China.The initial suspension came as Donald Trump said he was not in a
  
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• Trump’s plan to own Gaza a throwback to 19th-century imperialism

  05-02-2025 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  It does not seem to occur to US administration that to the rest of the world they seem to be advocating a second NakbaDonald Trump’s vision of Gaza as a US-administered Riviera stripped of Palestinians indulges the fantasies of Israel’s extremist right, but also, if taken seriously, builds on an expansionist foreign policy that Trump has articulated since he took on the presidency. The outlook is more akin to mid-19th century US imperial thinking than the era of isolationism his elec
  
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• Trump holding Oval Office meeting with Texas Gov. Abbott over 'securing the southern border'

  05-02-2025 18:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott meets at the White House on Wednesday with President Donald Trump to discuss their efforts to beef up security along America's southern border with Mexico."Governor Abbott is meeting with President Trump to discuss their continued partnership in securing the southern border and keeping Americans safe," Abbott press secretary Andrew Mahaleris told Fox News Digital when asked about the Oval Office get-together. Ahead of his meeting with Trump, the three-term conservativ
  
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• Politico pays employees late; staffers believe Elon Musk’s crackdown on government spending played a role

  05-02-2025 18:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Politico staffers received their bi-weekly direct deposits late this week, irking staffers who believe Elon Musk’s crackdown on government spending played a role in the late payment. Politico has received at least $8.2 million from the U.S. government in recent years, with $44,000 of that coming from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), according to USAspending.gov. Musk, the world’s richest man now in charge of Trump’s Department of Government Effic
  
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• 'Immigration enforcement efforts' underway in Denver metro area, FBI confirms

  05-02-2025 18:44 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is leading early morning "immigration enforcement efforts" in Denver and Aurora, Colorado, this morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed to Fox News Digital.Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver posted to X that "100+ members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were targeted for arrest and detention in Aurora, Colo., today by ICE and its partners @FBI @DEAHQ @CBP @ATFHQ & @USMarshalsHQ in an ongoing invest
  
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• Jets stars share lessons learned through adversity from rollercoaster 2024 season

  05-02-2025 18:37 via foxnews.com
  
  When adversity presents itself in any situation, it is usually never the natural reaction to overcome it. Adversity weighs on a person, sometimes to the point when it seems too hard to let go of. For the New York Jets, despite all their talent in 2024, adversity faced them from seemingly all facets in a 5-12 roller coaster of a season. However, the greatest part of adversity is the natural lessons it teaches, and Jets star defenders Jermaine Johnson and Quincy Williams learned somethin
  
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• 'Losing their minds': Dem lawmakers face backlash for invoking 'unhinged' violent rhetoric against Musk

  05-02-2025 18:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Several Democratic lawmakers drew the ire of conservatives on social media after showing up at a rally against Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts and riling up the crowd with disparaging comments about the Tesla CEO, including calling him a Nazi."Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby, a godless lawless billionaire, who no one elected," Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said at a rally outside the Treasury Department where protesters were speaking out against DOGE."Elon, this is the American people. This is not
  
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• French PM François Bayrou survives first confidence vote

  05-02-2025 18:29 via theguardian.com
  National Rally and Socialists did not back motion tabled by hard-left France Unbowed for forcing through budgetThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has survived an initial confidence vote in parliament called for by the hard left, after the far-right National Rally (RN) and centre-left Socialists did not back the motion against him.On Wednesday, 128 lawmakers voted in favour of the first motion of no confidence, well short of the 289 votes that were needed. Continue reading...
  
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• West Point disbands student-led clubs after Trump’s DEI order

  05-02-2025 18:28 via theguardian.com
  US military academy clubs include Society of Women Engineers, Latin Cultural Club and an LGBTQ+ support groupUS politics live – latest updatesThe US military academy at West Point has dissolved 12 student-led cultural and professional clubs, following executive orders from the Trump administration targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across federal institutions.A memorandum signed by DC Chad Foster this week, verified by the Washington Post, instructs the immediate shut
  
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• Harrison Butker's faith has rubbed off on Patrick Mahomes, teammates, Chiefs owner's daughter says

  05-02-2025 18:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Harrison Butker may have garnered criticism last year off the field, but according to Gracie Hunt, the daughter of the Kansas City Chiefs owner, his presence in the locker room is certainly felt.Butker became a rather polarizing figure last offseason after he gave a faith-based commencement speech at Benedictine College and urged women to embrace the title of "homemaker." The controversial speech garnered much praise and backlash.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREEButker als
  
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• Bondi's DOJ Day 1 directives: Fight weaponization of justice, eliminate cartels, lift death penalty ban

  05-02-2025 18:24 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi will issue several major directives on her first day leading the Justice Department, including orders to combat the weaponization of the legal system; make prosecutors seek the death penalty when appropriate; and work with the Department of Homeland Security to "completely eliminate" cartels and transnational criminal organizations, Fox News Digital has learned.Bondi was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday night as attorney general and sworn in on Wednesday.&
  
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• US federal workers weigh Trump’s buyout offer: ‘We’re feeling petty as hell’

  05-02-2025 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Some civil servants determined to ‘stick it out’ as president and Elon Musk push for mass resignations: ‘We’re not even sure what is being offered is legal’What is USAid and why does Trump dislike it so much?US politics live – latest updatesAmy*, a federal US government employee working for homeland security who was hired by the Joe Biden administration’s refugee programme, has not left her phone out of her sight since last Tuesday, when the Elon Musk-le
  
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• Rahim Al-Hussaini named as 50th Aga Khan after death of father

  05-02-2025 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  New title holder becomes the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili MuslimsRahim Al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims.
  He was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, in his father’s will. His father died on Tuesday in Portugal.
  The Aga Khan is considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state.
  
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• Doctor faces inquiry after giving his cat a Cat scan at Italian hospital

  05-02-2025 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian radiologist, who says injured pet was ‘between life and death’, also operated on animal at Aosta facilityAn Italian doctor has been placed under investigation after giving his cat a Cat scan at a hospital in Aosta before performing a life-saving operation on the feline.Gianluca Fanelli took the animal, called Athena, to Umberto Parini hospital in the northern Italian region, where he is a manager of the radiology unit, after she fell from a roof. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap

  05-02-2025 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon suspended last July for backing SNP amendment to king’s speechLabour has restored the whip to a further three MPs who voted against the two-child benefit cap, the Guardian understands.Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon were among seven parliamentarians who were suspended in July for supporting an amendment to the king’s speech, tabled by the SNP. Continue reading...
  
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• Keir Starmer opts not to attend international AI summit in Paris

  05-02-2025 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: PM risks upsetting host Emmanuel Macron and missing chance to speak to JD Vance and Elon MuskKeir Starmer has decided not to travel to Paris for next week’s international summit on artificial intelligence, despite the attendance of other world leaders including Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi and JD Vance.Sources have told the Guardian that the prime minister will not attend the summit, the latest in a series of international AI conferences started by the former prime minister Ri
  
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• Republicans conflicted on Trump’s pitch to ‘own’ Gaza: ‘I thought we voted for America First’

  05-02-2025 17:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Some senior party leaders call Trump’s vow that the US will ‘take over’ Gaza ‘problematic’ while others approveUS politics live – latest updatesFrom “problematic” to “a couple of kinks in that Slinky” to “a bit of a stretch”, reaction from Republicans who weighed in on Donald Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza was mixed on Wednesday, while some senior party leaders gave their blessing.Some of the strongest crit
  
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• Örebro school shooting was one-man operation, police say

  05-02-2025 17:32 via theguardian.com
  Swedish officers working to identify victims and say evidence strongly suggests gunman shot himselfThe gun attack that left 11 people dead in the Swedish city of Örebro was “a one-man operation”, police have said, as they worked to identify the victims of the country’s deadliest mass shooting.The suspected gunman was among the dead and six people were hospitalised after a shooter entered Campus Risbergska, a school specialising in adult education, just after 12.30pm on Tue
  
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• National Women’s Soccer League agrees to $5 million settlement over past mistreatment of players

  05-02-2025 17:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The National Women’s Soccer League has agreed to a $5 million settlement with three attorneys general over past mistreatment of its athletes, according to a joint announcement on Wednesday.
  
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• US military aircraft transports 104 deported people to India

  05-02-2025 17:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Plane departed Texas and landed in Amritsar as Washington prepares to welcome Indian PM Narendra ModiA US military plane carrying 104 deported people has landed in India as part of the Trump administration’s policy of deploying the armed forces to enforce its trumpeted mass deportation programme.The migrants, the first to be flown to India by military aircraft, were sent on a C-17 aircraft from San Antonio in Texas to the northern Indian city of Amritsar. Continue reading...
  
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• Dismissed labor official sues Trump and NLRB chair over firing

  05-02-2025 17:29 via theguardian.com
  Gwynne Wilcox says her dismissal from National Labor Relations Board was ‘blatant violation’ of lawUS politics live – latest updatesA former member of the top US labor watchdog has sued Donald Trump over her firing last week, describing it as an “unprecedented and illegal” attempt to strip the agency of its independence.Gwynne Wilcox said her removal from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was a “blatant violation” of the National Labor Relations
  
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• Prevent programme closed Southport killer’s case too soon, minister tells MPs

  05-02-2025 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Rapid review finds Axel Rudakubana should have been managed through scheme to spot potential terroristsThe Southport killer’s interest in knives and mass atrocities should have been managed through the government’s official scheme to spot potential terrorists but his case was closed “prematurely”, the security minister has told MPs.A rapid learning review of the Prevent programme, put before the Commons on Wednesday, has criticised counter-terrorism officers for failing t
  
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• Trump expected to sign executive order banning trans women from women’s sports

  05-02-2025 17:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The president signed three orders restricting transgender rights, including limits on military service and access to gender-affirming care.
  
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