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• Obama congratulates Myanmar on polls, army vows smooth power shift

  12-11-2015 06:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Myanmar said Thursday President Barack Obama had congratulated the nation on holding "free and fair" election, as the government and army chief promised a smooth transition of power with Aung San Suu Kyi's party edging towards victory. Obama "called President Thein Sein this morning to congratulate him and the government for successfully holding a historic free and fair general election," Myanmar's Information Minister Ye Htut said on his official Facebook page. The American leader has thrown hi
  
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• Trump-backed congresswoman criticizes Trump's immigration policies

  17-09-2026 22:30 via time.com
  
  Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) talks to reporters following a House Republican conference in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 2026. —Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesRep. María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican up for re-election in November, released an ad on Thursday in which she criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, just months after he endorsed her campaign.“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforceme
  
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• Trump-backed congresswoman criticizes his immigration policies

  17-09-2026 22:30 via time.com
  
  Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) talks to reporters following a House Republican conference in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 2026. —Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesRep. María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican up for re-election in November, released an ad on Thursday in which she criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, just months after he endorsed her campaign.“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforceme
  
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• New polls show that Americans finally agree on 1 thing: Opposing AI

  17-09-2026 21:23 via tech.yahoo.com
  
  There's not much the American people agree on these days. From Trump Steaks to plastic straws, from vaccines to Teslas, it's hard to pinpoint a topic that hasn't been polarized by politics. But a series of new surveys suggest Americans may have finally found some common ground, at least for the moment: growing concerns about artificial intelligence. Last week, a long-running industry debate about AI safety broke containment and went viral after an Anthropic researcher named Jacob Coxon quit his
  
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• Trump's rate hike comments place renewed scrutiny on the Fed's independence

  17-09-2026 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump with Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22. - Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
  The Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in three years has ushered in a new twist to the already unusual relationship between President Donald Trump and the world’s most powerful central bank.
  Trump raised eyebrows on Wednesday evening by appearing to suggest that he gave Kevin Warsh, his handpicked Fed chairman, permission to raise rates &ndas
  
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• Judge sets new condition as Trump talks about Kennedy Center being 'ripped down'

  17-09-2026 20:25 via yahoo.com
  By Katharine Jackson and Mike ScarcellaWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts venue ‌that has become a flashpoint in his efforts to reshape the U.S. capital.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order after ‌lawyers for a Democratic congresswoman who is suing to keep the venue open and T
  
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• Judge requires 30 days' notice before Trump can demolish Kennedy Center

  17-09-2026 20:25 via yahoo.com
  By Katharine Jackson and Mike ScarcellaWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts venue ‌that has become a flashpoint in his efforts to reshape the U.S. capital.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order after ‌lawyers for a Democratic congresswoman who is suing to keep the venue open and T
  
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• Rubio takes behind-the-scenes role on Iran war while keeping future options open

  17-09-2026 18:47 via nbcnews.com
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio "really does have the rest of the world to worry about," White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The talks to end the Iran war had hit a snag.Vice President JD Vance had flown to Pakistan for negotiations with the Iranians, a sign that the two sides had narrowed their differences and the White House might be poised to announce a breakthrough.As the marathon April meeting unfolded, though, U.S. negotiators began
  
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• White House withdraws ICE director nominee after Republican blocks hearing

  17-09-2026 18:18 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Thursday withdrew the nomination of Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a Republican blocked his confirmation hearing.Schroyer's nomination stalled after Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a foe of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, requested that the Department of Homeland Security provide his committee with more information about its investigation into two ICE and Border Patrol agents accused of ki
  
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• Scientists discover the first new cat species in more than 100 years

  17-09-2026 17:00 via nationalgeographic.com
  In 2016, Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, a biologist and National Geographic Explorer working in Bolivia, received a call from a local wildlife sanctuary that had just been given what they described as “a weird cat.” It came from a local man who found it as a kitten on a road near a forest. The man took the animal home, believing it to be a domestic breed. But after about a year of living with the clearly wild animal, he realized it would be better off at a sanctuary.As the lead scientist a
  
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• Trump says the EU allowing Canada as associate member could be a 'hostile act'

  17-09-2026 14:51 via uk.finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Yves HermanSTRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada and Europe should ally to protect their markets, democracies and rule of law in a world dominated by the United States and China, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, after an EU ‌proposal to make Canada an "associate member".The Canadian prime minister received warm applause for his speech to the European Parliament, delivered hours after U.S. President Donald ‌Trump threatened t
  
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• Buckingham Palace broke its own golden rule over Princess Diana claims

  17-09-2026 14:33 via yahoo.com
  Britain's royal family has taken the unusual step of publicly challenging claims made by Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, in his upcoming memoir. Departing from the monarchy's traditional "never complain, never explain" approach, Buckingham Palace responded Wednesday to Spencer's recollection of a phone call between himself and King Charles, in the wake of Diana's death in 1997. According to Spencer, the call took place after Spencer objected to Prince William and Prince Harry, then
  
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• NBC news chopper's final video captures a troubling sound moments before the crash

  17-09-2026 14:23 via yahoo.com
  Mourners leave notes at a memorial for the NBC4 helicopter crew at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)NBC4’s helicopter was one of several news aircraft flying over the scene of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening at sunset.It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.But around 7 p.m., something went horribly wrong and in a matter of seconds the NBC4 ch
  
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• Massie claims GOP support for Hegseth impeachment prompted early recess

  17-09-2026 13:47 via thehill.com
  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. 
  “The fact that they didn’t vote on it tells me that they did a whip check, and they probably found that there were some other Republicans, besides me, that were going to vote for this, or at least didn’t want to be on the record supporting Hegseth,” he told host Ka
  
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• EU and Canada are stronger together, Carney says, after Trump derides EU alliance

  17-09-2026 12:19 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Yves Herman and Lili BayerSTRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the proposal of becoming an "associate member" of the European Union, saying Europe and Canada were ‌stronger together and should deepen ties to protect their citizens' prosperity.Hours earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump had ‌derided the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's overtures as "laughable" and said he would hit Europe with further tariffs if h
  
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• There are more trucks on U.S. highways but fewer roadside inspections, report shows

  17-09-2026 12:00 via cbsnews.com
  
  A truck operated by Next Level Express Inc. slammed into an SUV parked on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike last December, killing two parents and their daughter on the way home from a family gathering. A second daughter survived.In the decade before the crash, none of the company's trucks or drivers had been subjected to a single roadside inspection.It's a pattern repeating hundreds of times a year. A CBS News analysis of millions of federal records finds more than 2,000 people have
  
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• GOP senators press Trump admin. for clearer Iran war goals as fuel prices soar

  17-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  Senate Republicans aren’t happy with the lack of progress in the Iran war and what they say is the administration’s failure to identify clear objectives to end the conflict.
  The war continues to be a major drag on GOP candidates as the failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and new threats facing oil exports from Iranian-backed Houthi militias have sent the prices to nearly $106 a barrel, while raising the national gas price average to $4.37 a gallon.
  But Republicans are particularl
  
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• Bryan Kohberger's family says they support his attempt to challenge conviction

  17-09-2026 11:15 via abcnews.com
  
  The family of Bryan Kohberger is supporting his efforts to challenge his 2025 conviction, saying in a statement exclusive to ABC News, "Our full support of Bryan’s decision to pursue post-conviction relief does not come from a place of disregard.”Kohberger, who is currently serving four consecutive life sentences for killing four college students in Idaho, said in his petition that the circumstances of his plea deal are now suspect because, among other things, he was “convinced
  
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• U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran strikes

  17-09-2026 10:49 via yahoo.com
  GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.At the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran in February, a
  
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• Flash flooding kills 3 people in New Mexico as Southwest faces more dangerous rain

  17-09-2026 07:57 via cnn.com
  
  Flooding is seen in the Crownpoint District of New Mexico in an image posted by the Navajo Police Department on Tuesday. - From Navajo Police Department
  The Southwest faces a barrage of intense rain this week as rounds of storms are tapping into unusually moisture-rich air being pulled north from Baja California, after flash flooding in New Mexico killed three people early Wednesday.
  Officers responded at around 12:30 a.m. local time to a report of three people washed away by flooding near Newco
  
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• Trump slashed DEI. Now it's making a surprising bipartisan comeback.

  17-09-2026 06:01 via usatoday.com
  
  Political pressure during the Trump era forced corporate America to put its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on ice.Now, in a surprising turn, growing rank-and-file buy-in is driving a quiet thaw across party lines, with even Republican employees expressing approval for such workplace programs.
  This unexpected bipartisan support for DEI emerged in the latest Bentley University-Gallup Business in Society survey provided exclusively to USA TODAY. Though views remain deeply polarized, w
  
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• Video shows Ohio inmate slip his handcuffs and make a run for courthouse exit

  17-09-2026 05:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Wild courthouse video appears to show a newly sentenced Ohio man slipping out of his handcuffs, punching a bailiff and making a desperate run for the exit before deputies stopped his escape.Timothy J. Reaggle, 20, of Wellsville, allegedly attacked two Columbiana County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday shortly after learning he would spend a year in prison in a separate case, according to local reports.Columbiana County Sheriff Brian McLaughlin told Wfmj that both deputies suffered broken bones b
  
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• Plane passengers scream in harrowing mid-flight video as violent shaking sends cabin ceiling panels flying

  17-09-2026 04:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Video captured an Iranian flight descending into chaos Tuesday as sudden, violent shaking appeared to tear apart the plane's cabin, causing overhead compartments and ceiling panels to collapse onto passengers.The incident happened during a Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737 flight over Iran that departed from Mashhad for Kermanshah, according to Jam Press.According to the outlet, the aircraft may have suffered engine damage and a tire blowout during takeoff.During the chaos, the plane's cabin appeared
  
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• Trump says Kennedy Center could be 'ripped down' if he doesn't get 'recognition'

  17-09-2026 03:24 via abcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Kennedy Center could "close" or be "ripped down" if his administration doesn't receive recognition on the performing arts center as tensions over his name being removed mount."I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition. Because frankly, if we don't do that, it's going to close. It'll end up being ripped down," the president told reporters on the tarmac in North Carolina.Trump claimed that the Kennedy Center was a "mes
  
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• Trump says he told Fed chief to 'do what you want' ahead of interest rate hike

  17-09-2026 03:21 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening said he counseled Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh to vote for an interest rate hike because other Fed officials were expected to vote that way anyway."I said do what you want because it doesn't matter because he doesn't have the votes," Trump said to reporters as he was traveling in North Carolina to campaign for a Senate candidate.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post."I told Ke
  
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• Man who sprayed Democratic Rep. Omar with vinegar gets 14 months in prison

  17-09-2026 03:06 via yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors.Anthony Kazmierczak, 56, was sentenced nearly eight months after the Jan. 27 assault. At the time, Minneapolis-St. Paul was subject to an immigration crackdown that led to angry protests, arrests and the deaths of two U.S. citizens. Prosecutors had recommended a 14-month prison term.He was also
  
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• Trump says Canada becoming 'associate member' of EU could be a 'hostile act'

  17-09-2026 02:53 via cnn.com
  
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  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Wednesday that Canada become the bloc’s first “associate member,” provoking a fresh tariff threat from US President Donald Trump.
  The move is aimed at shoring up their economies in the face of increasing trade tensions with the United States. But Trump said Wednesday the US could put “heavy tariffs” on the European Union if he considers any new agreement with Canada to be a “hostile
  
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• US interest rates raised for first time in three years

  17-09-2026 02:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rates were hiked in a unanimous decision despite fierce opposition from President Donald Trump, who had called for a cut.
  
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• EU chief backs plan for Canada to become 'associate member'

  17-09-2026 02:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trump, who has frequently clashed with Canada's PM, threatens to cut trade with the European Union in response to the proposal.
  
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• Why caffeine makes some people buzz - and others barely notice

  17-09-2026 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say it all depend on caffeine habits, lifestyle and one factor we have no control over: our genes.
  
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