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Supplies dwindle, prices soar in Gaza as Israel’s aid freeze continues

After more than 16 months of war, Gaza’s population is entirely dependent on trucked-in food and other aid. Most are displaced from their homes, and many need shelter. Fuel is needed to keep hospitals, water pumps, bakeries and telecommunications operating.

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Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas over Israeli hostage release – BBC.com

Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas over Israeli hostage release  BBC.com Trump tells ‘sick and twisted’ Hamas to free all hostages now ‘or it is over for you’  The Times of Israel Exclusive: U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas  Axios Trump posts fresh

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Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Funding Cuts to Medical Research

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs. The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions

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Trump’s Decision to Halt Aid to Ukraine Could Reorder the Battlefield

Officials have suggested that the pause in weapons shipments and intelligence sharing could be relatively short-lived if Ukraine’s president bends to White House demands.

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NBC Names Anchor to Replace Lester Holt on ‘Nightly News’

NEW YORK — NBC News appointed Tom Llamas on Wednesday to replace Lester Holt as anchor of “Nightly News” starting this summer, but he’s not abandoning his streaming newscast. The elevation of Llamas, 45, was widely anticipated. He has been

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‘Incompetent clown’: Critics slam Trump for latest tariff backtrack

After speaking by phone with the heads of GM, Ford, and Stellantis Wednesday, President Donald Trump decided to give automakers a 30-day reprieve from his imposed 25 percent blanket tariffs on Canada and Mexico. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

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Trump said ‘nobody has ever heard of’ Lesotho, but Musk is trying to do business there

“It is surprising and disappointing that he claimed no one knows Lesotho, especially given that the U.S. has an embassy here,” minster Lejone Mpotjoane said, a day after Trump’s dismissive comment in a speech to Congress caused some laughter.

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Trump said ‘nobody has ever heard of’ Lesotho, but Musk is trying to do business there

“It is surprising and disappointing that he claimed no one knows Lesotho, especially given that the U.S. has an embassy here,” minster Lejone Mpotjoane said, a day after Trump’s dismissive comment in a speech to Congress caused some laughter.

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Trump said ‘nobody has ever heard of’ Lesotho, but Musk is trying to do business there

“It is surprising and disappointing that he claimed no one knows Lesotho, especially given that the U.S. has an embassy here,” minster Lejone Mpotjoane said, a day after Trump’s dismissive comment in a speech to Congress caused some laughter.

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