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How Marco Rubio helped bury American soft power This is why his boss once called him "Liddle Marco."

MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.”

MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."

Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

Hundreds of asylum seekers were deported from the U.S. to Panama and locked in a hotel without access to lawyers, or their own passports.

A pediatrician warns of 'long lasting' consequences of RFK Jr. leading HHS Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to un-scare them," he says.

Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to un-scare them," he says.

Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies She led a tireless campaign for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her — mostly Korean — during World War II.

Gil Won-ok, one of the last survivors of sexual slavery in brothels for Japan’s World War II troops, who campaigned to bring international attention to the suffering of thousands of women like her​, died this week at 96.

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166,000 Germans under 18 have voted and the Linke (leftist) and SPD (liberal) parties win. This is the future.
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Mexico's President Sheinbaum threatens to take legal action over the Gulf name change Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

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FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response. Cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency could affect people across the country who are struggling to rebuild and prepare for disasters.

Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees were fired as part of a wave of terminations of federal workers over the weekend. The cuts, which come in addition to the firing of over 200 last week, target probationary and contract employees.

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JPM DESK, on federal funding freeze:

“.. Medicaid provides health insurance to ~72mm people. .. Keep an eye on this situation, since any legal challenge could take weeks, or months, to adjudicate .. and we could see a hit to consumption in the interim. These freezes may impact ~$3T in spending.”

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These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change Important motorways across the world weren’t designed to withstand more extreme temperatures and rainfall.

Around 10 years ago I almost died because a road not built with climate change in mind was so wrecked it damaged the bus I was on. I knew that I would eventually write a story about how climate change is wrecking roads, and endangering lives. This is me trying to explain that. Gift lift.

Live updates: No survivors from D.C. plane crash, officials believe, as recovery operations begin The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said four crew members were on board the plane that crashed: two flight attendants, one pilot who had six years’ experience, and a first officer with two years’ experience.

Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."

Exclusive | Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Meta paid Donald Trump $25m … for suspending his social media accounts. The same company that has stripped all news links from its Canadian website to avoid paying journalists for reporting ….. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Millennials are plagued by 'phantom wealth': Why the generation doesn't feel rich despite their net worth quadrupling Millennial wealth is surging, yet many still feel like they're struggling because their cash is tied up in assets not readily available.

Millennial wealth in the United States has nearly quadrupled since 2019, outpacing both Gen X and baby boomers. My latest for @fastcompany.com

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Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award 2025 Submissions are now open for the 15th edition of the Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award. The competition, organised by the Umbria Chamber of Commerce, is reserved to those articles deali...

Submissions are open for the 15th edition of the Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award 2025. Deadline for submissions: 9 February. www.journalismfestival.com/news/stories...

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Elizabeth Warren: "It's safe to assume that when he says he has never disparaged women in the military, he's just trying to see what he can get away with. Because we've got the video, we've got him in print what he has just said as recently as November of 2024."

Trump flies flag at full height before end of Carter mourning period American flags at President-elect Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida were flying at full-staff Monday, The Associated Press reported. The shift comes before the end of the 30-day mourning…

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Fox Must Face Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit, Court Rules The complaint, which arose out of Fox News’s promotion of vote-rigging conspiracy theories after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, is on track to proceed to trial.

A New York State appeals court rejected a request by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation to dismiss part of a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit stemming from the broadcasting of misinformation around the 2020 presidential election.

GOP Senator's Husband Ripped For Refusing To Shake Harris's Hand At Swearing-In Ceremony Real classy...🙄

So disrespectful.