Trump welcomes back teacher released by Russia, hints at diplomatic thaw
• Feb 12, 2025, 4:39 AM
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The Kremlin on Wednesday said a Russian national was freed from a US jail in exchange for Moscow’s release of a detained American schoolteacher. The acknowledgment came hours after US President Donald Trump welcomed home Marc Fogel and said the release could mark a step toward ending the Ukraine war.
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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on Ukraine
• 9:39 PM
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President Donald Trump has launched a flurry of controversial claims about the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky, while addressing reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Many of these claims were made without providing any evidence. We fact-ch
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Brazil's electorate remains 'divided': Will Bolsonaro trial 'bleed into 2026 presidential election'?
• 8:25 PM
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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with orchestrating a coup to stay in office despite losing the 2022 election — a plot that the country's top prosecutor says included a plan to poison his opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. For
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Is Trump simply 'bucking the trend' of unfulfilled election pledges from past presidents?
• 7:25 PM
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President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. The move generated criticism
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Trump calls Ukranian president "dictator", Zelensky says Trump living in "disinformation space"
• 7:20 PM
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Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space" and Trump called Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections”
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Rule by decree? Trump's executive orders and the future of US democracy
• 7:15 PM
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Does the United States already face a constitutional crisis? At what point does a president’s ‘rule by decree’ manner of governing take a centuries-old democracy into unchartered territory?
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Bereaved US mother sues Meta and TikTok over dangerous trend of 'subway surfing'
• 11:40 AM
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Young people in New York City are climbing on top of trains for thrills. The dangerous phenomenon, known as subway surfing, has been around for decades but is seeing a revival that sometimes ends in tragedy. There were six subway surfing deaths in New Yo
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Trump says AP will be restricted from White House until it adopts 'Gulf of America'
• 2:34 AM
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will continue restricting the Associated Press's access to events and news conferences until the outlet adopts his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, acknowledging the move as retaliation for AP
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Brazil prosecutor charges Bolsonaro for attempted coup, plot to poison Lula
• 1:18 AM
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Brazil’s prosecutor-general has charged former president Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 election defeat, alleging that he knew and approved of a plot to poison his successor, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Trump pursues 'very Draconian measures, amplifying the authority of the presidency over immigration'
• 12:17 AM
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For the past month, US President Donald Trump has been asserting control at every opportunity, including hardline positions on immigration. And he is being backed up by loyalists at all levels of government. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective
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