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Bill Clinton calls on leaders to fill gaps left by 'retreating governments'
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton opened this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference Tuesday in New York, calling on attendees to promise to “step into the void created by retreating governments” following cuts by the United States and other nations to foreign assistance.
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Judge sets hearing for Venezuelan man shot by ICE and police in Texas release some video from scene
The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he's back in an ICE detention center after being taken to a hospital for a second time. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was being held Tuesday at a federal center in South Texas. His attorney says Perez was making a ...
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They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words
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Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rare
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration's whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases that have led to 160 arrests, Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin said in a press br...
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US Supreme Court won’t intervene in custody dispute between California couple and surrogate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple's wishes to have an abortion.
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Carney says Canada and India aim to wrap up trade talks by G20 ahead of Modi visit
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December.
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Canada's top diplomat talks up its 'middle powers strategy' at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Canada is embracing its growing prominence as a champion of “middle powers” at the U.N. General Assembly, Canada's top diplomat said in an interview Tuesday as the international community's biggest annual gathering got into gear.
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Is it 'killer robots' or 'super intelligence'? At the UN, leaders see both
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's killer robots versus super intelligence.
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‘You should not be here,' Trump tells CNN at UN as standoff with media outlets persists
A tense moment between President Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins is a stark reminder of how the conflict between the administration and some news outlets has escalated in just a few days. Trump began his United Nations visit Tuesday by telling Collins,: “You should not be here.” CNN is one...
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What to know about a Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Texas
The shooting of a Venezuelan man by a federal immigration officer in Texas has set off renewed protests about the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. An attorney for Wilber Rafael Garces Perez says he was delivering food for DoorDash on Sunday when a traffic stop by U.S. Immigration and...
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US Justice Department charges Utah postal worker with dumping mail ballots in trash during primary
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state's June primary, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029
DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights.
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Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees in 2027
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday, as it continues to transform a program that at one point served as a pathway to safety for people fleei...
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FACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General Assembly
President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House. They covered topics such as U.S. munitions supply, drug seizures and the eco...
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British Columbia leader calls snap election as premier tells voters to say ‘hell no to Trump’
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian provincial premier called a snap election Tuesday, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada are threatening jobs, businesses and the country’s ability to determine its own future.
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Senior NATO commander warns Putin is becoming more cavalier and open to risk as Ukraine war drags on
NATO's deputy commander in Europe is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly reckless as the war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies. Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday at a security conference in Eston...
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Republicans want to turn Mamdani into a bogeyman for the midterms. Trump just made that harder
NEW YORK (AP) — Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump warned voters that democratic socialists — extreme, crazed, lunatics, he called them — were threatening to transform America into “a communist country.”
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Wife of detained Chinese American scientist hopes Trump brings up his case in Xi summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of a high-stakes summit between the U.S. and Chinese leaders, the wife of a detained Chinese American seismologist expressed hope that an intervention by President Donald Trump could bring home her husband, Youlin Chen, nearly two years after he was detained in China.
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A third US Supreme Court showdown looms over Missouri’s shifting congressional map
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The fight over Missouri’s congressional map appears headed to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time in three weeks as some federal judges continue to assert that a new map favored by President Donald Trump should be used in the November elections.
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UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a no-nonsense farewell speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders Tuesday to respond to the defining challenge today: Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway...
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Judge strikes down a Trump policy barring some immigrants from Head Start preschools
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing certain federal programs, including Head Start preschools, community health clinics and adult education initiatives.
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Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges. They allege these individuals were fraudulently enrolled or do not exist. On Tuesday, Vance said this move would save $2.2 billion, ensuring sub...
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Photos of world leaders confronting global crises at the UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders gather at the U.N. General Assembly to address wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo and Myanmar, along with climate change, inequality, economic turmoil and questions about the U.N.’s future.
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New York, California sue to block Trump administration deals canceling offshore wind projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic attorneys general from California and New York sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as President Donald Trump seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.
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Brazil's Lula warns against foreign interference in electoral processes
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday warned that countries shouldn’t interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, while also urging world leaders to take stronger action in response to intensifying global conflicts.
