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Hegseth: Impeachment effort is 'farce' and 'stunt'
In his first news conference in six months, the defence secretary defended the US's "lawful military operations".
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Tech’s biggest names sank a tax on billionaires’ wealth with $425m and a familiar playbook
California saw the most expensive opposition campaign in its history as funding of political campaigns broke records in the US midterms In the hours after polls closed on election day, tech industry players began praising Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, on social media. “Huge thanks to Sergey Brin here,” wrote Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator. Venture capitalist Ilya Sukhar posted: “God bless Sergey Brin.” And David Marcus, a crypto entrepreneur, simply wrote: “Hero.” Continue reading...
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Investigators recover voice recorder from Florida jet crash that killed nine people
If data from device is recovered, it could give crucial details about what pilots said as they lost control of aircraft
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White supremacist Nick Fuentes linked to college Republican group, records show
Computer records reveal College Republican Patriot Coalition’s web domain in account registered to Fuentes-managed company
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A Trump proposal would punish single parents. Other wealthy countries have a different approach
Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden offer extra support to solo-parent households. In its latest pronatalist push, the Trump administration aims to shift funds away from them
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First Thing: Oil price relief as Trump says US war on Iran ‘ending fairly soon’
Speaking in the White House, the US president said the US remained ‘locked and loaded’ but escalation was not needed
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Republicans return to Washington to sift through wreckage of midterms rout
With weeks left on the congressional calendar, House and Senate representatives have a host of issues they still need to tackle
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Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have an Israel problem – Stateside with Kai and Carter
For years, there have been calls for the Democrats to change their stance on Israel. Now those calls are coming from their own newly elected members of Congress. Kai Wright speaks to Moustafa Bayoumi about why the fight over Israel in the Democratic party is only just beginning
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Trump says more US attacks on Iran 'highly unlikely'
The president says the US is keeping "status quo" with Iran but remains “locked and loaded” should the situation change.
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Californians reject wealth tax for billionaires
Proposition 40 targeted Californian billionaires with a 5% tax on their total wealth, including assets such as shares as well as income.
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Donald Trump doubles down on defense of Pete Hegseth and attacks fresh effort to impeach him – as it happened
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California voters fail to pass proposed one-time tax on billionaires’ wealth
Campaign over Prop 40, as measure was known, was most expensive in state history, flush with Silicon Valley dollars
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