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Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations

ATHENS, Greece | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before taking up her post. Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal […]

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Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US

WASHINGTON | The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down on foreign enrollment. A proposed rule would require schools to pay the fee for every student who participates in the optional practice […]

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Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren’t eligible. Critics see a political stunt

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion. Less than one-third of all Medicare recipients are eligible for the payments, which are expected to be sent out […]

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Ex-Marine to face death penalty in 2025 mass shooting at North Carolina bar

BOLIVIA, N.C. | A prosecutor announced Wednesday that he would seek the death penalty against a former Marine charged in a mass shooting last year that left three people dead and several others wounded. “We are not blind to who this defendant is,” Brunswick County District Attorney Jon David said of defendant Nigel Max Edge. […]

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Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful

LONDON | Police who searched the properties of the former Prince Andrew and seized his property in the investigation into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have agreed the search warrants were unlawful, a London judge said Thursday. Justice Nicholas Hilliard said that the Thames Valley Police had made a significant error […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Social Reckoning’ is classic Aaron Sorkin

It is unfortunate for “The Social Reckoning” that “The Social Network” exists. The latter is a modern masterpiece. The former was kind of always doomed to exist in its shadow. Although Aaron Sorkin can be quite good directing his own work (see: “Molly’s Game” ), it’s hard not to fantasize about what might have been […]