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    Mira Nair, Zohran Mamdani's mother, smiles on the red carpet

    Meet Mira Nair, Zohran Mamdani’s 68-year-old mother who hit it big in Hollywood directing critical darlings like ‘Monsoon Wedding’

    Nair is the first woman director to win the Venice Film Festival’s top prize, and famously turned down WB’s offer to direct the fourth Harry Potter movie.

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    November 5, 2025

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    UN says women’s rights are under attack 30 years after world leaders adopted equality blueprint: ‘We’re seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny’

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
    March 6, 2025
    Trump Supreme Court pick joins majority to reject president’s bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid
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    Trump Supreme Court pick joins majority to reject president’s bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
    March 6, 2025
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    Thousands of soldiers were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine, but only 650 are interested in returning to their jobs now—even with Trump’s promise of back pay

    By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press
    March 6, 2025
    In a win for Silicon Valley, Senate votes to overturn key payments regulation that could benefit Elon Musk’s X 
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    In a win for Silicon Valley, Senate votes to overturn key payments regulation that could benefit Elon Musk’s X 

    By Leo Schwartz and Jessica Mathews
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    A ship in the Panama Canal at dusk.
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    Panama leader accuses Trump of lying to Congress over canal

    By Michael McDonald and Bloomberg
    March 5, 2025
    US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025.
    Politics

    Tariff ‘earthquake’ sends shipping industry into crisis mode

    By Laura Curtis, Shawn Donnan, Erik Hertzberg and Bloomberg
    March 5, 2025
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    ‘Read this email immediately’: CDC calls 180 employees back to work 2 weeks after firing them

    By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    China says it is ready to fight any type of war with the U.S. ‘to the end’ as Trump’s additional 10% tariff takes effect
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    China says it is ready to fight any type of war with the U.S. ‘to the end’ as Trump’s additional 10% tariff takes effect

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    March 5, 2025
    Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs after speaking with Ford, GM, and Stellantis leaders
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    Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs after speaking with Ford, GM, and Stellantis leaders

    By The Associated Press, Josh Boak and Rob Gilles
    March 5, 2025
    European Commission Ursula von der Leyen looks concerned
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    EU leaders scramble to devise a Ukraine defense plan after Trump revokes U.S. support: ‘Europe faces a clear and present danger on a scale none of us have seen in our adult lifetime’

    By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    Elon Musk’s DOGE slapped a $1 limit on government credit cards and now workers say they can’t do their jobs
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    Elon Musk’s DOGE slapped a $1 limit on government credit cards and now workers say they can’t do their jobs

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    Goldman, JPMorgan among banks offering more Russia-linked trades
    Finance

    Goldman, JPMorgan among banks offering more Russia-linked trades

    By Bloomberg, Sujata Rao and Kerim Karakaya
    March 5, 2025
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    Politics

    Trump and Musk are reportedly planning an ‘aggressive’ shake-up at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which would slash 80,000 jobs

    By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede stands in front of two flags to give a speech
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    Greenland’s prime minister says Trump ‘must understand’ the island is not for sale: ‘We don’t want to be Americans’

    By Danica Kirka, Stefanie Dazio and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    Donald Trump furrows his brow as he stands behind a podium in the Congressional chamber.
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    The ‘Trump bump’ has effectively disappeared after tariffs spook Wall Street

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    March 5, 2025
    Trump's commerce secretary Howard Lutnick surrounded by reporters
    Politics

    Howard Lutnick says Trump may give Canada and Mexico some wiggle room for his tariffs just one day after rolling them out

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 20. The annual four-day gathering brings together conservative U.S. lawmakers, international leaders, media personalities and businessmen to discuss and champion conservative ideas.
    Tech

    Elon Musk’s Tesla targeted by arsonists on both sides of Atlantic in a string of ongoing attacks

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    March 5, 2025
    Trump deportation push largely ignores major tool—E-Verify system that employers can use to check workers
    Politics

    Trump deportation push largely ignores major tool—E-Verify system that employers can use to check workers

    By Tim Sullivan, Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    ‘If they pull the plug here, we will be socially destroyed’ says the German people as they struggle to imagine life without U.S. airbase
    Politics

    ‘If they pull the plug here, we will be socially destroyed’ says the German people as they struggle to imagine life without U.S. airbase

    By Léa Pernelle, Louis van Boxel-Woolf and AFP
    March 5, 2025
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    Roelof Botha interview: Sequoia’s managing partner on VC market optimism, embracing vulnerability, and the truth about unicorn exits

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    Trump wants to use ‘God Squad’ to approve his plans to increase logging by bypassing endangered species protections
    Environment

    Trump wants to use ‘God Squad’ to approve his plans to increase logging by bypassing endangered species protections

    By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    China sets out its economic plan for 2025: Five percent growth, more defense spending, and more generous old age benefits
    Politics

    China sets out its economic plan for 2025: Five percent growth, more defense spending, and more generous old age benefits

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    March 5, 2025
    Trump’s Congress speech in facts and falsehoods, from immigration and tariffs to Social Security
    Politics

    Trump’s Congress speech in facts and falsehoods, from immigration and tariffs to Social Security

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    Trump touts TSMC, natural gas, and Panama Canal deals to Congress in a premature victory lap
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    Trump touts TSMC, natural gas, and Panama Canal deals to Congress in a premature victory lap

    By Nicholas Gordon and Lionel Lim
    March 5, 2025
    German designated chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks to the media the day after the Hamburg city-state election on March 03, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Merz is under pressure to negotiate the formation of the next federal government coalition quickly in order to help strengthen Europe's position over defence and its relationship to the USA.
    Finance

    ‘Germany is back’: Coalition unveils bumper $1.3 trillion spending pledge as country breaks with constitution to revive economy

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    U.K. vows to fast-track military purchases to help secure Europe amid Ukraine fallout
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    U.K. vows to fast-track military purchases to help secure Europe amid Ukraine fallout

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    President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025.
    Politics

    Trump may roll back Mexico and Canada tariffs as soon as today, but conflicting messages are giving consumers and Wall Street whiplash

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    Democrats slam Trump’s ‘unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends’ in response to president’s Congress speech
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    Democrats slam Trump’s ‘unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends’ in response to president’s Congress speech

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    Only 9 states still tax groceries and with egg prices soaring several are trying to leave the club
    Finance

    Only 9 states still tax groceries and with egg prices soaring several are trying to leave the club

    By Andrew DeMillo and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025
    Trump vows more ‘swift and unrelenting action’ to change U.S. economy, immigration and foreign policy in record 99-minute Congress speech
    Politics

    Trump vows more ‘swift and unrelenting action’ to change U.S. economy, immigration and foreign policy in record 99-minute Congress speech

    By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press
    March 5, 2025

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