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Mar 5, 2025 - World

Trump issues new ultimatum for Hamas to release Israeli hostages

Mourners wave flags during the March 5 funeral procession for Ohad Yahalomi, one of the Israeli hostages taken captive by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

Exclusive: Google Cloud unveils AI-powered weather predictions

Illustration of Google's logo with the Earth replacing one of the "o"'s.

Rand Paul pitches Elon Musk on plan to slash spending

White House Senior Advisor to the President and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) (R) as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol Building

Tariff rollercoaster: Trump temporarily pauses Canada, Mexico levies for autos

trucks on the highway

Volunteers revive pre-Trump CDC website

Screenshot image of the restoredcdc.org website.
Updated Mar 5, 2025 - Business

Tariff twitches causing wild stock market swings

President Trump addressing reporters, with Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick at his side.
Mar 5, 2025 - World

Europe's far-right split on Trump's Ukraine squeeze

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28,
Updated Mar 5, 2025 - Politics & Policy

USAID must pay nearly $2 billion in contracts, Supreme Court says

Chief Justice Roberts speaks to Trump after the president delivered a speech to Congress.
Mar 5, 2025 - World

Exclusive: U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas

Trump and Netanyahu walking past each other

White House says Ukraine weapons and intel pause will lift when Russia talks set

Ukrainian soldiers practice firing a Browning heavy machine gun on February 20, 2025 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Allergy season is getting longer. Blame climate change

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Behind the Curtain: Trump, on steroids

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Mar 5, 2025 - Economy

How this trade war is different from Trump 1.0

Trump's forever campaign: Takeaways from a marathon address to Congress

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Mar 5, 2025 - Technology

Pioneers of reinforcement learning named Turing award winners

Illustration of a digital cursor in a trophy cup.

Trump turns Canadian politics upside down

Trump asks for funding for mass deportations and repeats debunked claims

President Trump during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Updated Mar 5, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Slotkin hits at Musk and "gang of 20-year-olds" in rebuttal to Trump address

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan.

100 minutes of the world according to Trump

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Behind the scenes: Pakistan detained alleged plotter of Abbey Gate bombing based on CIA intel

A sign displaying photos and names of the 13 service members killed in a terrorist attack at Abbey Gate outside Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport is seen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Updated Mar 4, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump speech repeatedly rocked by Democratic disruptions

This is Al Green

Trump: U.S. is "woke no longer"

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Vice President JD Vance applaud as US President Donald Trump arrives to address a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/AFP via Getty Images)

Democratic Rep. Al Green ejected from House chamber for heckling Trump

Freedom Caucus threatens Trump hecklers with censure

Rep. Andy Harris wearing a black suit and walking through a hallway while being interviewed by reporters.

GOP hunts for Democratic votes to avoid government shutdown

This is Mike Johnson
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