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Bezos warms up to Trump

Jeff Bezos has the temerity to believe that he runs The Washington Post. He can be forgiven this understanding of his role since he does, as a technical matter ... own the newspaper. The entrepreneur, who bought the financially struggling paper in 2013, sent a memo to Post staff saying that ...

Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas on hostages in Gaza

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued what he called a "last warning" to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza, directing a sharply worded message after the White House confirmed that he had recently dispatched an envoy for unprecedented direct talks with ...

In address, Trump takes credit for ‘swift and unrelenting’ action

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address to Congress and the nation that left Democratic legislators to register their ...

Ukraine officials tell truth

While President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were duking it out in the Oval Office in a rhetorical version of the Ultimate Fighting Club that Trump loves, six Ukrainian Christian ministers from different denominations were coincidentally (or ...

IRS may see massive cuts in its workforce

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation. The people spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to ...

Pope stable but will sleep with ventilation mask, Vatican says

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in stable condition Tuesday and breathing with just the help of supplemental oxygen after respiratory crises a day earlier, but will resume using a ventilation mask at night, the Vatican said. In its late update, the Vatican said Francis had no further ...