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Trump says US-Lebanon flights can resume, pledges help for that country after meeting its president
President Donald Trump has pledged significant support for Lebanon during a White House meeting with Lebanese leader Joseph Aoun
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French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
French lawmakers have approved a bill banning children under 15 from using social media
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Mexican man killed after ICE encounter in Florida was on vacation, officials say
The Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida had been vacationing in the U.S. on a tourist visa
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AI stocks lead Wall Street higher, even as Brent oil's price tops $91
More gains for makers of computer chips and other AI winners carried Wall Street higher
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ESPN starts layoffs tied to NFL Network acquisition, memo says
ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April
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US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years
The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace
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Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists
The director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is pushing back against a White House report labeling the institution's leadership as radical activists
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The Gates Foundation met with Epstein about 30 times despite staff concerns, an external review says
An external review of the Gates Foundation's ties to Jeffrey Epstein has found that staff met more than two dozen times with the disgraced financier
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US actions harm global efforts to prevent and treat HIV in dozens of countries, new report says
A new report says the Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries
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Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews
Joe Biden disagrees with an appeals court's rejection of his effort to block the release of audio recordings of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter
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