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In Iran talks, Trump envoy stresses verification of nuclear program, omits demand for dismantlement
US envoy Steve Witkoff has said that moving forward, talks with Iran would be about verification of its nuclear program, stopping short of calling for Tehran to dismantle it altogether.
IRS employees expect to learn their layoff fate around Tax Day, their busiest time of the year
Internal Revenue Service workers are expecting to soon learn their employment fate, coinciding with Tuesday’s tax-filing ...
Video shows federal agents tackle and arrest Venezuelan man in courthouse
Surveillance camera footage shows two federal agents tackle and arrest a Venezuelan man in a New Hampshire courthouse, knocking over a bystander in the process. Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez was in court ...
Feeling out a bizarre post-presidency, Biden will begin reemerging on Tuesday
Joe Biden has been hankering to do more. Many leading Democrats across the country — including some former top aides and close allies, who note they’re sad to say it — are desperate for the former ...
How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns
A group of senior career officials tried but ultimately failed to protect the agency’s highly-sensitive database of taxpayer information.
US students held for two weeks in Denmark following dispute with Uber driver
Two US college students were arrested and detained for two weeks in Denmark after an alleged altercation with an Uber driver, local police said Tuesday.
Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House
Tensions are rising across American academia as the Trump administration froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts at Harvard University after its leaders refused to make key policy ...
US autism rate continues to rise, CDC says, pointing to greater awareness and better screening
A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among US children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...
‘Almost legalized bribery’: A new documentary tackles ‘dark money’ in US politics
Bianna Golodryga speaks with Jane Mayer, the author of “Dark Money,” and Alex Gibney, director of “The Dark Money Game,” a documentary on untraceable political spending in the U.S.
About 25% of IRS workers planning to take buyout offer
A staggering 25% of Internal Revenue Service employees are taking buyouts and plan to resign, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Two years of war, no end in sight: How Sudan’s civil war has ‘metastasized’
Bianna Golodryga speaks with Sudanese political analyst Kholood Khair on the second anniversary of the start of the war in Sudan.
Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court
Four journalists linked to the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were sentenced to spend five years and six months in a penal colony on Tuesday, after they were accused of working for a ...