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NY’s MTA Sues Trump Administration Over Frozen Subway Funds
New York’s transit authority sued the Trump administration to unpause federal funds tied to a $7 billion project that would extend the Second Avenue subway to Harlem.
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Sununu to Congress: ‘Pay the federal workers who have nothing to do with this’ | CNN
As the partial Government shutdown lingers and TSA workers quit or call out because they aren’t getting paid, CNN News Central’s John Berman speaks with former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu who’s now President and CEO of Airlines for America about an op…
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Top counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war
President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war. In announcing his resignation Tuesday, Joe Kent's claimed Iran “posed no imminent threat" to the U.S. Trump s…
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US west coast prepares for 'dangerous' heatwave in early spring
Severe weather is plaguing the US from coast to coast, bringing a mix of extreme heat and bitter cold.
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Cuba Emerges From Another Blackout and Tries to Woo Exile Investors
Cuba began to claw its way out of another national blackout on Tuesday as the government, under heavy US pressure, said it’s opening its economy to the Cuban diaspora — a longtime demand of the Miami exile community.
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Total collapse of Cuba’s power system | CNN
CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reports from Havana, Cuba, as a power outage causes a nationwide blackout across the island, amid rising tensions between the US and Cuba.
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Airports take donations as TSA workers miss pay | CNN
Hundreds of TSA workers have quit amid the partial government shutdown that is preventing them from getting paid. Airports are accepting donations for workers who have now missed their first full paycheck.
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Iran 'in talks' to move World Cup games to Mexico
The president of Iran's football federation says the organisation is negotiating with Fifa to move the country's World Cup matches from the United States to Mexico.
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Firefighting drones head to Aspen—can they suppress a blaze before humans arrive?
Seneca's drones carry foam, fly at night, and don't need an on-site pilot.
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Macron prepares France for ‘an age of nuclear weapons’ as Iran war rages
The French president described his plans for expansion as forward deterrence. What's behind his move?
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Commodity Currency Carry Trades See Best Returns in Years on Oil
One of the most widely used strategies in the $9.5 trillion-per-day currency market is getting a boost from the surge in oil prices that’s roiling other global assets.