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  1. Trump fires federal workers who help fight forest fires

    Published: 2/21/2025
  2. SPECIAL | More men are becoming family caregivers

    Published: 2/20/2025
  3. Trump calls Ukraine's Zelenskyy a 'dictator without elections'

    Published: 2/20/2025
  4. SPECIAL | SNL turns 50! How Lorne Michaels made comedy cool again.

    Published: 2/19/2025
  5. US, Russia meet on Ukraine ceasefire negotiations

    Published: 2/19/2025
  6. 18 injured after Delta Air Lines plane crashes, flips at Toronto airport

    Published: 2/18/2025
  7. Trump spending freeze sticks farmers with millions in bills for conservation work

    Published: 2/17/2025
  8. Sheriff Enrique Tarrio? Proud Boys leader mulls his future

    Published: 2/16/2025
  9. Thousands fired across federal workforce

    Published: 2/15/2025
  10. Trump moves to slap tariffs on nearly every nation

    Published: 2/14/2025
  11. SPECIAL | 60 years on, will Malcolm X's killers ever be brought to justice?

    Published: 2/13/2025
  12. ACLU sues over immigrants sent to Guantanamo

    Published: 2/13/2025
  13. SPECIAL | What can we learn by listening to icebergs?

    Published: 2/12/2025
  14. Eric Adams sees fortunes turn on Trump actions

    Published: 2/12/2025
  15. Trump wants Israel to cancel ceasefire if Hamas doesn't release hostages by Saturday

    Published: 2/11/2025
  16. Elon Musk is igniting a fierce debate with moves at federal agencies

    Published: 2/10/2025
  17. How do you love a forest? Ethan Tapper has thoughts.

    Published: 2/9/2025
  18. Judges are pausing Trump policy changes. But for how long?

    Published: 2/8/2025
  19. Trump's buyout offer for federal workers paused by judge hours before deadline

    Published: 2/7/2025
  20. SPECIAL | Coffee, chocolate, peaches: climate change is affecting them all

    Published: 2/6/2025

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