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Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's threats to wipe out Iran, "a whole civilization," ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term. By the dozens, Democrats came out to say that Trump should no longer ...

Trump complains NATO ‘wasn’t there when we needed them’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a closed-door meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday for discussions that had been expected to be aimed at soothing Trump's anger with the military alliance over the Iran war. Ahead of ...

Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes

TEHRAN, Iran — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on ...

Bridge over Panama Canal closed after a truck explosion

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The explosion of a fuel truck at the base of a bridge over the Panama Canal has left one person dead and prompted Panamanian authorities to close the span while firefighters investigate the accident and engineers assess the damage. The blast on Panama's Bridge of the ...

Hundreds of Cuban women rally against US energy blockade as crisis deepens

HAVANA (AP) — Hundreds of Cuban women gathered Tuesday in Havana to decry a U.S. energy embargo and other measures imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that are strangling the Caribbean island. The rally was organized by the Federation of Cuban Women, a massive organization with close ...

Trump pulls back on Iran threats for 2 weeks, subject to ceasefire

TEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump said late Tuesday he's pulling back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate or else a "whole civilization will die tonight." Trump ...