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NATO mulls US demand for a big increase in defense spending as some struggle to meet today’s goal

By MATTHEW LEE, LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defense investment as the United States focuses on security challenges outside of Europe. At talks in Antalya, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said more investment and military equipment are

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Mourners from all corners of Uruguay bid farewell to iconic former President José Mujica

By NAYARA BATSCHKE Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a former guerrilla who became a pioneering leader and icon of the Latin American left, remembered most for his humility, simple lifestyle and ideological earnestness. Thousands

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Here is how California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to address a $12 billion budget shortfall

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would scale back state Medicaid coverage for immigrants without legal status, eliminate coverage for certain weight loss drugs and use money from a key climate program to help fund state fire response under a $322-billion budget proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees

By GERALD IMRAY and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump — and denied by South Africa — that “genocide” is being committed against white farmers in the majority

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Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest. The newly proposed constitutional amendment would go back to voters in November 2026, or sooner,

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Ethics complaint resurfaces as Kentucky Republican Daniel Cameron runs for a U.S. Senate seat

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An ethics complaint stemming from Republican Daniel Cameron’s failed run for Kentucky governor has resurfaced as the former state attorney general campaigns to succeed U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in next year’s hotly contested election. The state’s Executive Branch Ethics Commission on Wednesday took another step in

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Harvard joins colleges moving to self-fund some research to offset federal funding cuts

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University is putting up $250 million of its own money to continue research efforts amid a federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration, but the school’s president warns of “difficult decisions and sacrifices” to come. The university joins a growing number of colleges moving

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