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NASA is finally ready to launch its next space station crew, clearing the way for Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams to head back to Earth more than nine months after they took off on what they thought would be an eight-day stay in space. Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers,
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Lawyers for an activist who led pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University are expected to face off Wednesday in court with federal officials who want him deported. A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted Mahmoud Khalil’s removal, barring the government from deporting him before Wednesday’s hearing in New York. Khalil was arrested by federal immigration authorities
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President Trump defends economic policies as EU announces retaliation against U.S. tariffs – CBS News Watch CBS News The European Union announced retaliatory measures on about $28 billion in U.S. industrial and agricultural goods in response to President Trump’s 25% increase in tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Despite Wall Street’s reaction to the trade
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NASA set to bring astronauts home after 8-day mission turns into nine months – CBS News Watch CBS News On Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off from Florida, possibly clearing the way for the long-awaited homecoming of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams. Their eight day stay at the International Space Station
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Ukraine supports 30-day ceasefire as Russia says it will consider offer – CBS News Watch CBS News The latest talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have brought a commitment from Ukraine’s president to support a 30-day ceasefire. In return, the U.S. will restore military and intelligence support to Ukraine. Russia’s government said it will
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Washington — Staff at the Department of Education received a notice Tuesday instructing them to leave the building by 6 p.m. local time and informing them that all department offices in Washington, D.C., as well as regional offices, will be closed Wednesday, according to an email obtained by CBS News. The email, from James Hairfield
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Video shows last movements of U.S. college student before vanishing while in Dominican Republic – CBS News Watch CBS News Surveillance video appears to show the final moments before Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student, vanished last week. She was walking with three women and two men towards the beach at a resort
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The Department of Education on Tuesday announced it is cutting its workforce by nearly 50% as the Trump administration proceeds with its plans to dismantle the agency. “Today’s reduction in force reflects the Department of Education’s commitment to efficiency, accountability, and ensuring that resources are directed where they matter most: to students, parents, and teachers,”
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Nuuk, Greenland — The center-right Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland’s parliamentary elections, a surprise result as the territory went to the polls in the shadow of President Trump’s stated goal of taking control of the island one way or another. Both Demokraatit – the Democrats – and the second place party, Naleraq
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NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time. SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth’s poles. Tagging along were
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