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Brazil's Lula pushes back against tariff, tells Trump the country's democracy 'is not on the table' 09/15/2025 12:22am • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil's President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50% tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was ���political��� and ���illogical.��� Lula said in a New York Times op-ed that his government is open to negotiating After Kirk's killing a growing chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired 09/14/2025 07:41pm • BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey (AP) ��� After years of complaints from the right about ���cancel culture��� from the left, some conservatives are seeking to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged Charlie Kirk after his death. They���re going after companies, educators, news outlets, politica Blame game after acts of political violence can lead to further attacks, experts warn 09/14/2025 11:49am • DENVER (AP) ��� From the moment conservative activist and icon Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin���s bullet, partisans began fighting over which side was to blame. President Donald Trump became the most prominent to do so, tying the attack to ���the radical left��� before a suspect was even ide Sugar Coke? Department of War? Where some of Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand 09/14/2025 11:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Given just how much President Donald Trump talks in public, it can sometimes be hard to keep up with all of his promises ��� even his most outlandish ones. Once a pledge has been made, though, the president has a way of making notions that once seemed implausible inch toward appe Dabble Promo Code WTOP: Claim $25 Sign-Up Bonus for NFL Fantasy Contests 09/14/2025 09:27am • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Get a daily fantasy bonus for NFL fantasy by signing up with the Dabble promo code WTOP. Register here to snag this bonus in time for W Political leaders confront security concerns ��� and fear ��� after Kirk's assassination 09/14/2025 08:16am • MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) ��� Even before the killing of Charlie Kirk, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania was struggling with the emotional toll of political violence. In the middle of the night just five months ago, someone broke into his home and set it on fire. Shapiro, who is also a likely 2028 Democ Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City and hospital says at least 32 are dead 09/14/2025 03:51am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� A barrage of airstrikes killed at least 32 people across Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to evacuate, medical staff reported Saturday. The dead included 12 children, according to the morgue in Shifa Hospital, where the bodie China launches probes targeting US semiconductors ahead of Madrid trade talks 09/14/2025 01:47am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� China launched two probes targeting the U.S. semiconductor sector Saturday ahead of talks between the two nations in Spain this week on trade, national security and the ownership of social media platform TikTok. China���s Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping investi Meet 'Big Alex,' the Brazilian judge who led Bolsonaro's trial and challenged Trump and Musk 09/14/2025 01:03am • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Some Brazilian historians now count 14 coup attempts in the republic���s 136 years. Some have been successful, including the one that installed a military dictatorship between 1964-1985. But only the latest, which a Supreme Court panel ruled was orchestrated by former Presi Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI 09/13/2025 11:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that ���the subject��� in the killing was in custody. The shooter was not. The two men who had been detained were quickly released. Utah officials acknowledged that the gu Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI 09/13/2025 11:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that ���the subject��� in the killing was in custody. The shooter was not. The two men who had been detained were quickly released, and Utah officials acknowledged that th Anti-Israel protests turn the Spanish Vuelta cycling race into a diplomatic battleground 09/13/2025 03:10pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� As an alderperson in northwestern Spain, Rosana Prieto tends to the running of her tiny village and is far removed from major cities, often rocked by protests over geopolitical issues. But with one of the world's biggest cycling races coursing through the bucolic hills near Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil, threatens 50% to 100% tariffs on China 09/13/2025 02:46pm • BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted on his social media site that NATO���S c Families in crisis after massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia 09/13/2025 07:47am • Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia, Rosie Harrison said her organization���s phones have been ringing nonstop with panicked families in need of help. ���We have individuals returning calls every day, but the list do A Lebanese dancer defies extremist threats and social norms with his sold-out performances 09/13/2025 06:19am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Alexandre Paulikevitch put on his white dress and wig and danced his way to center stage, knowing that the extremist groups who had threatened him before his controversial recital might be waiting for him outside the theater. The Lebanese dancer���s sold-out performance to a cheerin