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April 1, 2025

How Gaza’s new U.S.-backed aid system works and what it means for the people there
A U.S.-backed group approved by Israel to take over aid distribution in Gaza says it has started operations, despite opposition from the U.N. and most humanitarian groups and the unexpected resignation of its executive director. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is the linchpin of a new aid system that would wrest distribution away from aid groups…
Trump’s pardons highlight Justice Department’s pullback from public corruption cases
WASHINGTON — The government’s evidence against Scott Jenkins was compelling, including undercover video and other corroboration showing Jenkins, then the sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, accepting over $75,000 in exchange for giving law enforcement authority to local businessmen, as well as two undercover FBI special agents. Jenkins’ co-defendants all pleaded guilty, and jurors didn’t take…
Trump administration has ramped up deportations but is still far below pace it wants
The Trump administration has dramatically stepped up its pace of deportations, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained by NBC News, and in April, for the first time this year, it deported more people than the Biden administration did during the same period last year. In April, the latest month for which the data…
Mongolia in political crisis as PM faces likely confidence vote
ULAANBAATAR — Mongolia is in political turmoil as Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai races to regain trust ahead of an expected confidence vote in parliament. Allegations of lavish spending by his son sparked widespread outrage and raised questions about the legitimacy of the prime minister’s wealth. Young protesters have taken to the streets for days, chanting…
France’s National Assembly adopts long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options
PARIS — France’s lower house of parliament adopted a bill Tuesday to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow across Europe for legal end-of-life options. al Assembly vote is a key step on the long-debated issue, though others remain before the bill can become law. “I’m thinking of all…
PM congratulates President Azerbaijan on Independence Day
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif extended heartfelt felicitations, on behalf of the people, Government of Pakistan and on his own behalf, to President Ilham Aliyev and the brotherly people of Azerbaijan on the joyous occasion of their Independence Day. “Pakistan deeply values its close fraternal bonds with Azerbaijan rooted in shared history, mutual trust,…
US official claims Trump tariffs brought China to table and halted India-Pakistan conflict
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email A top aide to Donald Trump claimed the US president’s tariffs helped broker a fragile ceasefire between India and Pakistan earlier this month by offering…
U.S. prosecutors won’t seek death penalty for son of Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Chapo’
Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” if he is convicted of multiple charges in Chicago. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros filed a one-sentence notice Friday saying he would not seek the death penalty against Joaquin Guzman Lopez. The notice did not offer any explanation. Joaquin…