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Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump's choice to be the administrator of the Small Business Administration, appears before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee for her confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

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Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration
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Wed,02/19/25-11:48AM , 147 Reads
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An election poster of the far-right anti-immigrant party Alternative For Germany party AfD, with with the slogan reading "It's time for a country that is still a home country", is displayed in a street, in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Migrant groups say racist attacks increase in German city after deadly Christmas market violence
By FANNY BRODERSEN AND STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press
Wed,02/19/25-1:32AM , 132 Reads
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — When Haben Gebregergish first immigrated to the German city of Magdeburg seven years ago, the Eritrean immigrant was walking to the supermarket with her child when an intoxicated woman approached her on the street.
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Justice Department official urges quick dismissal of criminal case against New York City mayor
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK AND LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press
Tue,02/18/25-11:04PM , 77 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary courtroom showdown, a federal judge pressed the Justice Department on Wednesday on its demand to throw out New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case, grilling a top official and putting the Democratic mayor under oath to answer concerns that the Trump administration’s lifeline came with strings attached.
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Brazil's prosecutor-general on Tuesday filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in a plan to remain in power despite losing to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula
By ELÉONORE HUGHES AND MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press
Tue,02/18/25-6:00PM , 121 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and current
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