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Raul Castro indictment expected to be announced by U.S. officials in Miami today, sources say

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The Justice Department on Wednesday is expected to unveil the criminal charges against Cuba’s former leader Raúl Castro, sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News. Castro, 94, the brother of longtime dictator Fidel Castro, is being indicted on charges related to Cuba’s deadly 1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the … Read more

Watch Live: Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi in Beijing today as trade, tariffs and Taiwan loom over visit

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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet in Beijing on Thursday local time, a high-stakes summit as the two countries aim to stabilize their trading relationship and grapple with uncertainty over the United States’ war with Iran. Mr. Trump and Xi shook hands outside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on … Read more

Trump heads to China today for high-stakes meeting with Xi

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Washington — President Trump heads to China Tuesday for a highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, following through with a meeting Mr. Trump delayed due to the war with Iran.  Trade will be a major topic for the two leaders, but the tenuous situation in Iran and supply chain bottleneck in the Persian … Read more

How to watch the 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials today: Team USA Gymnastics tryouts

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First-place winner Simone Biles celebrates on the podium for the uneven bars during the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Dickies Arena on June 2, 2024 in Fort Worth, TX. Elsa/Getty Images Some of the world’s best gymnasts will be competing at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials. The competition is heating up ahead of … Read more

America at 250: A declaration of ideals reset the world – and still resonates today

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Former President Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence, hoped that Americans would commemorate the day they broke from British rule. Writing to a friend in the last few weeks of his life, Jefferson observed that the declaration was “pregnant with our own, and the fate of the world.” That might sound like hubris, … Read more

Howard Lutnick set to testify in House Oversight Committee’s Epstein probe today

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to be questioned Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation related to Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick’s voluntary closed-door deposition comes amid a monthslong procession of powerful people summoned before the committee, many of whom have been subjected to embarrassing revelations in the more than 3 million … Read more

For some older Americans, retirement today means unretiring

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On weekday mornings, Myndie Friedman is out the door just as the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean, a block from her home in Long Beach, New York.  Friedman’s first stop is a 7:30 a.m. bus, which she takes to a local train station for a roughly hour-long trip into Manhattan’s Midtown neighborhood. Then she … Read more