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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 7h

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 7h

One of those odd moments where Trump offers highly specific & totally inaccurate info about something no one asked him about: "Literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar, you can walk it in 1 second. You go, boom, boom & now you're in Qatar” (they don't share a border)

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton, dead at 79, reports People people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give'...

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 2d

As a U.S. senator last year, Marco Rubio supported María Corina Machado's Nobel Prize nomination @schmidtsam.bsky.social and Steve Hendrix report

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María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, wins Nobel Peace Prize

The prize honored Machado, who is in hiding, for keeping “the flame of democracy burning,” but the White House accused the Nobel jury of “placing politics over peace.”

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 2d

The United States government currently employs an admiral named Brad Cooper and a DHS official named Chris Pratt

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 2d

The Washington Post obtained recordings of tech billionaire Peter Thiel's private lectures and it included more musings on one of his favorite topics: The Antichrist and Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 2d

Hamas now has 72 hours to release the hostages, says Witkoff

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 4d

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Trump announces that Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of the peace deal involving the release of all hostages and a partial withdrawal of Israeli troops

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 6d

Military veterans are swamping the U.S. government with dubious disability claims — including cases of brazen fraud totaling tens of millions of dollars — that are exploiting the country’s sacred commitment to compensate those harmed in the line of duty www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 6d

“Trump has ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza, but residents and local hospitals said strikes continued across the territory.”

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 9d

Anticipating a major diplomatic victory, Trump says "Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza." (Some of Israel's most deadly strikes on Hamas leadership have come when peace deals appeared imminent)

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 9d

Trump apparently so pleased with Hamas's response he reposts the militant group's entire response verbatim

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 9d

Hamas accepts Trump’s plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza but with conditions wapo.st/4nHM0tC

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 9d

U.S. kills 4 alleged drug smugglers near Venezuela, Hegseth says wapo.st/3VRaiF4

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 10d

Canadians with gender neutral passports warned they may no longer be accepted at the U.S. border www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 11d

The banner on the top of the State Department's website right now

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 12d

The government will shut down at midnight after Senate blocks funding extension wapo.st/3IIEajS

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 12d

The Trump administration’s push to arrest and deport international students for their pro-Palestinian activism was illegal, a federal judge rules, calling the crackdown a “truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech.” wapo.st/4pPUT5I

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 13d

New: Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership, per 8 current & former officials www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 14d

Trump set to bail out Argentina, irking some in ‘America First’ camp
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 16d

New: Iranian President Pezeshkian criticized Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff over his negotiating style on Friday, telling a group of journalists and academics in New York that the real estate tycoon-turned diplomat took inconsistent positions from one meeting to the next

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 16d

Netanyahu tells the UN that war will continue as over a hundred diplomats from more than 50 countries stage a mass walkout www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 16d

New: A wave of diplomats walkout in protest of Netanyahu’s speech at the UN

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 16d

Netanyahu to address U.N. amid widening global backlash wapo.st/3W7MxZl

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