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Michael Reagan, Son of President Reagan, Dies at 80

Mr. Reagan, who was adopted by Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman, had cancer, according to a statement.

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Michael Reagan, a son of former President Ronald Reagan, speaking at a campaign event for Newt Gingrich in 2012.
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Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

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Aldrich Ames was led from court in 1994 after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union. He remained in prison for the rest of his life.
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Michigan City to Pay $3.25 Million After Woman Was Mistakenly Declared Dead

Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found alive at a funeral home after she had been pronounced dead during a medical episode in Southfield, Mich. She died weeks later.

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A lawyer for the family of Timesha Beauchamp said the city of Southfield had agreed to a settlement over the mistaken declaration of her death in 2020.
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N.Y.C. Child Care Programs Brace for Cuts After Federal Funding Freeze

The Trump administration said it was placing a hold on $10 billion in subsidies across five states, including New York.

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Zohran Mamdani had a cordial meeting with President Trump shortly after his election, but the administration has now slashed funding to New York State.
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Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Soviet Union and Russia, dies aged 84

In damaging intelligence breach, Ames admitted to passing information to Moscow for nearly a decade

Aldrich Ames, the CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in US history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.

His death on Monday was confirmed by the Bureau of Prisons.

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© Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP

© Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP

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U.S. Pressures Venezuela to Expel Advisers From Cuba, China, Russia and Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was said to have listed the Trump administration’s demands to Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, in a classified meeting Monday with senior congressional leaders.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Capitol on Monday. He spoke at a classified meeting with senior congressional leaders.
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