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A US territory’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship
Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated ...
Trump’s tariffs could pay for his tax cuts — but it likely wouldn’t be much of a bargain
The tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget. The ...
Sinner bids for his first French Open title against defending champion Alcaraz
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has not yet dropped a set in his bid to win the French Open for the first time. Defending champion ...
What it would take to convert a jet from Qatar into Air Force One to safely fly Trump
President Donald Trump really wants to fly on an upgraded Air Force One — but making that happen could depend on whether he’s ...
As a generation of gay and lesbian people ages, memories of worse — and better — times swirl
David Perry recalls being young and gay in 1980s Washington D.C. and having “an absolute blast.” He was fresh out of college, ...
Trump’s big bill also seeks to undo the big bills of Biden and Obama
Chiseling away at President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Rolling back the green energy tax breaks from President Joe ...
A top Taliban official offers amnesty to Afghans who fled the country and urges them to return
A top Taliban official said on Saturday that all Afghans who fled the country after the collapse of the former Western-backed ...
The Club World Cup has faced pushback in Europe but FIFA is banking on its big bet
The Club World Cup. A bold new era for the world’s most popular sport — or a major inconvenience, shoe-horned into a soccer ...
Vance says Musk making a ‘huge mistake’ in going after Trump but also tries to downplay the attacks
Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after President Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a ...
3 dogs dead after accidental residential fire
Three dogs are dead and an adult was displaced following a residential structure fire at a mobile home located in the 2600 block of Village Ave Friday evening.
Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem
Critics in the past year called for more transparency and vetting of the procedures used to estimate billion-dollar disasters. But that’s not going to happen, because NOAA in May 2025 ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is almost certain he won’t play at the Club World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo says he’s almost certain he will not be playing at the Club World Cup, dealing a blow to FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s hopes of having one of soccer’s ...