PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people outside a hospital in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities …
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Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida’s congressional districts
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April for the Republican-dominated Legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining a redistricting arms race …
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Column: Trump’s 626 overseas strikes aren’t ‘America First.’ What’s his real agenda?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWho knew that by “America First,” President Trump meant all of the Americas? In puzzling over that question at least, I’ve got company in Marjorie Taylor Greene, the now-former congresswoman …
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Spencer Pratt announces run for L.A. mayor on anniversary of Palisades fire
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSpencer Pratt, a reality television star and social media influencer who lost his home in the Palisades fire, announced Wednesday that he will run for mayor of Los Angeles. The …
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U.S. will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from …
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Trump’s former advisor said Russia offered U.S. free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRussian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, …
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Palisades fire report was sent to mayor’s office for ‘refinements’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMonths after the devastating Palisades fire, the head of the Los Angeles Fire Commission inquired about the Fire Department’s long-awaited after-action report. Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva said that a …
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CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a …
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What Trump’s vow to withhold federal childcare funding means in California
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state Democratic leaders accused President Trump of unleashing a political vendetta after he announced plans to freeze roughly $10 billion in federal funding for child …
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Trump’s vague claims of the U.S. running Venezuela raise questions about planning for what comes next
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — President Trump has made broad but vague assertions that the United States is going to “run” Venezuela after the ouster of Nicolás Maduro but has offered almost no details about …