Representative Julia Letlow rode President Trump’s endorsement to victory in a Republican primary runoff election in Louisiana on Saturday, according to The Associated Press, taking a major step toward replacing …
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Now It’s Fireworks and a Fence Keeping Tourists From the Reflecting Pool
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTourists hoping to see their own reflections in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Saturday were met with a somewhat different view: a tall chain-link fence encircling the pool’s perimeter. …
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Watergate Today as a Blip of a Story? Vance Might Not Be Entirely Wrong.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesVice President JD Vance, who once mused that Donald J. Trump might be a “cynical [expletive deleted]” like Richard M. Nixon, is now embracing a rosier comparison of the two …
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When Seattle’s World Cup host committee designated Friday’s game as its official Pride Match, it did not know that later, the scheduling draw would assign the contest to Iran and …
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C.F.T.C. Begins Investigating Polymarket, a Test of a Key Regulator
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA federal financial agency has begun investigating Polymarket, reigniting longstanding questions about whether a leading prediction market company tied to Donald Trump Jr. is operating within the law. The inquiry …
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‘Not Enough Evidence’ for Conviction in Palisades Fire Trial, Juror Says
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA Los Angeles federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday after a jury could not reach a verdict for a 30-year-old man charged with setting one of the most destructive …
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California Will Vote on a Billionaire Tax. Billionaires Aren’t Happy.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCalifornians will vote in November on a groundbreaking plan to impose a one-time tax on the wealth of billionaires, with most of the money going to health care, according to …
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Earlier this year, Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers, the massive warehouses that are powering the A.I. boom and consuming enormous amounts of water and electricity. …
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He Was Deported Back to Venezuela and Started Anew. Then the Quakes Hit.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJorge Erazo made a perilous trek through the jungle, crossed the U.S. border to seek asylum and eventually found work remodeling homes in Florida. His journey was a familiar one …
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Supreme Court Expands Trump’s Power Over Immigration With TPS and Southern Border Decisions
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn a pair of sharply divided decisions on Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration to move forward, permitting the administration to expel hundreds of thousands …