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Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China
President Trump is embarking on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with Beijing.
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Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan’ For Trump to Run for a Third Term
The claim comes after months of President Trump toying with the idea, insisting that he is “not joking” about defying a constitutionally-mandated term limit.
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D.C. Seeks to Block National Guard Deployment in Court
During a hearing on Friday, lawyers told a judge that National Guard troops sent from Republican-led states had been conducting conduct law enforcement work.
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Trump Administration Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown
The Agriculture Department said that it would not use the funds to cover benefits in November, imperiling a program 42 million people use to pay for groceries.
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Trump Is Putting Election Deniers in Charge of Elections
Now that he is back in the White House, he has made some of them more powerful than ever.
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J. William Middendorf II, 81, Dies; Navy Secretary and Musical Diplomat
A G.O.P. fund-raiser, he was the Navy chief under Gerald R. Ford and held ambassadorships in the 1970s and ’80s. He gained notice for his classical music compositions.
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THE YEAR 2500: A RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS
An Extrapolation Based on Current Trajectories and Historical Patterns INTRODUCTION: WHY 2500 IS THE CRUCIAL BENCHMARK Let me be precise about why I’m choosing the year 2500—nearly 500 years from now—as the analytical endpoint. It’s not arbitrary. Five centuries is exactly the timeframe in which we can observe complete religious transformations historically: In 1525, the…
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A smuggled book changed his life. Now he’s built 500 prison libraries.
Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape, and he went on to be a poet, lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads.
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2025 Halloween Candy Trends
This year’s Halloween candy sales suggest that Americans are feeling divided, strapped and in need of a (mild) surprise or two.
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Squirrels want to eat your pumpkins. You can stop them.
These simple tricks will help keep the pesky rodents from feasting on your fall decor