Trump placing D.C. police under federal control, activating National Guard
Politics, World Briefly
August 12, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city offic...
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Trump narrows
August 6, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison, her lawyers said Tuesday as prosecu...
Titan CEO could have been charged criminally if he survived, Coast Guard says
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August 6, 2025
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report Tuesday that held OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush responsible for ignoring safety war...
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August 6, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department on Tuesday for files in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation and is seeking depositions with the Clintons...
Recess can’t hide tensions for Congress on spending, Trump nominations
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August 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet on the U.S. Capitol grounds can’t mask the partisan tensions that are brewing on govern...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down
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August 2, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by ...
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August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healt...
EPA moves to repeal ‘endangerment finding’ that allows climate regulation
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July 30, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions an...