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Trump's name scrubbed from Kennedy Center facade in overnight demolition

Workers removed Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center's exterior in the early morning hours Saturday, completing a court-ordered erasure that the former president had fought to block until th...

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Hate crime conviction brings 25-year maximum for Brooklyn stabbing

A Brooklyn jury has convicted Dmitriy Popov of fatally stabbing vogue dancer O'Shae Sibley in a 2023 killing that prosecutors portrayed as motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ hatred. The conviction on manslau...

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Trump's $70B immigration blitz gives ICE and CBP a blank check through 2029

President Trump signed legislation this week allocating roughly $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, effectively financing his mass deportation operation through the remainder of his...

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The Smear Campaign That Backfired: How Maine Democrats Handed Platner a Landslide

Graham Platner won Maine's Democratic primary with 72 percent of the vote, a commanding margin that arrived despite, or perhaps because of, months of relentless attacks from party insiders and libe...

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Knicks fever offers a rare escape from the relentless grind of covering American politics

For months, the New York Knicks have been creeping into the consciousness of people across the country in an unexpected way. A friend found them healing after a breakup. Another credited them with ...

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Student Held Without Charges in Israeli Detention

Sama Safi, a 20-year-old Palestinian American psychology student, has spent nearly two weeks in Israeli military detention without being charged with any crime. Soldiers arrested her during a pre-d...

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UFC Brings Octagon to White House for Trump's 80th Birthday Bash

The South Lawn of the White House will host a professional sporting event Sunday night unlike anything the grounds have ever witnessed: seven UFC fights under the lights, rain or shine, for the pre...

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Los Angeles stages World Cup coronation as US routs Paraguay in style

Los Angeles delivered the spectacle FIFA needed on opening night. In a Los Angeles kind of way, under soft powder blue skies on the Pacific coast, the United States and Mauricio Pochettino's team t...

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Kennedy Center Seeks Extra Time to Scrub Trump Name from Building

The Kennedy Center is pushing back its deadline to remove former President Donald Trump's name from the prestigious performing arts venue, requesting an extension just before midnight Friday and pl...

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Trump Orders Strike That Kills Venezuelan Gang Leader

President Trump announced Friday that a US military operation has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, a top commander in the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua, in what he calle...

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Musk hits trillionaire status as AI bets reshape wealth

Elon Musk has crossed into uncharted wealth territory, becoming the world's first trillionaire following SpaceX's record-breaking initial public offering. The space company's public debut valued it...

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USMNT's Tim Ream Becomes VAR's First Mistaken Identity Success Story

Tim Ream achieved dual milestones in the same match Friday night: he became the oldest American to ever compete in a World Cup, and more improbably, the first player at the tournament to benefit fr...

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Trump blocks Anthropic's cutting-edge AI from foreign hands

The Trump administration has imposed export controls on Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence models, barring foreign governments, companies, and individuals from accessing the technolo...

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US Demolishes Paraguay 4-1 in World Cup Opener at Home

The US men's national team announced itself as a threat on home soil Friday night, dismantling Paraguay 4-1 in their opening match of the 2026 World Cup. Playing before 70,492 fans in Los Angeles, ...

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Beckham, Katy Perry, and a Rout: USA's World Cup Party Reaches Peak Spectacle

Los Angeles Stadium erupted into controlled chaos on Saturday as the United States hosted the World Cup's opening ceremony and promptly dismantled Paraguay 4-0 in a match that felt less like compet...

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Larin ends Canada's World Cup curse with stunner at home

Cyle Larin walked off the bench 78 minutes into Friday's match at Toronto's newly renamed stadium and delivered the moment Canadian soccer has been chasing. His late equalizer against Bosnia and He...

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Dempsey rips Marsch's anthem jab: 'Worry about your own team'

Clint Dempsey is not letting Jesse Marsch's dig at American patriotism slide. The former US national team star, now working as an analyst at the World Cup, unleashed a pointed rebuke after the Cana...

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Trump's Name Comes Off Kennedy Center as Court Blocks Last-Ditch Effort

An appeals court in Washington delivered a swift rejection Friday night to Donald Trump's emergency bid to keep his name on the Kennedy Center's facade, clearing the way for workers to remove the s...

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Penn Station Finally Gets a Real Lifeline

Penn Station is getting another chance at resurrection, and this time the pieces may actually align.The notoriously bleak transit hub has defeated previous overhaul attempts for years, with archite...

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Purge of History Plaques from National Parks

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore historical and scientific materials removed from national monuments and parks, ruling that the White House overstepped its authority ...

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Gene Shalit, the mustachioed critic who made movie reviews must-see TV, dies at 100

Gene Shalit, whose towering pompadour and elaborate handlebar mustache made him one of television's most visually distinctive personalities, died Friday. He was 100. For four decades on NBC's Today...

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Spencer Pratt Exits Race, Vows 'War' Against Advancing Candidates

Spencer Pratt is stepping back from Los Angeles's mayoral race but refusing to go quietly. The former reality TV star posted a video Friday acknowledging that his electoral campaign has ended, yet ...

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Wembanyama shrugs off historic collapse, promises Spurs will fight back

Victor Wembanyama is ready to move past the worst meltdown in NBA Finals history. The San Antonio Spurs face elimination Saturday against the New York Knicks, who stunned the basketball world by er...

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Trump DOJ greenlights $111bn Paramount-Warner Bros merger despite fierce opposition

The Trump administration's Department of Justice has cleared the way for a transformative $111 billion merger that would unite Paramount with Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has drawn sharp crit...

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Test Scores Reveal the Pandemic's Classroom Damage

New standardized test data exposes the academic toll of extended school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, with National Assessment of Educational Progress results showing measurable learning l...

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Musk's Trillion-Dollar Gamble: SpaceX IPO Could Reshape Tech Wealth

Elon Musk stands on the brink of a historic financial milestone. A SpaceX initial public offering would create a valuation so enormous it would place him among the world's first trillionaires, ceme...

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Richards Race Against Clock as US Faces Paraguay in World Cup Opener

The United States will take the field against Paraguay on Wednesday night at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, but the most pressing question heading into the match remains unresolved: whether defensive...

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Trump administration freezes LA homeless agency's federal funds over fraud allegations

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has suspended federal funding to Los Angeles's largest homeless services agency, marking the Trump administration's escalating clash with California ...

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ICE's Detention Beds Now Sitting Empty as Arrest Pace Slows

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is operating with significant unused capacity after months of aggressive expansion, according to multiple government officials. The agency's average daily detain...

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Trump's Iran Deal Blindsides Netanyahu, Leaves Israel Scrambling

President Trump delivered unwelcome news to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening: a nuclear agreement with Iran was coming within days, and the Israeli leader had little sa...

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The gifted program gatekeeping problem

A high test score does not guarantee entry into a gifted education program. One student's experience underscores a persistent challenge in how schools identify and place academically advanced child...

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Musk Hits the Trillion Mark as SpaceX IPO Rewrites Capitalism's Playbook

Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire following SpaceX's debut on the Nasdaq Friday, with shares priced at $135 each. The aerospace and satellite company's market valuation reached ap...

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Party Bosses Reshape Democratic Establishment

A new power structure is consolidating control within the Democratic Party, driven less by electoral ambition than by ideological reconstruction.The emerging leadership class has begun steering the...

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FBI Raids Ohio Voting Rights Group, Sparks Uproar Over Pre-Midterm Crackdown

The FBI descended on a Cleveland voter registration nonprofit Thursday, seizing computers and phones and fanning immediate fears that the Trump administration is weaponizing federal law enforcement...

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Ohio man charged after 12 shot at festival, second suspect still at large

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that wounded a dozen people at a Toledo street festival in early June, though authorities continue searching for a seco...

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White House Dumps Trove of UFO Videos, Decades of Mystery Files

The Trump administration released a massive collection of government records and videos Friday, including footage of glowing orbs moving through the sky in ways that defy conventional physics. Red ...

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Trump's plea to keep name on Kennedy Center fails in court

A federal judge refused to block an order that requires President Trump's name to be stripped from the Kennedy Center, rejecting a last-minute legal challenge filed to delay the removal.The ruling ...

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Summer Jobs Reshape Teen Brains, Build Real-World Skills

A season of genuine work experience does more for adolescents than pad a resume. It rewires how they think about responsibility, money, and their place in the working world.Teen employment during s...

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Blake Lively Wins Legal Fees but Loses on Damages in Baldoni Fight

Blake Lively secured a partial win in her legal dispute with Justin Baldoni, with a judge ordering the actor to cover her attorney costs. However, the ruling came with a significant limitation: Liv...

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Conflict, chaos, and comebacks: the world's week in focus

The past seven days delivered scenes of escalating tensions, civil unrest, and one stunning sports reversal that captivated global audiences. From the Middle East to Northern Ireland to the NBA cou...

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Trump Blasts Iran as Peace Deal Collapses Into Chaos

Donald Trump abruptly turned on Iran on Friday, calling them "very dishonorable people to deal with" and demanding they "get their act together, and FAST," just hours after suggesting a preliminary...

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Iran Says Peace Deal 'Never Closer' as U.S. Confirms Final Stretch

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared Friday that a potential agreement with the United States to extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and begin nuclear negotiations has re...

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Judge Clears UFC Birthday Bash on White House Lawn

A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt to halt a UFC event planned for the White House South Lawn this Sunday, clearing the way for mixed martial arts fights to proceed on Donald Trump's 80t...

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Judge blocks Kennedy Center bid to delay Trump name removal

A federal judge has rejected the Kennedy Center's attempt to temporarily halt an order stripping Donald Trump's name from the Washington performing arts institution, moving the deadline closer to r...

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Louisiana jury deals $1.1 billion blow to childhood abuse case under new lookback law

A northwest Louisiana jury has handed down a stunning $1.1 billion verdict in a civil lawsuit centered on decades-old childhood sexual abuse, marking a watershed moment for survivors suing under th...

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One dead, nine hospitalized after Texas shooting rampage

A shooter opened fire in Midland, Texas on Friday morning, killing one person and wounding nine others before law enforcement ended a tense two-hour standoff by locating the suspect dead, authoriti...

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SpaceX soars into elite club with 11% first-day pop

SpaceX stock jumped 11% when trading opened Friday, catapulting the rocket company into the ranks of America's ten largest corporations on its debut day. Shares priced at $135 late Thursday, but im...

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Canada Hosts Bosnia in World Cup Debut, Eyes End to Winless Streak

Canada takes the field for the first time as World Cup host on June 13 at Toronto Stadium, facing Bosnia and Herzegovina in a match that carries weight far beyond a group-stage opener. The host nat...

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