Author: Darlene Superville
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King Charles III heads to Washington on a delicate mission to restore the UK-US relationship
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two and a half centuries after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant King Charles III lands in Washington on Monday with trans-Atlantic ties under strain and security in the spotlight. A shooting at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday sparked a…
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Trump’s White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to construction
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, despite a federal judge recently ordering a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 years. The National Capital Planning Commission, the agency tasked…
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Trump administration briefly closes El Paso airspace, blames Mexican cartel drone incursion
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Mexican cartel drone incursion prompted an hourslong closure of airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas that was lifted on Wednesday morning, the Trump administration said. Just hours earlier, the Federal Aviation Administration had announced a 10-day closure grounding all flights to and from the airport. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy…
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The Kennedy Center has added Trump’s name to the memorial Congress created for John F. Kennedy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center on Friday quickly added Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts center Congress designated as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy, a day after the center’s board of trustees voted to make the change. Blue tarps were hung in front of the building to obscure workers on scaffolding…
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Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that made Democrats fume, saying the board had overstepped its legal authority. Congress named the center after President John F. Kennedy in 1964, after his assassination.…
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Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide information about those receiving the assistance. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that the action is in the works because…
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Trump accuses foreign-owned meat packers of inflating US beef prices and calls for investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The Republican president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic…
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Sports leagues promise the White House they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise
More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations have promised the White House that they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise and learn about nutrition and healthy lifestyles
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Biden says nothing of ‘great consequence’ in Pentagon leaks
DUBLIN • President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive government documents had been leaked, “there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.” It was the first time Biden has commented publicly about the release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites. They…
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Biden says nothing of ‘great consequence’ in Pentagon leaks
DUBLIN • President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive government documents had been leaked, “there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.” It was the first time Biden has commented publicly about the release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites. They…