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DC police chief retains command after deal with Trump administration
The Trump administration has rescinded an order replacing the District of Columbia’s police chief after an emergency court hearing. Washington DC’s police chief Pamela Smith will retain control of the force after the city sued over US Attorney General Pam Bondi naming the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as the district’s “emergency police commissioner”. The lawsuit asked a…
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell indicted after federal corruption investigation
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal charges of defrauding the city while trying to keep her romantic relationship with a police officer a secret, prosecutors said. Cantrell is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, making false statements and false declaration before a grand jury, according to a federal indictment filed Friday…
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Trump-Putin meeting live updates as leaders hold talks in Alaska over ending Ukraine war
4m ago How long will the Trump-Putin meeting last? The length of the talks will likely depend on how the meetings play out and how much progress the two sides make on the lengthy list of agenda items before them. A Kremlin spokesman predicted earlier in the day that the talks could take six or seven hours. The current…
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Hurricane Erin forms over Atlantic, the first of 2025 season. Maps show its path and forecast.
Erin strengthened into a hurricane Friday as the storm continued on a path over the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. It is the first hurricane to develop in the Atlantic this year, and it was expected to continue gaining strength, potentially growing into a major hurricane. Forecasters with the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami have been urging people in the…
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DC Mayor Bowser travels to Martha’s Vineyard amid crime crackdown
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser clarified in a social media post Thursday that she’s flown to Martha’s Vineyard to pick her daughter up from summer camp. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser clarified in a social media post Thursday that she’s flown to Martha’s Vineyard to pick her daughter up from summer camp, though critics say she should’ve stayed in the city as…
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Obama praises Texas Democrats and calls state redistricting effort ‘a systematic assault on democracy’
Facebook Tweet Email Link Former President Barack Obama waded into the debate over redistricting in a zoom call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, warning of a “systematic assault on democracy” spurred by Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas. In a video of the 30-minute conversation obtained by CNN, Obama praised the Texas Democrats for standing up to…
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Judge rules against Trump administration’s plan to end DEI efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland found that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from educational institutions that continued with DEI…
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Putin to offer financial incentives to Trump at Ukraine summit | Russia
When Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet in Alaska, the Russian president will set out to woo his US counterpart and dangle financial incentives for siding with Moscow over Ukraine. The hastily arranged summit, organised at Putin’s request, will be his first invitation to meet a US president on American soil since he visited George W Bush in 2007. The…
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Solomon Peña gets 80 years for shootings at lawmakers’ homes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña earlier this year of conspiracy, weapons and other charges in the…
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Kremlin announces Trump and Putin will meet 1-on-1 in Alaska – POLITICO
A joint press conference is expected at the end of the summit, the Kremlin said, according to state-controlled news agency Interfax. Ushakov said “the settlement of the ‘Ukrainian crisis’” will be the central topic, with discussions building on earlier talks between the Kremlin and Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. The agenda also includes trade, economic cooperation and global security, he said. “The…
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