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Weapons, war and wealth: The business of arms in the Middle East
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Arms are a global business, so it’s little surprise that at the International Defense Exhibition and…
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New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity
A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are raised for…
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Trump vows to immediately ramp up U.S. production of ‘beautiful, clean coal’
President Trump this week continued to make his environmental priorities clear by vowing to open up hundreds of coal power plants in the…
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Newly declassified JFK assassination files released by Trump administration
President Trump released a cache of unredacted classified documents on Tuesday related to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, but…
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Roberts criticizes Trump's call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
WASHINGTON — The growing clash between President Trump and the federal courts escalated Tuesday, when Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.…
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Will South Korea’s ‘sensitive’ country designation impair cooperation with the U.S.?
SEOUL — A revelation that the U.S. Department of Energy has designated South Korea as a “sensitive country” — a label reserved for nations…
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Column: The Trump administration has a free-speech problem
I have to wonder: When will Vice President JD Vance condemn his own administration? Last month, Vance, a self-described foreign policy…
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New Mexico court blocks release of photos, bodycam video of bodies of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa
A New Mexico court on Monday blocked the release of police bodycam video and other images that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and his…
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Schiff dismisses Trump assertion that Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void'
Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Trump in which Trump alleged that Schiff…
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A ‘Trump whisperer’? Mexican president's strategy faces its biggest test yet
MEXICO CITY — The president stood amid the admiring throngs and declared victory. “We have gathered here to congratulate ourselves because…
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Trump and recent gains give the California Republican Party hope
SACRAMENTO — A caravan of pickup trucks waving large President Trump flags circled the California Republican Party’s convention this…
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Column: There is nothing efficient about Musk and Trump's toxic lack of empathy
I don’t know how Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly got my phone number, but a text from him landed the other day with a thud. “Elon Musk…
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Two-minute TV shows have taken over China. Can they take over the world?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A small-town hockey player who’s become a national superstar, a high-school sweetheart who’s scrubbing toilets, and a…
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Tesla raises concerns over retaliatory tariffs in unsigned letter
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has joined several other American businesses in raising concerns over retaliatory tariffs that…
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Legal experts pan Trump's Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — Trump administration lawyers sent the Supreme Court an emergency appeal this week with a “modest” procedural request, not to…
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California businesses are reeling from Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs
Tariffs haven’t yet hit the supply chain at Anawalt in Malibu, but the hardware store and lumber seller is bracing for steep price hikes…
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Contributor: Mahmoud Khalil isn't a citizen. His deportation wouldn't be unlawful
The stock market of late has been on a veritable roller coaster, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency continues to ruffle…
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Mexican cartel mystery: Abandoned shoes, cryptic writings, charred bones
MEXICO CITY — Even in Mexico, where stories of massacres, kidnappings and clandestine graves provide daily news fodder, the recent…
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Fired federal workers can fight their dismissals, but there's a catch
WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being…
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California joins 19 Democratic states in suit to stop massive Education Department layoffs
California on Thursday joined Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration, seeking to halt massive layoffs at the federal…
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Column: When it comes to Trump's economy, the adults have left the room
The great and powerful Oz, as Donald Trump models himself, never warned Americans that the road to his promised Golden Age would be full…
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Contributor: Should the Dodgers balk at a White House invitation this year?
In 2019, Mookie Betts, then an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, refused President Trump’s invitation to visit the White House, along…
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Don’t mess with Mexico’s maíz: Constitutional amendment to ban GMO corn seeds
MEXICO CITY — There’s a popular saying in Mexico, where corn is as central to national mythology as it is gastronomy. Sin maíz, no hay…
Politics
Federal buildings in California potentially on chopping block as Trump looks to cut costs
The future of several prominent federal buildings in California that provide resources for broad swaths of the state’s residents is in…