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Sen. Marco Rubio appears set to win confirmation as secretary of State
WASHINGTON — Once a bitter critic of President-elect Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida headed into his first Senate…
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OpenAI Courts Trump With Vision for ‘A.I. in America’
In December, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, donated $1 million to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inaugural fund, joining a…
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What's in a name? Gulf of America? Mexican America?
MEXICO CITY — At her daily news conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday displayed a colonial-era map of North America…
Business
JPMorgan quits climate finance group, following Citi, Bank of America
JPMORGAN Chase just became the last of Wall Street’s biggest banks to abandon the industry’s largest climate-finance alliance. The No 1 US…
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Trump Hints at Invading Greenland, Seize Panama Canal and Proposes Renaming Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America'
Donald Trump hinted at the possibility of using military action to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, while also proposing a…
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Abbie Stockard, 22-year-old Nursing Student and Cheerleader from Auburn University, Crowned Miss America 2025: A Night of Glamour and Inspiration
Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old nursing student and cheerleader from Auburn University, has been crowned Miss America 2025. The event took…
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Trump seizes on a U.S. citizen's deadly attack to rail against immigrants, 'open borders'
President-elect Donald Trump ushered in the new year in familiar fashion — using a news event in an attempt to build his case for tougher…
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Column: After a bruising election year in America what will 2025 bring?
SACRAMENTO — How do you summarize — or make sense of — 2024? It’s been a year of upheaval, division, winners and losers. And perhaps most…
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President-elect Trump weighs into debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to step into a raging debate among his supporters over visas for skilled workers on the…
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British woman studying in Ohio shares what "shocked" her most about America
A video of a university student from the United Kingdom explaining the "culture shock" of moving to Ohio for her studies has gone viral on…
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Column: The U.S. economy is doing very well. But don't give too much credit to Biden — or Trump
One of Donald Trump’s closing campaign arguments was that he would deliver a new “golden age” for America. This week, he announced that…
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How “Nickel Boys” Critiques the Camera in America Cinema
Taken together, three recent films provoke a profound questioning of how and why we guard the border walls separating documentaries from…
Business
Bank of America promotes 387 employees to managing director: source
Bank of America (BOA) has promoted 387 employees to managing director roles in 2024, 16 per cent more than last year, a source familiar…
Business
Opinion: The TikTok court case has staggering implications for free speech in America
The free speech implications of the coming ban on TikTok in the United States are staggering and unprecedented. On Friday, the U.S. Court…
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Macron wraps up South America trip with French submarines in mind
SANTIAGO, Chile — Traveling to attend the G20 Summit last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, French President Emmanuel Macron extended his…
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Tropical Storm Sara nearly stationary, dumping heavy rainfall over central America
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tropical Storm Sara is nearly stationary and producing heavy rainfall over portions of Central America, barely…
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Argentine prosecutors accuse Opus Dei leaders in South America of trafficking and labor exploitation
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine prosecutors have concluded that there are grounds for launching a criminal investigation into the…
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Deaths, drownings and destruction as heavy rains move through Central America. 3 killed in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Three men drowned in Guatemala when two of them tried to help another who had tried to cross an overflowing river,…