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White House Erupts Online at CNN’s AOC Town Hall
WASHINGTON — Midway through a prime-time CNN forum on the nation’s funding standoff Wednesday night, a second performance unfolded offstage. While Sen. Bernie Sanders...
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Marco Rubio parents: the Miami household that shaped a public life
Marco Rubio’s parents, Mario and Oriales, built a modest life in South Florida after leaving Cuba, stitching together service jobs, church routines, and the...
CBS fires ‘Matlock’ actor David Del Rio after sexual assault allegation
Los Angeles — CBS Studios has dismissed actor David Del Rio from “Matlock” after a co-star reported a sexual assault and the studio opened...
Letitia James Indictment Tests DOJ and New York Politics
New York — The clash between legal process and political theatre narrowed to a few lines on a mortgage form, and then widened again...
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Shutdown Day 6: Burbank Airport tower goes dark for hours
California — The control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport went quiet, then stayed that way for hours. From about 4:15 p.m. until 10 p.m....
Pam Bondi’s first Senate grilling tests DOJ independence
Washington — The most consequential oversight hearing of the year opened Tuesday in Hart 216, with Attorney General Pam Bondi seated before the Senate Judiciary...
Judge smacks down Trump’s Portland troop stunt
Washington — A federal judge in Oregon just put a hard stop on President Donald Trump’s latest show-of-force script, a plan to muscle National Guard...
Marco Rubio net worth: salary, assets, and what the disclosures show
Marco Rubio’s wealth sits in a modest range for a Cabinet official, with income built on public salary, past book royalties, and home equity...
Shutdown day 6 shows a government that won’t govern
Washington — The sixth day of the federal shutdown opened with no breakthrough in sight and a new threat hanging over hundreds of thousands...
Syria elections 2025: Vote counting before vote casting
Damascus. Syria elections 2025 arrived without a public ballot. In governorate halls, roughly six thousand vetted electors filed past plastic seals and red wax,...
Chicago pushes back as Trump sends 300 Guard troops
CHICAGO: On Saturday, October 4, 2025, the White House authorized the federalization of 300 Illinois National Guard members for a limited mission to secure...
Shutdown Day 4, Washington’s stalemate makes America pay
Washington — The Capitol is lit and the microphones are on, yet the core machinery of government is idling. The United States has entered...
Marco Rubio’s education, from Miami classrooms to a law degree with...
Marco Rubio’s schooling is a pragmatic map: public high school, a one-year football try, a community-college bridge, a bachelor’s at Florida’s flagship, and a...
Shutdown day 3: Washington’s power play hits parks, WIC, data
Washington — On the third morning of the federal funding lapse, the rituals of American government felt improvised. At Muir Woods, rangers taped paper...
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Daytime Emmys 2025: “General Hospital” dominates as Attenborough makes history at...
California — On a night that asked daytime television to define itself again, ABC’s “General Hospital” did what institutions do when the spotlight is brightest:...
Victoria’s Secret Reboot 2025: Glamour, Grip and a Shadow
Brooklyn — At Steiner Studios inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Victoria’s Secret staged a return calibrated for nostalgia and for a more edited present, a...
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