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• Penn president's future hangs in balance as pressure builds for her ouster

  08-12-2023 05:04 via washingtontimes.com
  University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill's grip on the top job appeared to be in jeopardy as the Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting Thursday amid escalating pressure to change the Ivy League college's leadership.
  
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• Biden bucks 'Scranton Joe' persona with series of glitzy fundraisers with A-listers

  05-12-2023 15:28 via washingtontimes.com
  President Biden kicked off a series of high-dollar campaign events with A-list celebrities on Tuesday as he traveled to Boston for a fundraising concert headlined by pop singer James Taylor, with tickets selling for roughly $7,500 a seat.
  
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• More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23

  05-12-2023 05:26 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the number of confirmed and presumed dead to 23.
  
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• Republicans accuse Biden of seeking to shift funds from pro-life centers to Planned Parenthood

  05-12-2023 04:51 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Congressional Republicans urged the Biden administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would pull Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding from pro-life pregnancy centers, saying it looks like an attempt to "funnel taxpayer dollars to the abortion industry."
  
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• Virginia police probe explosion at house where officers were trying to serve search warrant

  05-12-2023 03:20 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation's capital are investigating an explosion at a residence where officers were trying to serve a search warrant Monday.
  
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• Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' tops Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after release

  05-12-2023 02:14 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" tops the Billboard Hot 100 this week, 65 years after the now 78-year-old Ms. Lee recorded it.
  
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• Prosecutors push back against Hunter Biden's move to subpoena Trump documents in gun case

  05-12-2023 02:10 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Prosecutors pushed back Monday against Hunter Biden's move to subpoena documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials in the firearms case filed against the president's son.
  
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• Online news personality Cenk Uygur won't qualify for Democratic presidential primary, Arkansas rules

  05-12-2023 01:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Arkansas election officials on Monday said online news personality Cenk Uygur, who was born in Turkey, can't appear on the state's Democratic presidential primary ballot next year.
  
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• Reported cancellation of menorah lighting draws rebuke from Virginia governor

  05-12-2023 01:17 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Virginia political leaders, including Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, on Monday condemned the reported cancellation of a menorah lighting at a community event in Williamsburg over apparent concerns related to the Israel-Hamas war.
  
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• FBI interviewed priest, choir director in rogue probe of Catholic church's link to terrorism

  05-12-2023 00:55 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The FBI's probe into whether traditional Catholics posed a terrorist threat included interviews with a priest and a church choir director and involved an undercover agent who infiltrated the church, House investigators said Monday.
  
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• Letter from governors' group warns: Hands off American land

  04-12-2023 23:17 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Watchful Republican governors are out to protect American soil in no uncertain terms. A group of 17 of them have sent a letter to both the Biden administration and U.S. House and Senate leadership calling for action "to protect the United States from the imminent national security threat directly related to the Communist Party of China's efforts to amass U.S. land."
  
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• Biden orders flags at half-mast in honor of late Justice O'Connor

  04-12-2023 23:12 via washingtontimes.com
  
  President Biden on Monday ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-mast at the White House, military bases and at federal buildings in honor of the late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who passed away on Friday at the age of 93.
  
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• Texas prosecutor drops most charges against Austin police over tactics used during 2020 protests

  04-12-2023 23:04 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments of more than 20 police officers in Austin over tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd's killing said Monday he was dropping most of the cases and would ask the Justice Department to investigate instead.
  
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• Reckless and fearless: Yemen's Houthis target U.S., Israel amid Hamas fighting

  04-12-2023 23:04 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A series of escalating clashes between U.S. troops and Houthi rebel forces adds even more fuel to an already combustible powder keg in the Middle East, with analysts warning that the Iran-backed militant movement in Yemen is that most dangerous of adversaries -- an unpredictable force with little to lose and no particular stake in stability in one of the world's most dangerous regions.
  
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• Threads outpaces X in downloads

  04-12-2023 22:54 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Meta's fledgling Twitter competitor Threads is starting to gain on X, at least in terms of downloads.
  
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• WATCH: New Jersey elementary school paid an unexpected visit by wayward deer

  04-12-2023 22:46 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A New Jersey elementary school had an unexpected visitor over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend -- a deer that jumped through a window and made a paid a visit to an elementary school in New Jersey on Nov. 25, just in time for the holidays.
  
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• Appeals court gives reprieve to Texas on razor wire border fence

  04-12-2023 22:26 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Monday issued an order stopping the Border Patrol from cutting through Texas's razor-wire border fence as the judges wait to hear more arguments on the issue.
  
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• Governor rebukes Philadelphia protesters for chanting outside Israeli restaurant

  04-12-2023 22:21 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the demonstration "antisemitic."
  
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• U.S. tourist killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say

  04-12-2023 22:16 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A female tourist from Boston was killed Monday by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters.
  
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• Christian educator to lead Museum of the Bible, 'interactive' venue in June

  04-12-2023 22:13 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Museum of the Bible announced Monday that Carlos Campo, president of evangelical Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, will become its new CEO in June.
  
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• Ex-U.S. ambassador to Bolivia accused of decades-long career working for Cuban intelligence

  04-12-2023 22:12 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia was working on behalf of Cuban intelligence officials even before he began a decades-long career in the State Department that included a stint in the White House during the Clinton administration, federal prosecutors said Monday.
  
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• New sign on George Santos' former office on Capitol Hill

  04-12-2023 22:06 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Former Congressman George Santos is gone from the U.S. House, and so is the sign outside his office on Capitol Hill now changed to "Office of the Third Congressional District of New York."
  
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• Biden turns COVID-19 relief into 'slush fund' for state, local spending sprees

  04-12-2023 21:52 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Biden administration is giving states and municipalities more flexibility to hoard money from a $100 billion pot of unspent pandemic relief through 2024, after billions already were spent on golf courses, lottery prizes in New Mexico for people who got the COVID-19 vaccine and legal services for asylum seekers in Illinois.
  
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• From Congress to Cameo: George Santos' new job

  04-12-2023 21:36 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Freshly unemployed former Rep. George Santos is trying to capitalize on his historic expulsion by selling videos of himself for $200 a pop.
  
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• White House won't budge on U.S. border security to get its 'urgent' foreign war aid

  04-12-2023 21:27 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The White House is trying to light a fire under Congress to pass $106 billion in war aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, but the emergency funding isn't dire enough for Democrats to cut a deal with Republicans on border security.
  
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• The fourth GOP primary debate on Wednesday will show field winnowing

  04-12-2023 21:20 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The fourth GOP primary debate on Wednesday is shaping up as a four-candidate affair, at best, as actual voting looms several weeks away and low-polling candidates accept reality to bow out of the race.
  
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• Harvard muzzled disinformation team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation, whistleblower alleges

  04-12-2023 21:18 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling - then dismantling - her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in internet history.
  
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• Spotify fires 1,500 workers in largest layoff this year

  04-12-2023 21:03 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Music streaming giant Spotify announced it is laying off 1,500 employees, about 17% of its workforce.
  
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• WATCH: American classic cars take over the streets of Havana in annual rally

  04-12-2023 13:53 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Classic American cars that one would expect to see in museums in the United States raced in the streets of Havana on Sunday during the annual Classic and Antique Cars Rally.
  
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• China says a U.S. Navy ship 'illegally intruded' into waters in the South China Sea

  04-12-2023 13:09 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had "illegally intruded" on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
  
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• French investigation into fatal attack near Eiffel Tower looks into mental illness of suspect

  04-12-2023 12:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  French police investigations into a fatal weekend attack near the Eiffel Tower are looking into the mental health of the suspected assailant who swore allegiance to the Islamic State group before stabbing a German-Filipino tourist to death and injuring two other people with a hammer.
  
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• Dutch lawyers seek a civil court order to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

  04-12-2023 11:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Human rights lawyers went to court in the Netherlands on Monday to call for a halt to the export of fighter jet parts to Israel that could be used in attacks on Gaza.
  
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• Spotify axes 17% of workforce in third round of layoffs this year

  04-12-2023 11:48 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Spotify says it's axing 17% of its global workforce, the music streaming service's third round of layoffs this year as it moves to slash costs while focusing on becoming profitable.
  
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• North Korea accuses U.S. of double standards for letting South Korea launch spy satellite

  04-12-2023 11:46 via washingtontimes.com
  
  North Korea on Monday accused the United States of double standards, slamming it for letting rival South Korea launch a spy satellite from U.S. territory after condemning the North's earlier satellite launch.
  
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• 'Rizz,' 'Swiftie,' 'situationship;' Oxford University Press names its word of the year for 2023

  04-12-2023 11:37 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Oxford University Press has named "rizz'' as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce another person.
  
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• White House warns the U.S. is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine

  04-12-2023 11:01 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv's war effort to defend itself from Russia's invasion may grind to a halt without it.
  
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• Divers found wreckage, remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, US Air Force says

  04-12-2023 10:25 via washingtontimes.com
  
  U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and remains of crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday.
  
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• North Korean leader Kim Jong-un calls for women to have more children to halt falling birthrate

  04-12-2023 09:56 via washingtontimes.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country's births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children.
  
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• Live updates | Israel’s military calls for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens offensive

  04-12-2023 09:40 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Israel's military called for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widened its offensive aimed at eliminating the territory's Hamas rulers. The war has already killed thousands of Palestinians and displaced over three-fourths of Gaza's 2.3 million residents, who are running out of safe places to go.
  
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• Israel orders mass evacuations as it widens offensive; Palestinians are running out of places to go

  04-12-2023 08:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Israeli military on Monday renewed its calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip.
  
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• Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore

  04-12-2023 07:03 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the most beloved natural areas in the United States.
  
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• The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump

  04-12-2023 06:03 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his "stand in the schoolhouse door" to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.
  
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• Former U.S. ambassador arrested in Florida

  04-12-2023 00:51 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba's government, The Associated Press has learned.
  
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• Historic Remington gun factory to close, New York's hostility to 2nd Amendment blamed

  04-12-2023 00:09 via washingtontimes.com
  
  "Due to New York State's radical anti-Second Amendment policies and disastrous business climate, they have run Remington Arms, the country's oldest gun manufacturer, out of New York State. The Ilion Remington plant opened its doors in 1828 and is one of the largest employers in Herkimer County in NY-21," said Rep. Elise Stefanik in a written statement shared with the Beltway.
  
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• Top House progressive says outrage in Israel-Hamas war should be 'balanced'

  03-12-2023 23:56 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A Sunday interview with House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal quickly became tense when the discussion turned to condemning Hamas' sexual violence against women.
  
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• Ron DeSantis struggles to recreate midterm magic ahead of Iowa caucuses

  03-12-2023 23:54 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A year ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was riding high and former President Donald Trump looked like he was on the ropes. But now their roles have reversed with just weeks before Iowa's caucuses kick off the GOP nominating contests, their roles have reversed.
  
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• Commerce secretary says more money needed to block AI chip exports to China

  03-12-2023 23:51 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The U.S. government must dramatically increase funding aimed at blocking sensitive artificial intelligence microchip tech exports to China, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. She warns that Beijing is aggressively trying to evade Washington's expanded export controls.
  
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• Joint Chiefs chairman warns Congress lack of full-year spending bill could add to recruiting woes

  01-12-2023 23:15 via washingtontimes.com
  Punting on trying to pass a full year's appropriations bill will undercut U.S. security moves in Asia and hurt military recruiting when the services are struggling to persuade enough people to enlist, the nation's top general told lawmakers this week.
  
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• Thousands of car dealerships urge Biden to pump the brakes on 'unrealistic' EV mandates

  28-11-2023 22:01 via washingtontimes.com
  Nearly 4,000 car dealerships signed an open letter to President Biden urging him to delay the timeline for proposed emissions standards that would force two-thirds of new vehicles sold by 2032 to be electric.
  
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• Derek Chauvin's family has received no updates after prison stabbing, attorney says

  26-11-2023 02:15 via washingtontimes.com
  An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, said Saturday that Chauvin's family has been kept in the dark by federal prison officials after he was stabbed in prison.
  
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