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• Trump Embraces Washington’s Champions, Figuratively and Literally

  05-11-2019 01:16 via nytimes.com
  After being booed at the ballpark, the president let bygones be bygones at a White House ceremony for the World Series champion Nationals. But some players stayed away.
  
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• On visit to China, the German chancellor says Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global security

  16-04-2024 10:56 via washingtontimes.com
  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leader Xi Jinping who hosted him in Beijing on Tuesday that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security, in an apparent call for China to apply greater pressure on its neighbor and close strategic partner to resolve the conflict.
  
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• Salvage crews race against the clock to remove massive chunks of fallen Baltimore bridge

  16-04-2024 09:38 via washingtontimes.com
  Nearly three weeks since Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed under the impact of a wayward cargo ship, crews are using the largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard to haul the wreckage to a nearby salvage yard.
  
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• Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games

  16-04-2024 08:52 via washingtontimes.com
  The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.
  
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• China's economy grew 5.3% in first quarter, beating expectations

  16-04-2024 06:39 via washingtontimes.com
  China's economy expanded at a faster than expected pace in the first three months of the year, helped by policies aimed at stimulating growth and stronger demand, the government said Tuesday.
  
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• Johnson puts forth separate House measures on Ukraine and Israel this week

  16-04-2024 05:23 via washingtontimes.com
  House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Monday night his proposal to pass four separate measures this week to send aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, risking his speakership if he advanced any funding legislation for Ukraine.
  
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• White House rejects long-shot House Republican effort to get Biden to testify

  16-04-2024 03:31 via washingtontimes.com
  The White House on Monday rejected a long-shot effort from House Republicans to get President Joe Biden to testify before lawmakers in the GOP's stalled impeachment inquiry.
  
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• House FISA legislation heads to Senate after failed last-ditch bid to stop it

  16-04-2024 02:04 via washingtontimes.com
  A bill reauthorizing the government's chief spying tool is on its way to the Senate after House lawmakers on Monday swatted down a last-ditch bid to block it.
  
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• Caitlin Clark taken No. 1 in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, as expected

  16-04-2024 01:42 via washingtontimes.com
  Caitlin Clark was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever on Monday night.
  
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• Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor

  16-04-2024 01:20 via washingtontimes.com
  Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority Legislature.
  
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• Mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station, NASA confirms

  16-04-2024 00:55 via washingtontimes.com
  NASA confirmed Monday that a mystery object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
  
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• McConnell sides with national security hawks in showdown over FISA spy program

  16-04-2024 00:55 via washingtontimes.com
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday criticized those putting up roadblocks to reauthorizing the government's chief spying tool.
  
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• Suspected Iranian agent working for Pentagon while U.S. coordinated defense of Israel

  16-04-2024 00:50 via washingtontimes.com
  Frustration is swirling on Capitol Hill following a top Defense Department official's revelation that a suspected Iranian influence agent remained on the job at the Pentagon last week while U.S. national security officials were coordinating international efforts to defend Israel from a coming Iranian attack.
  
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• Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce law banning gender-transition drugs, surgeries for minors

  16-04-2024 00:16 via washingtontimes.com
  The Supreme Court agreed to let Idaho enforce its ban on gender-transition drugs and surgeries for minors, overruling a lower-court injunction except in the cases of the two transgender teenagers who sued to halt the 2023 state law.
  
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• Bad news: Your tax refund could be delayed -- possibly for years

  15-04-2024 23:41 via washingtontimes.com
  Taxpayers across the United States are experiencing extensive delays in receiving their tax refunds, with some waiting years for the return of their money.
  
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• Our oppressive tax system can be analogized to Dracula

  15-04-2024 23:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn't, I mean?
  
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• Maine joins interstate compact to elect president by popular vote

  15-04-2024 23:11 via washingtontimes.com
  Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor's announcement Monday that she's letting the proposal become law without her signature.
  
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• Biden crams abortion into Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

  15-04-2024 23:07 via washingtontimes.com
  The Biden administration inserted abortion-related accommodations Monday into regulations governing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, even though lawmakers said the law specifically excluded any reference to abortion at its passage in 2022.
  
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• N.Y. judge refuses Trump's request to attend Supreme Court immunity argument

  15-04-2024 23:00 via washingtontimes.com
  A New York judge refused Monday to let former President Donald Trump attend Supreme Court arguments on April 25 instead of his hush money trial.
  
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• George Santos raises zero dollars in new campaign for Congress

  15-04-2024 22:54 via washingtontimes.com
  Disgraced former Rep. George Santos' new campaign committee has raised a whopping zero dollars in March after announcing he's once again running for a House seat.
  
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• Trump tells Supreme Court that framers of Constitution would back his absolute immunity claim

  15-04-2024 22:52 via washingtontimes.com
  Former President Trump argued in a Supreme Court brief filed Monday that the Constitution's framers would have supported his position that a president can't face criminal prosecution for official acts.
  
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• Trump tells Supreme Court framers of Constitution would back his absolute immunity claim

  15-04-2024 22:52 via washingtontimes.com
  Former President Trump argued in a Supreme Court brief filed Monday that the Constitution's framers would have supported his position that a president can't face criminal prosecution for official acts.
  
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• Trump's daughter-in-law says his poll numbers are rising amid trial

  15-04-2024 22:31 via washingtontimes.com
  News Nation's "Morning in America" show had a noteworthy question for Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump, who is also the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump.
  
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• Pro-Palestinian protests target U.S. economic centers by blocking major bridges, highways

  15-04-2024 22:30 via washingtontimes.com
  Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clogged bridges and roadways across the country Monday in what organizers said was part of a worldwide effort to shut down bustling economic hubs.
  
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• Trump Media stock slides again, down more than 66% below its peak as euphoria fades

  15-04-2024 22:28 via washingtontimes.com
  The stock price for Donald Trump's social media company slid again Monday, pushing it more than 66% below its peak set late last month.
  
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• Much of central U.S. faces severe thunderstorm threat and possible tornadoes

  15-04-2024 22:21 via washingtontimes.com
  Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms Monday night through Wednesday, with tornadoes possible in some states.
  
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• Union settles extended strike with Pittsburgh newspaper, while journalists, other unions remain out

  15-04-2024 22:19 via washingtontimes.com
  The union that represents a Pittsburgh newspaper's truck drivers, one of five unions that have been on strike for 18 months, has approved a new contract with the paper's owners. Four other unions, including one representing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's journalists and other newsroom employees, have not settled.
  
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• ATF says guns now being sold on apps like Tinder, TikTok

  15-04-2024 22:19 via washingtontimes.com
  More guns are now trafficked to criminals through online sources such as Facebook, TikTok or Tinder than are trafficked at gun shows or flea markets, according to new Justice Department data that argues the marketplace for illegally obtained weapons is quickly evolving.
  
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• Asbestos victim's dying words aired in wrongful death case against Buffet's railroad

  15-04-2024 22:05 via washingtontimes.com
  Thomas Wells ran a half-marathon at age 60 and played recreational volleyball until he was 63. At 65 years old, doctors diagnosed him with mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive lung cancer linked to asbestos exposure.
  
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• Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud

  15-04-2024 22:02 via washingtontimes.com
  A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday.
  
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