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The board voted to close the Washington, D.C., arts complex's main campus for a $250 million renovation — three months after a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar closure.
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The U.S. is sending a new aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid reports of poor conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been long deployed to the theater in support of the war against Iran.  The USS George Washington, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, departed a port in Vietnam last week and was spotted…
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Bryan Betancur was found guilty in a Washington, D.C., Superior Court of one count of simple assault for the incident on the Metro at the NOMA-Gallaudet station in the D.C. area.
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President Donald Trump's name was removed from the Washington, D.C., performing arts center in June as the result of a lawsuit by an Ohio congresswoman.
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Dr. Jonathan Reiner, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist, wrote Wednesday that President Trump “has not looked well” during his second term. Reiner, who is also a professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University, penned an op-ed in The New York Times noting past presidents who have hidden the state of their health,…
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Former Rep. Mimi Walters argues that Washington must prioritize domestic biomedical research and stricter regulatory oversight to counter China's rising influence and protect American patient safety.
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Police in Tacoma, Washington, say they have rescued 60 cats and kittens from an abandoned sailboat that was found anchored off a city beach last week.
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The Justice Department on Wednesday slammed the Washington, D.C., City Council over councilors’ requests to remove the National Guard from the city’s streets. Members of the D.C. City Council sent letters to governors in 10 states asking them to withdraw their National Guard members from the city early last month. One letter to Michigan Gov.…
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The Trump administration is expected to spend at least $900 million on White House construction projects that will be fueled in part by taxpayer dollars without the approval of Congress, according to a new report from The Washington Post.  In addition to the demolition of the East Wing and subsequent White House ballroom construction, President…
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A cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom. Washington is intervening because allies matter only when they are useful Japan’s yen has slid back towards 160 to the dollar, despite last month’s extraordinary US-Japanese intervention. Traders are betting that its role as a cheap funding pipeline for global finance will continue. Earlier this month the Trump administration stepped in to help Tokyo stabilise its currency. “Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl…
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he would not campaign against Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) in 2030 if the Republican chooses to run for a second term. In remarks made to the Washington Examiner, Fetterman was asked whether he would support or oppose McCormick’s potential run in four years. “Well, I would absolutely never move against…
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