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• FAA testing drones in Cape May, New Jersey

  16-04-2025 22:33 via washingtontimes.com
  The Federal Aviation Administration began drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, this week, flying more than 100 commercial drones to see if safety systems pick up on their presence.
  
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• Trump: 'Major' trade deal coming Thursday

  08-05-2025 04:36 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump teased a "major trade deal" to be announced Thursday, saying there will be more to come.
  
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• Man who police say crashed into Jennifer Aniston's front gate is charged with stalking and vandalism

  08-05-2025 01:56 via washingtontimes.com
  Prosecutors said Wednesday that a Mississippi man who harassed Jennifer Aniston for two years before crashing his vehicle through the front gate of the Los Angeles home of the "Friends" star has been charged with felony stalking and vandalism.
  
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• Biden's 'floating pier' mission in Gaza failed and cost U.S. soldier's life, oversight report says

  08-05-2025 01:16 via washingtontimes.com
  A military floating pier ordered by then-President Joseph R. Biden to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip was functional for barely 20 days before the effort was scrubbed following the death of a servicemember, dozens of injuries and the damage or loss of tens of millions of dollars worth of crucial equipment battered by heavy storms.
  
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• Powell warns sustained tariffs could increase inflation and unemployment

  08-05-2025 01:13 via washingtontimes.com
  The Federal Reserve has maintained interest rates between 4.25% and 4.5%, resisting President Trump's pressure to lower them amid his aggressive trade policies.
  
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• Church's believers, onlookers anticipate outcome of secretive tradition that will decide new pope

  08-05-2025 00:45 via washingtontimes.com
  Cardinals on Wednesday began the tradition-laden process of picking the Catholic Church's next pontiff amid intense security and even more intense speculation about who might be able to unite the church's increasingly polarized 1.4 billion believers.
  
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• Utah Mammoth revealed as permanent name of NHL team in Salt Lake City

  08-05-2025 00:29 via washingtontimes.com
  Utah Mammoth was unveiled as the franchise's permanent, full-time name Wednesday, with a profiled logo of the ice age creature featuring nods to the shape of the state, its mountain range and the same light blue, black and white color scheme that became synonymous with the team in its first season in Salt Lake City.
  
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• Trump replaces his nominee for surgeon general

  07-05-2025 23:43 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump announced that Dr. Casey Means will be nominated as the next surgeon general, and pulled the nominee whom he had previously announced for the post amid scrutiny of her credentials.
  
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• Judge rules Trump can't use Pentagon to get around deportation restrictions

  07-05-2025 23:34 via washingtontimes.com
  A federal judge told the Trump administration Wednesday that it cannot evade his new rules on carrying out deportations by having them done by the Defense Department rather than Homeland Security.
  
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• Republicans put California's EV mandate on the chopping block

  07-05-2025 23:29 via washingtontimes.com
  Senate Republicans say they are going to get rid of California's electric vehicle mandate that threatens to drive up car prices, even if it means blowing up the chamber's rules.
  
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• Brazilian state's deforestation amnesty poses 'one of the greatest threats' to the Amazon

  07-05-2025 23:26 via washingtontimes.com
  With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land.
  
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• Florida's Dijon Johnson charged by police with possession of a gun, synthetic marijuana

  07-05-2025 23:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Police have charged Florida cornerback Dijon Johnson with two felonies, including possession of a firearm, and two misdemeanors after his arrest over the weekend while driving a car in Tampa.
  
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• Judge says Bryan Kohberger's family can attend upcoming trial in University of Idaho killings

  07-05-2025 23:20 via washingtontimes.com
  Bryan Kohberger's immediate family members may attend his upcoming quadruple-murder trial in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, even if they might be called to testify, a judge ruled in an order made public Thursday.
  
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• A Philadelphia woman is the eighth person to die from the January crash of a medical plane

  07-05-2025 23:12 via washingtontimes.com
  An eighth person has died months after the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday.
  
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• A woman who called a Black child a slur has raised a backlash but also thousands of dollars

  07-05-2025 23:09 via washingtontimes.com
  A video showing a Minnesota woman at a playground last week openly admitting to using a racist slur against a Black child has garnered millions of views. But what's been equally appalling for some is that the woman has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in crowdfunds.
  
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• GOP lawmakers berate Haverford College president for not discussing discipline for antisemitism

  07-05-2025 23:03 via washingtontimes.com
  The president of Haverford College was berated by Republican lawmakers in a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism Wednesday, with some suggesting the school should lose federal funding because of her refusal to discuss student discipline in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests.
  
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• Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws

  07-05-2025 22:59 via washingtontimes.com
  The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their states' Republican-controlled Legislatures, which have banned traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.
  
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• What to know about the conclave to elect the next pope

  07-05-2025 22:58 via washingtontimes.com
  One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some things to know about the election of the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church, which has 1.4 billion faithful across the world.
  
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• Three college presidents take their lumps at House antisemitism hearing

  07-05-2025 22:58 via washingtontimes.com
  College presidents were back on the hot seat as House Republicans expanded their investigations into campus antisemitism with three more universities: DePaul, Haverford and California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.
  
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• Trump administration will provide programming from conservative network OAN for Voice of America

  07-05-2025 22:54 via washingtontimes.com
  The Trump administration, which has fought to dismantle or hollow out government-run outlets that provide news to other countries, has agreed to use the conservative media network OAN's feed on Voice of America and other services.
  
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• Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein's retrial. The prior jury never heard about her

  07-05-2025 22:43 via washingtontimes.com
  Days into Harvey Weinstein's first sexual assault trial in 2020, prosecutors privately spoke for the first time with a former model who alleged that he had forced oral sex on her.
  
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• White House withdraws nomination of a former Fox News contributor for U.S. surgeon general

  07-05-2025 22:42 via washingtontimes.com
  The White House is withdrawing the nomination of a former Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general, marking at least the second health-related pick from President Donald Trump to be pulled from Senate consideration.
  
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• Lawsuit accuses former Los Angeles Lakers star Byron Scott of sexually assaulting teen girl in 1987

  07-05-2025 22:41 via washingtontimes.com
  A woman is suing former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott, accusing him of sexually assaulting her during a team event at her high school in 1987, when he was 26 and she was 15.
  
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• State board approves plan to start demolition to rebuild Pimlico Race Course shortly after Preakness

  07-05-2025 22:40 via washingtontimes.com
  A Maryland board approved a $14.3 million contract on Wednesday to begin the demolition and rebuilding of Baltimore's storied but antiquated Pimlico Race Course, home to the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.
  
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• Congress digs into China's alleged theft of America's AI secrets

  07-05-2025 22:31 via washingtontimes.com
  House lawmakers are worried that Chinese thieves are stealing America's artificial intelligence secrets, boosting confidential info from the leading labs building top technology.
  
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• House GOP faction digs in against deficits, threatens to sink Trump agenda bill

  07-05-2025 22:25 via washingtontimes.com
  Dozens of House Republicans on Wednesday reminded House Speaker Mike Johnson that the price for their support of President Trump's "big beautiful bill" is ensuring it includes steep spending cuts.
  
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• VIDEO: Long-hidden RFK assassination files, 10,000 pages of records, released on Trump's order

  07-05-2025 22:17 via washingtontimes.com
  With thousands of files now available for public examination, what secrets will come to light about the true culprit behind RFK's death?
  
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• The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play

  07-05-2025 22:17 via washingtontimes.com
  The North Carolina elections board ousted its widely respected executive director Wednesday in a partisan move that will put Republicans in control of election operations in the political swing state, which includes the certification of results.
  
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• Wall Street climbs in choppy trading after Fed warns of rising risks for economy, holds rates steady

  07-05-2025 22:09 via washingtontimes.com
  U.S. stocks ended a choppy day higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate alone, as was widely expected, but also warned about rising risks for the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Wednesday. The index is coming off a two-day losing streak that had snapped its nine-day winning run. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.3%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank has time to wait before making any potential moves on rates, but
  
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• Chinese President Xi arrives in Moscow following massive Ukraine drone strike

  07-05-2025 22:03 via washingtontimes.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a lengthy diplomatic visit in the aftermath of a massive drone attack on the Russian capital.
  
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