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• WATCH: Go inside the factory where Peeps are made

  15-04-2025 19:15 via washingtontimes.com
  Love them or hate them, those marshmallow Peeps that come in blindingly bright colors and an array of flavors are inescapable around the Easter holiday.
  
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• Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users' data without permission

  10-05-2025 01:39 via washingtontimes.com
  Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected data on users without permission, the state's attorney general announced Friday.
  
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• Trump launches veteran homelessness initiative with new national center

  10-05-2025 01:28 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump made moves to establish the National Center for Warrior Independence to aid veterans facing homelessness, among other orders.
  
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• Trump expected to sign executive order linking Medicare drug costs to foreign prices

  10-05-2025 01:09 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump is expected to make another effort to cut drug prices significantly by binding the government's costs for certain medicines to reduced prices in other countries.
  
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• Judge rejects claim that Sean 'Diddy' Combs was treated differently because of his race

  10-05-2025 00:59 via washingtontimes.com
  Sean "Diddy" Combs was not treated differently because of his race by prosecutors who brought racketeering and sex trafficking charges against him, a judge ruled Friday as he rejected a request to dismiss some charges three days before opening statements in the hip-hop mogul's trial.
  
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• Trump White House sidesteps backlash over American pope's anti-MAGA posts

  10-05-2025 00:51 via washingtontimes.com
  The White House on Friday downplayed resurfaced social media posts by Pope Leo XIV that criticized President Trump and his policies, saying the president remains "very proud" of the new pontiff's historic election.
  
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• New normal: Trump committed to a 10% tariff baseline for all nations

  10-05-2025 00:51 via washingtontimes.com
  The White House says President Trump is "determined" to maintain at least a 10% tariff on all imports, meaning all nations should expect a baseline tax on their goods even if they negotiate trade pacts with the U.S.
  
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• Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July

  10-05-2025 00:33 via washingtontimes.com
  The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Friday.
  
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• San Francisco region's commuter trains are running again after hours-long stoppage

  10-05-2025 00:12 via washingtontimes.com
  Thousands of commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area were scrambling for alternate routes after its regional commuter rail system known as BART shut down systemwide for several hours Friday morning.
  
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• Columbus statue removed from a Connecticut city in 2020 finally finds a home at a new museum

  10-05-2025 00:07 via washingtontimes.com
  A Christopher Columbus statue removed in 2020 amid a climate of racial reckoning after the police killing of George Floyd has finally found a home in a new museum dedicated to preserving the history of New Haven, Connecticut.
  
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• More warning signs emerge for U.S. travel industry as summer nears

  10-05-2025 00:00 via washingtontimes.com
  Expedia Group said Friday that reduced travel demand in the United States led to its weaker-than-expected revenue in the first quarter, and Bank of America said credit card transactions showed spending on flights and lodging kept falling last month.
  
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• Trump rips up Biden's climate change crackdown on home appliances

  09-05-2025 23:55 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump overturned four Biden-era efficiency regulations on tankless water heaters, gas stoves, freezers and refrigerators.
  
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• Tesla driver charged in California attacks arrested again for road rage in Hawaii

  09-05-2025 23:54 via washingtontimes.com
  A Tesla driver charged with attacking motorists' vehicles with a pipe in the Los Angeles area has been arrested again for allegedly assaulting two women during a road rage incident in Honolulu.
  
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• Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

  09-05-2025 23:48 via washingtontimes.com
  A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship accused Columbia University on Thursday of eroding democracy with its handling of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
  
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• Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

  09-05-2025 23:44 via washingtontimes.com
  The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according to a memo issued to the force on Friday.
  
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• First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says

  09-05-2025 23:40 via washingtontimes.com
  U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a medical device company.
  
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• Trump says raising taxes on the rich is 'good politics' but also risky

  09-05-2025 23:36 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump said raising taxes on the rich is "good politics," but said he'd be pilloried by the media and politicians on both sides if he were to do so.
  
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• Judge sets dates for Menendez brothers' resentencing hearings

  09-05-2025 23:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez will move forward next week after a series of delays.
  
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• Strategic nuclear collaboration by China, Russia, North Korea weakens U.S. deterrence

  09-05-2025 23:22 via washingtontimes.com
  China, Russia and North Korea are rapidly expanding their nuclear forces and increasing joint strategic collaboration, undermining the U.S. ability to deter a nuclear war, according to senior Pentagon officials.
  
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• On podcasts, Trump's surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality

  09-05-2025 23:15 via washingtontimes.com
  President Donald Trump's newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through appearances on some of the nation's most popular wellness and right-wing podcasts.
  
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• Charles Barkley comes out against transgender athletes in women's sports

  09-05-2025 23:05 via washingtontimes.com
  Former NBA star Charles Barkley said that while he supported transgender people, it was stupid to allow biological men to compete against women in sports.
  
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• A day of firsts; Pope Leo XIV sets a new tone, but follows Francis on key issues

  09-05-2025 23:04 via washingtontimes.com
  Friday was a day of firsts for the newly installed Pope Leo XIV, including his first homily and mass as pope. In the Sistine Chapel, which until Thursday was the scene of the papal conclave that selected the first-ever American pontiff, Leo called for unity among the cardinals.
  
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• Democratic lawmakers storm ICE detention facility in New Jersey, Newark mayor arrested

  09-05-2025 22:44 via washingtontimes.com
  The Democratic mayor of Newark and members of Congress from New Jersey "stormed" an ICE detention facility on Friday, authorities said.
  
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• Eagle Scout who burned U.S. flag in anti-Israel protest at Union Station gets probation

  09-05-2025 22:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Michael Snow Jr., who torched an American flag as part of anti-Israel protests at Union Station in Washington last summer, was slapped with a 4-month probation sentence.
  
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• Rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, says new Hitler song is banned from streaming sites

  09-05-2025 22:30 via washingtontimes.com
  Embedded links for the song in other posts by the rapper on X to the music streaming platform Soundcloud are down, and the song doesn't appear on his official YouTube channel.
  
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• Trump trashes MSNBC over tariffs, Wall Street Journal over China

  09-05-2025 21:51 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump went on a multi-post rant on how MSNBC is misreporting his tariffs, saying the network's "ratings are down the tubes, but that pressure on them doesn't give them the right to lie and cheat!"
  
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• Trump to allow more than 50 white South Africans into the U.S. as refugees

  09-05-2025 21:36 via washingtontimes.com
  The Trump administration plans to resettle dozens of white South Africans in the United States as refugees -- a move the government in Pretoria says is more about political payback than protecting the vulnerable.
  
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• Karoline Leavitt: Trump fired the librarian of Congress for promoting DEI and 'inappropriate' books

  09-05-2025 21:23 via washingtontimes.com
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Carla Hayden was fired as librarian of Congress because she promoted DEI and pushed "inappropriate books" for children.
  
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• Plane at London Gatwick Airport caught fire due to copilot mix-up

  09-05-2025 21:18 via washingtontimes.com
  British aviation safety officials revealed in a report this week that a plane at London Gatwick Airport suffered a brake fire last June due to an error by the copilot.
  
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• Leavitt: Trump not profiting from upcoming Mideast trip

  09-05-2025 21:09 via washingtontimes.com
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shut down any accusations that President Trump would profit from his trip to the Middle East next week.
  
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