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Column: Trump and Musk crippled our most important global aid agency. The consequences are grim
It’s probably too soon to claim Elon Musk has babies’ blood on his hands for effectively shuttering America’s most consequential foreign…
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Whoopi Goldberg Shuts Down Republican Outrage Over Beyoncé’s Grammy Win for Best Country Album: ‘She Earned It. People Voted for It. Sit Down!’
Whoopi Goldberg passionately defended Beyoncé’s Grammy wins on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) after conservative figures expressed…
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A Floral-Filled Autumn Wedding in Virginia’s Hunt Country at Tranquility Farm
Soft autumnal colors in a natural palette of neutrals and greenery and an ombre of oranges to muted coral and pinks. Honoring Taylor’s…
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Thousands of protesters rally in downtown Los Angeles against Trump's aggressive immigration policies
Thousands of protesters rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday against President Trump’s crack down on illlegal immigration and his…
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Trump slaps punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, sparking fears of a trade war
MEXICO CITY — President Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, sending shock waves through the…
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Rubio carries anti-immigration message to Latin America in first trip overseas as Trump's top diplomat
PANAMA CITY — President Trump’s top diplomat makes his first trip overseas this weekend, heading to Central America to drive home the…
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Trump’s orders have upended U.S. immigration. What legal routes remain?
Promising the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a dramatic series of…
Business
A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
ALEPPO, Syria — To understand the shakedown empire that was once Syria under former President Bashar Assad, consider the notorious…
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Column: Trump pardoned a lot of bad apples. Now he and Republicans own the barrelful
Politics often entails angles and illusion, dodges and diversions. Navigating the space between hope and reality is one of its requisite…
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Will Mexico accept military flights of deportees? President Sheinbaum deflects on sensitive issue
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hedged Tuesday on whether Mexico would accept U.S. military flights carrying deportees…
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Trump punishes Colombia for refusing entry to deportation flights
WASHINGTON — Facing another early challenge to his immigration policies, President Trump on Sunday ordered a 25% tariff on exports from…
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California's growing need for caregivers could collide with a crackdown on immigrants
President Trump’s plans to overhaul immigration could reduce the ranks of workers who care for elderly and disabled people at home and in…
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Column: Does Donald Trump's return to power mean it's time to admit he's right? In a word, no
The MAGA Republican triumphalism unleashed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House has extended, unsurprisingly, to many of my most…
Lifestyle
Alawites wary as a post-Assad Syria takes shape
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor…
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U.S. and Australia have long fought fires together. Climate change threatens joint efforts
MELBOURNE — As flames engulfed swaths of Los Angeles County this month and U.S. fire authorities scrambled to coordinate help from…
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Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro visited Haiti on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties…
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'Freaked out': Fear, uncertainty grip California's immigrant community as Trump rolls out crackdown plan
Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration. She came to the…
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'Drill baby drill': Trump takes aim at clean energy, climate change and the environment on day one
On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s…
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Trump signs orders to crack down on immigration, send troops to the border
WASHINGTON — President Trump took steps Monday to fundamentally and drastically change how the nation handles immigration, signing…
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'We're taking it back.' Trump's comments on the Panama Canal spur pushback from Panama
MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built…
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Opinion: If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive, how would he have approached the Trump era?
Unlike the many people who are upset that Donald Trump is being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I see it as a good thing.…
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Trump's first inaugural speech was 'American carnage.' He says this time will be different
WASHINGTON — For 236 years, ever since George Washington, a newly elected president’s inaugural address has traditionally served several…
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Supporters of South Korea’s Yoon storm courthouse. Some see hope in Trump's return
SEOUL — As South Korean authorities extended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention Sunday, his supporters stormed the courthouse that issued…
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Trump's tariffs brought China and Mexico closer. Will his second term change that?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The last time Donald Trump was president, he imposed a slew of tariffs on China that upended global trade. He’s…