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Hegseth allows National Guard to boost DC patrols with military vehicles, boats and patrol cars
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed off on the National Guard ramping up its presence in the nation’s capital in military vehicles and boats as troops deepen their integration with local law enforcement. In two memos signed Oct. 29 and obtained by The Associated Press, Hegseth approved the National Guard to use […]
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Trump signs proclamation he says will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as he has redesigned them. “We’re making it a national monument and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
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US charges son of Ecuador’s former president, 4 others with cocaine trafficking
Federal prosecutors have charged a son of Ecuador’s former president, a former member of Ecuador’s legislature and three other Ecuadorians with trafficking tons of cocaine to the United States and Europe in part by hiding it in containers carrying tuna, the U.S. attorney’s office in New York City announced Thursday. The five defendants played a […]
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US escalates economic campaign against Cuba and targets China-based suppliers
The Trump administration on Thursday escalated its economic campaign against Cuba, issuing a determination that clears the path for U.S. sanctions on several crucial sectors of the island’s economy while also targeting Chinese-based suppliers to Havana’s military forces. The sanctions are part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to force […]
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New Hampshire dads who protested transgender athletes by wearing pink wristbands score court victory
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two fathers who oppose allowing transgender athletes to play high school sports will be allowed to wear pink wristbands marked “XX” to games, a federal judge said Thursday in an order ending more than two years of litigation. Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote sued the Bow school district after they were […]
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree headed to New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and will head to New York City to usher in the holiday season. The 76-foot-tall (23-meter-tall) Norway spruce is expected to arrive on Saturday from West Edmeston in upstate New York. The conifer is approximately 75 years old and measures […]
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