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US attacks on Houthis will be 'unrelenting,' Hegseth says

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U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthi militants will be “unrelenting” until the group stops shooting at civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump ordered new operations in the Middle East.

“This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring ...Read more

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says 'disastrous' impact coming to Port of Baltimore, farmers, state economy from Trump tariffs

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Gov. Wes Moore has been leveraging his opportunities on national news to draw attention to what he called the “disastrous” impact to Maryland’s economy in the first two months of the Trump administration.

Moore was asked Sunday morning on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” about President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada ...Read more

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Newly tied Minnesota House will test legislators' ability to work together

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Republican control of the Minnesota House will come to an end Monday when a newly elected Democrat is sworn in, bringing the chamber to a rare 67-67 tie that will test the parties' ability to work together.

Everything will be subject to negotiation now, as 68 votes are needed to pass bills in the House. The party caucuses will have to put ...Read more

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Trump deports hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Did he defy a court order?

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One day after a judge blocked the federal government from using wartime powers to quickly expel accused Venezuelan gang members from the country, the Trump administration announced Sunday that it had flown hundreds of alleged members of Tren de Aragua to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador — raising the question of whether the president ...Read more

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Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as judge blocks plan

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The Trump administration said it arrested and expelled hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.

“This weekend, at the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security successfully arrested nearly 300 Tren De Aragua...Read more

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Trump may speak to Putin on Ukraine this week, US envoy says

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President Donald Trump may speak to Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, as the U.S. pushes for a quick ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine.

“I expect that there’ll be a call with both presidents this week,” Witkoff said on CNN’s "State of the Union." “And we’re also ...Read more

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Amid arrest of pro-Palestinian student organizer, what rights do visa holders and others have?

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The federal government's move to revoke a Columbia University graduate student's green card and deport him for his involvement in a pro-Palestinian student encampment last year is raising fresh questions about the risks associated with political activism for non-United States citizens.

Mahmoud Khalil was a prominent negotiator representing ...Read more

NBC poll shows US voters upbeat yet souring on state of economy

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Voters are starting to sour on the state of the U.S. economy even as the start of President Donald Trump’s second term has boosted positivity about the nation as a whole, an NBC News poll shows.

More registered voters see the U.S. headed in the right direction than at any point since early 2004, at 44%, although a majority still say the ...Read more

Deaf women fought for the right to vote

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If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf suffragists contributed to women’s emancipation in the United States and Britain and that they lived bold lives.

As a researcher of deaf ...Read more

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California, Arizona and Nevada all agree: The Trump administration needs to fix a key Colorado River dam

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LOS ANGELES — Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River.

As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising ...Read more

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Colorado backslides to 43rd in national road condition rankings

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DENVER — Colorado is falling behind other states in road conditions, a new study has found, ranking 43rd, while neighboring Utah ranked 8th.

The study done by the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank that analyzes transportation issues, ranked the states across 13 categories including spending, pavement condition, fatalities, deficient ...Read more

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As missing person reports rise in Las Vegas, this police unit works to find the lost

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LAS VEGAS — For nearly two decades now, Glendene Grant has had only memories of her daughter. That’s because Jessica Foster, at the age of 21, went missing in North Las Vegas in March 2006 after coming here for an extended stay.

For Grant, who still lives in British Columbia, Canada, where Foster grew up, the pain of not having had Foster ...Read more

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More law enforcement agencies reconsider use of popular Sig Sauer P320 handgun

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As safety concerns over the Sig Sauer P320 handgun continue to mount, a growing number of police departments across the United States are rethinking their use of the popular semiautomatic firearm.

Released in 2014, Sig Sauer’s P320 model has become one of the most popular guns in America, with more than 2.5 million units sold. The P320 also ...Read more

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Trump's science cuts have thrown the research world into chaos

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Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral positions unfilled. A University of Washington researcher is wondering about a climate and health grant after a government site was taken ...Read more

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Dismay for Big Bear bald eagle family as eaglet dies in winter storm

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Concern turned to grief this weekend as fans of Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple Shadow and Jackie learned one of the three eaglets that hatched in the pair’s nest this month did not survive a winter storm.

Throngs of fans flocked to the popular 24-hour live feed of the eagles’ nest to celebrate when the pair welcomed the fuzzy new ...Read more

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Judge halts Trump's wartime powers plan to speed deportations

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has invoked a centuries-old immigration law to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants amid signs of frustration within the administration over the pace of efforts to deliver on one of his top priorities.

A federal judge blocked Trump’s proclamation soon after, the Associated Press reported.

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Eight dead, dozens injured in 71-vehicle accident during dust storm in western Kansas

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Eight people died and dozens more were injured in what appears to be one of the deadliest accidents in Kansas in recent years.

At least 71 vehicles were involved in the dust-storm collisions on I-70 between Goodland and Colby in western Kansas, Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Tod Hileman said on social media.

“During the High winds that were ...Read more

K.W. Lee, known as the 'godfather of Asian American journalism,' dies

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K.W. Lee, a pioneering Korean American journalist credited with sparking a movement to free a wrongfully convicted Korean immigrant from death row and inspiring a legion of journalists and activists, has died. He was 96.

Lee died from natural causes on March 8, surrounded by his family in Sacramento. Lee became the first Korean immigrant in the...Read more

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'There needs to be sacrifices.' South Beach businesses trade spring break sales for safety

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MIAMI — Ocean Drive and much of South Beach was again devoid of signs that spring break was in full swing Saturday — no large party crowds, a minimum of loud music and families galore.

Visitors to Miami Beach lauded the changes. But business people say they noticed a drop in sales.

Despite the quieter commerce, they were more than happy to...Read more

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Magyar upstages Orban in sign of changing Hungarian politics

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Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar outdrew Prime Minister Viktor Orban at dueling rallies that underscored the changing political landscape a year before elections.

Tens of thousands braved drizzly weather to pack Budapest’s iconic Andrassy Avenue for Magyar’s rally on the March 15 revolution day, compared to the few thousand who ...Read more