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Yemen’s al-Qaida branch leader threatens Trump, Musk and others
Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in ...
A US territory’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship
Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated ...
What it would take to convert a jet from Qatar into Air Force One to safely fly Trump
President Donald Trump really wants to fly on an upgraded Air Force One — but making that happen could depend on whether he’s ...
As a generation of gay and lesbian people ages, memories of worse — and better — times swirl
David Perry recalls being young and gay in 1980s Washington D.C. and having “an absolute blast.” He was fresh out of college, ...
Trump’s big bill also seeks to undo the big bills of Biden and Obama
Chiseling away at President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Rolling back the green energy tax breaks from President Joe ...
Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem
Critics in the past year called for more transparency and vetting of the procedures used to estimate billion-dollar disasters. But that’s not going to happen, because NOAA in May 2025 ...
Vance says Musk making a ‘huge mistake’ in going after Trump but also tries to downplay the attacks
Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after President Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a ...
How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more
The world’s smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily ...
Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events
Digging deep into free-speech precedents in recent American history, a federal appeals panel handed The Associated Press an ...
Search expands for former Army soldier accused of killing his 3 young daughters in Washington state
Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington ...
Trump’s tariffs could pay for his tax cuts — but it likely wouldn’t be much of a bargain
The tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget. The president has a patch handy, though: his sweeping import ...
Russian drones and missiles target Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, killing 3, officials say
A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three ...