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Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump’s troubled revamp

Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued efforts to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation's 250th birthday.

Collins team casts Platner’s replacements in U.S. Senate race as a low-wattage bench

Sen. Susan Collins' campaign is giving her would-be rivals the "Jeb!" treatment, casting them as low-energy losers who have a long climb before they can recreate the Graham Platner buzz.

George Floyd’s attorney is trying to politicize a black teenager’s death

After an African American teenager was found dead in Mississippi on Monday, his family hired prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump to seek answers about the circumstances surrounding his death. Crump has a history of quickly framing similar cases in racial terms, and this case is likely to be no different. Mississippi teenage and college […]

Trump weakens key endangered species protection

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump rescinds habitat protection under ESA The Trump administration announced Friday that it rolled back a key protection for endangered species. © Alex Brandon, Associated Press Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under...

UK, Norway embassies get cheeky in social media post over Haaland, Kane World Cup rivalry

The British and Norwegian embassies in Washington, D.C. shared some light-hearted banter on social media ahead of the England versus Norway match on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. The post centered on the friendly rivalry between Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland and English player Harry Kane. Haaland is also a striker...

Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

Democrat Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, allowing members of the party to choose their new nominee this month. "I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," the progressive oyster farmer wrote in a letter posted to social media Friday, later adding that "my name may have been...

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets

Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the major AI firm and industry partner of attempting to access and steal confidential information about their tools, processes and unreleased products through job interviews with their employees. The lawsuit, filed Friday in a California federal court, accuses OpenAI and two former employees of stealing Apple’s confidential information and handing...

Trump ‘left instructions’ to bomb Iran ‘at levels that they’ve never seen’ if he’s assassinated

President Trump on Friday claimed he has left instructions to bomb Iran “at levels that they’ve never seen before” should Tehran assassinate him. “I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing with,” he told the New York Post. “The only thing is, I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to...

Trump administration rolls back key endangered species protection

The Trump administration on Friday announced it rolled back a key protection for endangered species.  Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, expressly prohibited “harm” includes significantly changing a species’s habitat to the point that it “actually...

DOJ sues Maryland over immigration sanctuary law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Maryland on Thursday over a new law the department alleges interferes with the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce immigration law. The lawsuit, filed in federal court against the state and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D), seeks to block the enforcement of the Community Trust Act,...

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