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Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness. On Friday, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) said that they will work together […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett told thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Saturday that the United States shouldn’t use “trade as a weapon” and anger the rest of the world like President Donald Trump has done with his tariffs that roiled global markets.. “It’s a big mistake in my view when you have 7.5
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The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by “suspicion,” according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The new mission statement for the voting section makes a passing reference to the historic Voting Rights Act,
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to the United States and returned to Serbia over an unspecified health emergency, state RTS television reported on Saturday. Vucic suddenly fell ill during a meeting in the U.S. and decided to return home after consulting doctors, the report said. He was
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President Donald Trump’s public threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status could come back to bite him, legal experts told NBC News. In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump said, “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” While the IRS has the authority to do
Au revoir, America. Bonjour, tristesse, France. If that’s overstated, it’s not by over-much. Here in April, in the month and the place of falling rain and falling in love, I found that the rain had not much changed — but the “love” part had. If my random and unscientific survey of some French opinion at
President Donald Trump said it was “Biden’s Stock Market” earlier this week. Stocks finished strong on Friday.Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump said earlier this week that the stock market was Joe Biden’s fault. Days later, Wall Street is thriving again. Trump is going to have a hard time trying to claim any credit for
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is used to getting his way in the state capital, with a tight grip on the GOP-controlled Legislature, where once-pliant lawmakers hustled his priorities and helped him build his national brand. But not this year. DeSantis’ second-to-last legislative session in Tallahassee has been defined by interparty
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House plans to cut staffing at the CIA and other intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, Trump administration officials told members of Congress, The Washington Post reported Friday. A person familiar with the plan but not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed the changes to The Associated Press on
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Judge Beryl Howell, in a Friday ruling, blocked Donald Trump’s executive order against Perkins Coie. Howell called Trump’s efforts to target lawyers a “cringe-worthy” twist on Shakespearean villainy. Howell’s ruling is the first decision fully blocking one of Trump’s orders against Big Law firms. US District Judge Beryl Howell, in a scathing Friday ruling, struck
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