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Trump calls for troops in Portland, Oregon, escalating use of military inside US

By CLAIRE RUSH and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Sep 27, 2025 1:51 pm - President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defense to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.”
New look at ancient skull challenges timeline of human evolution

By Dino Grandoni
Sep 27, 2025 1:15 pm - He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of...
‘Beast mode’ to ‘teraflop’: 10 words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary update

By LEANNE ITALIE
Sep 27, 2025 9:30 am - NEW YORK — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here's a few of the...
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

By ERIC TUCKER
Sep 26, 2025 10:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the han...
Trump says he won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank

By Michael Birnbaum and John Hudson
Sep 26, 2025 8:55 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, imposing the clearest limit yet on his support as Israel nears two years of war in the Gaza Strip.
Democrats say Bill Pulte ‘abused’ his role with mortgage fraud probes

By Rachel Siegel
Sep 26, 2025 8:52 pm - Senate Democrats are pressing Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s firebrand housing finance official, for information on how authorities are investigating claims of mortgage fraud by the White House’s political adversaries and raising questions about how personal documents became a key political and legal weapon.
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

By Tara Copp, Ellen Nakashima, Dan Lamothe, Alex Horton and Noah Robertson
Sep 26, 2025 8:31 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Washington Post.
With Comey prosecution, Trump fulfills promise of revenge

By Patrick Marley
Sep 26, 2025 8:12 pm - On the campaign trail, Donald Trump equivocated when the television host “Dr. Phil” McGraw asked him to swear off retribution against his political foes.“Sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil,” Trump said. “I have to be honest.”On Thursday night and Friday morning, Trump celebrated one of the most brazen examples of payback since his return to the White House.
Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars, including an Illinois project

By JEFF McMURRAY
Sep 26, 2025 5:26 pm - CHICAGO — President Donald Trump's transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local offic...
Gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers had CTE, medical examiner confirms

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Sep 26, 2025 4:40 pm - The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, a city medical examiner said Friday.

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