Nation and World
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirm merger talks to create coast to coast railroad
Jul 24, 2025 3:10 pm - Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The potential merger would combine the largest and smallest of the country’s six major freight railroads.
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Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71
Jul 24, 2025 11:21 am - Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his cultural influence far beyond the ring, died Thursday in Florida at age 71.
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Justice Department will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned girlfriend
Jul 24, 2025 11:15 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials were set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeff...
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Trump denies Maryland’s request for FEMA aid after devastating floods
Jul 23, 2025 8:25 pm - The White House on Wednesday denied Democratic Gov. Wes Moore’s request for $15.8 million in disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, ...
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Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block
Jul 23, 2025 8:13 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-cour...
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Gabbard uses surprise White House appearance to attack Trump’s enemies on the Russia investigation
Jul 23, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — As the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for guarding America's secrets and discovering threats from overseas. But when she made a...
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Trump administration reaches deal with Columbia University
Jul 23, 2025 7:43 pm - Columbia University and the Trump administration have agreed to resolve a monthslong dispute over federal funding cuts, the Ivy League school and the White House confirme...
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Trump struggles to contain furor over Epstein as Democrats see opportunity
Jul 23, 2025 7:05 pm - President Donald Trump was struggling Wednesday to contain the fallout from his administration’s decision not to release the Epstein files, as Republicans in the House went home for August instead of grappling with the issue and a Florida court declined to release grand jury testimony from the case.
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Cities that will be hottest as nearly 100 million people are under alerts
Jul 23, 2025 4:36 pm - One of the most significant heat waves of the summer continues to build across the eastern half of the country on Wednesday.
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EPA drafts rule to strike down landmark climate finding
Jul 23, 2025 4:28 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rescind a landmark 2009 legal opinion that greenhouse gas emissions put human health at risk, which underpins many of ...