Nation and World
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Trump punishes Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
Oct 25, 2025 6:34 pm - President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.
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How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White House
Oct 25, 2025 6:29 pm - President Donald Trump’s project to build an expansive new White House ballroom officially broke ground Monday. Crews tore down the East Wing in only four days, despite Trump’s claim that the ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the existing building.
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GOP-dominated Florida town votes to keep the name Gulf of Mexico Drive
Oct 25, 2025 5:32 pm - Of the hundreds of towns that crowd Florida’s coastline bordering the broad blue sea between America and Mexico, only one has a street named Gulf of Mexico Drive.
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June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost In Space,’ dies at 100
Oct 25, 2025 3:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or out among the stars in “Lost In Space,” has ...
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Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China’s Xi as the US government shutdown drags onOct 25, 2025 2:19 pm - President Donald Trump headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip where he’s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate a trade war.
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Russian missile and drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for air defense
Oct 25, 2025 2:11 pm - Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine's president for Western air defense systems. In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv's police said.
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America may run out of Christmas decor this year. Here’s why.
Oct 25, 2025 1:53 am - If you’re hoping to deck your halls with boughs of (faux) holly, now would be the time to head to the store. A potential shortage of artificial trees, wreaths, garlands and other seasonal adornments is looming thanks to a tariff-induced frenzy that caused companies to pause or cancel imports during peak manufacturing season, industry experts warn.
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Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army
Oct 25, 2025 12:02 am - Historical accounts of Napoleon’s campaign to invade Russia have focused the brunt of the blame on a louse-borne disease, typhus. But a new study of bacterial DNA preserved in the teeth of 13 soldiers adds two new diseases — paratyphoid fever and a relapsing fever — to the ailments that plagued one of the most disastrous episodes in military history.
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US kills six in latest strike on alleged drug boat, Hegseth says
Oct 24, 2025 7:07 pm - The U.S. military killed six people overnight in the 10th reported strike on a boat alleged to be involved in drug smuggling, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on social media Friday.
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Top Democrats demand details of spy agencies’ role in boat strikesOct 24, 2025 7:05 pm - The top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees demanded details of U.S. spy agencies’ role in lethal attacks on drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans, complaining in a letter Friday to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that they have received “virtually no information” on the topic since the strikes began, despite repeated requests.