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Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement orderAug 15, 2025 8:48 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney Genera...
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Texas Republicans start another redistricting session. California Democrats will counterAug 15, 2025 4:52 pm - Texas Republicans on Friday began a second special session to approve new congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump to bolster his party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as California Democrats prepared to unveil their own redistricting plan in an intensifying fight over control of Congress.
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Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sickAug 15, 2025 4:36 pm - After waking early to stand in line for an hour under the August heat, Rana Odeh returns to her tent with her jug of murky water. She wipes the sweat from her brow and strategizes how much to portion out to her two small children. From its color alone, she knows full well it’s likely contaminated.Thirst supersedes the fear of illness.
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A lyrical ode to the real cowgirls of the new West in ‘East of Wall’Aug 15, 2025 2:56 pm - Filmmaker Kate Beecroft points her lens toward the real cowgirls of the Badlands in the lyrical new film “East of Wall.” The film blends fact and fiction to tell a story about the working women of South Dakota, skilled riders and trainers with ranching and rodeo in their blood who also can’t seem to catch a break.
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Michigan football fined 10s of millions of dollars, Moore suspended 3 games in sign-stealing scandalAug 15, 2025 12:39 pm - The NCAA fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars Friday and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for three games for a sign-stealing scandal that has loomed over college football’s winningest program for nearly two years.
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Critics say Trump's push for fairness in college admissions is leaving out legacy preferencesAug 15, 2025 12:33 pm - President Donald Trump is attempting to reshape college admissions according to his definition of merit, with an emphasis on test scores and a blind eye toward diversity. Yet the Republican president’s critics and some allies question his silence on other admissions policies that give applicants a boost because of their wealth or family ties.
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U.S. stocks tap the brakes as Wall Street heads toward the finish of a record-setting weekAug 15, 2025 12:18 pm - U.S. stocks are edging back from record levels on Friday, led by drops for technology companies, but Wall Street is still heading toward the finish of another winning week.
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Texas Republicans announce another redistricting session. California Democrats will counterAug 15, 2025 12:16 pm - Texas Republicans ended a legislative session Friday without approving new congressional maps, but they were ready to begin another to satisfy President Donald Trump’s wishes for redistricting that bolsters their party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as a multistate fight over control of Congress intensifies.
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Trump and Putin shake hands warmly in Alaska to kick off their summit on the war in UkraineAug 15, 2025 9:49 am - President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin shook hands warmly at the start of their Alaska summit on Friday before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.
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USA Network is bringing back scripted TV. First up? John Grisham’s ‘The Rainmaker.’Aug 15, 2025 9:25 am - Since 2021, the USA Network had stacked its lineup with reality shows and sports, entirely forgoing original, scripted programming. But on Friday, the network returns to scripted TV with the legal thriller “The Rainmaker.”
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