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DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquartersMar 29, 2025 7:35 pm - The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funde...
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An oncologist answers: Is it OK to drink just a little bit of alcohol?Mar 29, 2025 8:54 am - In January, the surgeon general released an advisory about alcohol and cancer risk. A cancer researcher weighs in about the data and what it means to you — and your alcohol consumption.
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Carolyn Hax: Widowed mom struggles with family politics while planning vacationMar 28, 2025 6:00 am - Daughter is upset mom invited her brother’s girlfriend’s mother on two-week vacation. Mom added to the drama by telling her son. Carolyn Hax says admit you made a mistake and move on to less drama.
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Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from SmithsonianMar 27, 2025 8:46 pm - President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday evening promising to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution’...
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For many, proving U.S. citizenship to vote could be costly and difficultMar 27, 2025 7:09 pm - Millions of Americans could be prevented from voting after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requiring people to provide documents that prove they ...
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agenciesMar 27, 2025 5:49 pm - Federal officials are preparing for agencies to cut between 8% and 50% of their employees in the first phase of a Trump administration push to shrink the federal governme...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi avoids questions about investigating Signal chatMar 27, 2025 4:01 pm - In what appear to be her first public remarks on the matter, Attorney General Pam Bondi dodged questions Thursday about whether the Justice Department will investigate se...
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Trump officials working to strip FEMA’s role in disaster recovery by Oct. 1Mar 26, 2025 10:10 pm - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials expressed support in meetings this week for dramatically diminishing the ro...
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Noem threatens to send more immigrants to El Salvador prisonMar 26, 2025 10:02 pm - Kristi L. Noem, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, threatened Wednesday to send more immigrants from the United States to a notorious maximum security prison in El ...
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How long do dried beans last?Mar 26, 2025 5:03 am - Like many shelf-stable foods, the amount of time you store dried beans is more of an issue of quality than safety. In theory, they are safe indefinitely. In practice, they are at their best within a set amount of time.