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How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White HouseOct 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 DriveOct 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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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 armyOct 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 saysOct 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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Average Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30%, documents showOct 24, 2025 4:27 pm - Premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov will spike on average by 30% next year, according to final rates approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and shown in documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
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Consumer prices in September rise to a pace not seen since JanuaryOct 24, 2025 3:53 pm - New data released Friday showed inflation heated up in September to a pace not seen since January, according to the first dataset to be released during the government shutdown.
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As Israel returns bodies, Palestinians face a grisly search through corpses for lost loved onesOct 24, 2025 3:32 pm - In photos, Wahiba Shabat immediately recognized her son’s body. A mother’s heart knows, she said. But when she finally saw his decomposed corpse, she wasn't sure. Israel had handed over her son's body naked, his hands tied behind his back with a zip tie. Scars around his ankles indicated he’d been bound there too, Shabat said.
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Trump says he’s canceling trade negotiations with Canada over antitariff adOct 24, 2025 7:40 am - President Donald Trump claimed Canada “fraudulently used” an advertisement that featured audio from a 1987 radio address by President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.
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Indiana Republicans don’t have votes for new congressional map Trump wantsOct 23, 2025 7:47 pm - The Indiana legislature lacks the votes to pass a congressional redistricting plan ahead of the 2026 midterms, a senior aide said Wednesday, marking a setback in President Donald Trump’s unprecedented push for Republican-led states to change their maps to help maintain or expand a historically small GOP majority in the U.S. House next year.