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Bondi Strips D.C. Police Chief Of Power, Names New Emergency Police Commissioner
Daily Wire
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August 15, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday evening that named a new Emergency Police Commissioner whose power will supersede that of Metro Police Chief Pamela Smith and grant Washington, D.C., police officers more freedom in their...
Viva, Law Resistance! Jamie Raskin Warns of a D.C. Revolutionary Revolt Against Anti-Crime ‘King Trump’
Twitchy
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August 15, 2025
If Democrat Jamie Raskin is to be believed (and he never should), Washington, D.C., residents are about to stage their own Revolutionary War and dethrone King Donald Trump. There’s a reason Raskin ranks so high on our ‘Delusional Dems’ chart....
American pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact on flight from Boston to D.C
Old Dominion News - Virginia
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August 15, 2025
Erik S. Siebert U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia | Official websiteErik S. Siebert U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia | Official website An American citizen living in the United Arab Emirates has pleaded guilty to...
Washington, D.C. trip approved for Great Bend High School singers
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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Photo from USD 428By MIKE COURSON Great Bend Post The tradition continues for Great Bend High School singers. During Monday's USD 428 Board of Education meeting, vocal music instructor Susan Stambaugh sought approval from the board to take her...
Ithaca Tompkins International Airport adds another flight to Washington, D.C.
WBNG - New York
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August 14, 2025
ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Ithaca Tompkins International Airport has added a third daily flight to Washington Dulles International Airport. Made possible by funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Community Air Service...
Car and tram crash as services delayed with Fontaines D.C. fans heading to Wythenshawe Park gig
Manchester Evening News
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August 15, 2025
Concert-goers heading to a huge gig in Wythenshawe Park were hit by travel problems tonight following a crash involving a tram and a car. The smash happened on Metrolink's line to Manchester Airport this evening just before Irish rockers Fontaines...
West Kelowna siblings representing B.C. on bikes at Canada Summer Games
West K News
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August 16, 2025
Brooke and Rhett Bates will compete for Team B.C. in mountain biking towards the end of the Games in St. John's, N.L. Brooke and Rhett Bates have been mountain bike racing since they were eight years old. As siblings, the West Kelowna duo have had...
Trump Sends in the National Guard
The New Yorker
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August 17, 2025
Tourists who came to Washington, D.C., last week—tromping from one Smithsonian collection to another, eating ice cream on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—witnessed a bit of history that they surely had not anticipated: the beginning of President...
DEA administrator named 'emergency' D.C. police chief
NBC News
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August 15, 2025
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing DEA administrator named 'emergency' D.C. police chief 05:04 UP NEXT South Carolina candidate to continue race after video of his arrest is released...
Letters: Will more cities follow D.C.? | Healing division | Blood needed in disaster prep
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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August 15, 2025
D.C. occupation may just be first step President Donald Trump is showing all of us his intentions for the remaining three years and five months of his current term. Don’t be fooled: With the latest shtick of sending U.S. National Guard troops into...
Zelenskyy to travel to Washington for talks with Trump
News.Az
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Saturday that he will travel to Washington on Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, following a summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that failed to produce an immediate...
SRNL researcher to present radioactive detection insights in D.C. after competition win in Aiken
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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AIKEN — A researcher from Savannah River National Laboratory will soon travel to Washington, D.C., to present insights on detecting radioactive contamination in the air, thanks to a competition win in Aiken on Aug. 13. Austin Abbot, a nuclear...
Zelenskyy to travel to Washington on Monday to discuss future negotiations with Putin
AS
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August 16, 2025
For the first time since 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed to the United States. The Russian leader had the red carpet rolled out for him at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, and was greeted upon arrival by US...
Biden Warned of Crime Crisis in ’92 as Democrats Target Trump
Times News Global
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August 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a resurfaced clip from 1992, then-Sen. Joe Biden sounded alarms about rampant crime in Washington, D.C., echoing concerns similar to those raised by President Donald Trump today. Biden, who was advocating for the ‘Biden Crime...
At this remote lodge, B.C.’s backcountry adventure is cocooned by fine linen and gourmet cuisine
The Globe and Mail
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August 16, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:This remote glamping lodge on Vancouver Island has earned three Michelin keys.Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge/Supplied I didn’t need to cross the country to do a cold plunge – after all, I live next to Lake Ontario and I...
New backpacks and new haircuts get kids ready for school
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - West Virginia
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PRINCETON – A long line of kids and their families lined up Friday outside a local community center so they could have new backpacks, new school supplies and even a new haircut so they’ll be ready for that first day of school. Mercer County...
ITH, United Airlines to launch 3rd direct flight to D.C. in October
96.3 The Buzzer - New York
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ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) – Coming soon to Ithaca Tompkins International Airport (ITH) – more service to Washington, D.C. United Airlines is launching a third daily flight to the nation’s capital this October, providing morning, afternoon, and...
Trump’s crackdown on Washington, D.C., has Massachusetts roots
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. In a speech at the White House this week, President Trump announced he would federalize the police in Washington, D.C., for 30 days and deploy the National Guard to deal with...
SCHEER: Wading through PSC spin on National Grid rate hikes
Niagara Gazette - New York
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Leave it to a New York state public entity to try to spin one of the worst pieces of news possible by suggesting they actually “helped” National Grid ratepayers when they decided to OK a rate hike for the utility giant that is expected to cost...
Ukraine President Zelenskyy to travel to DC on Monday to meet with President Trump
KVIA - Texas
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August 16, 2025
Following what was described as a “lengthy” phone call with President Trump, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has announced that he will be traveling to Washington, D.C. on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. On Monday, I will meet with...