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Latest News • May 21

Former Detroit Mayor Duggan Drops Out of Race for Michigan Governor

Mike Duggan, the former Democratic mayor of Detroit who was running as an independent for the Michigan governorship, dropped out of the race on Thursday,...

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Latest News • May 21

From The Sports Desk: Thunder strike

We're officially in the middle of an all-time great Western Conference finals. We'll recap that, plus look ahead to Formula 1's Montreal Grand Prix and...

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Latest News • May 21

Britney Spears Spoke ‘Nonsensically’ During D.U.I. Arrest, Records Say

In highway patrol videos of her arrest, Ms. Spears talks to officers in a childlike voice and offers to make them lasagna.

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Latest News • May 21

Trump’s 2024 campaign discussed an anti-weaponization fund. They didn’t know where to get the money — until now

As Donald Trump plotted his return to the White House in late 2023, a group of campaign advisers began working on a plan to compensate political allies they...

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Latest News • May 21

New SNAP benefits requirements: Many CalFresh recipients could lose benefits starting June 1 due to new requirements

Upcoming changes to CalFresh could put hundreds of thousands of people across the state at risk of losing their food benefits.

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Latest News • May 21

7th and 8th judges rebuff Justice Department's attempts to get voter rolls, this time from Maine and Wisconsin

The Justice Department has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., in an effort to gain access to their complete voter registration lists.

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Latest News • May 21

US supreme court dismisses Alabama’s bid to execute intellectually disabled man

Court throws out state's challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penalty.

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Latest News • May 21

Design plan for 250-foot "Arc de Trump" is approved, but 4 lions on the base are now gone

The commissioners, all appointed by Trump, acted despite overwhelming public opposition to the 250-foot arch.

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Latest News • May 21

Supreme Court Permits Lawsuit Over U.S. Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a U.S.-owned port business whose dock front property was seized in 1960 when Fidel Castro came to power and...

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Latest News • May 21

Mamdani secures $50 World Cup tickets for New Yorkers after negotiations with Infantino - The Athletic

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has secured a rare concession from FIFA after negotiating 1,000 tickets to matches at the upcoming World Cup finals...

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Latest News • May 21

Tennessee governor grants Tony Carruthers one-year stay after his execution was halted

Tennessee's governor granted a one-year stay of execution for Tony Carruthers after his lethal injection was halted Thursday when officials struggled to...

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Latest News • May 21

Collins pushes back on Trump’s plan to cut health research funding

President Donald Trump's request to cut the National Institutes of Health budget by roughly $5 billion next year is “inexplicable,” Senate Appropriations...

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Latest News • May 21

After Venezuela and Iran, Cuba? Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one that does it’

President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U.S. presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I'll be the one that does it.

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Latest News • May 21

Indictment of former Cuban president includes 5 fighter jet pilots involved in 1996 plane downings

Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of civilian planes...

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Latest News • May 21

Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42-year prison sentence

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who...

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Latest News • May 21

SpaceX, OpenAI valuations could mean they leapfrog Berkshire Hathaway on first day of trading

Traders on prediction market Polymarket think SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic on their first day of trading will surpass valuations of at least $1.4 trillion.

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Latest News • May 21

Thunder even the series with a Game 2 victory over Spurs

A hard-fought Game 2 ended with the Oklahoma City Thunder evening their Western Conference finals series against the San Antonio Spurs.

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Latest News • May 21

Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Senate Republicans cancel vote on budget reconciliation package due to disagreement over Trump's proposed "anti-weaponization" compensation fund.

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Latest News • May 21

Congress delays votes on ICE funding amid GOP opposition to new DOJ fund

The House and Senate will both leave Washington for their Memorial Day recess without voting on a reconciliation package to fund federal immigration...

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Latest News • May 21

GOP calls off votes after contentious meeting on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche struggled Thursday to quash GOP concerns over a newly announced $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

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