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Jane Smith
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Librarian with a journalist’s soul
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Oops! Defeated by crumbling cookie CEO
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Penn State Had a Plan to Hire Its Next Football Coach. Then It All Crumbled.
The Nittany Lions looked to have settled on BYU’s Kalani Sitake as their new coach—until a push from the CEO of Crumbl Cookies kept him from jumping to the blueblood program.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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This is sad
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"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Victory for libraries and museums. And one for the legal teams representing them
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U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Trump plays role of middle-school bully: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the U.S.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Does Putin really have the upper hand? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/w...
Putin Underscores Russia’s Upper Hand in Ukraine Ahead of Witkoff Meeting
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December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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More drama in the Ukraine-Russia peace talks-- was Witkoff acting like a dealmaker, as Trump say, or leaking info to place Russia in a better light
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White House Defends Witkoff After Leak of Conversation With Russian Official
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly coached an aide to Russia’s leader on dealing with President Trump on Ukraine.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Trump gives ultimatum to Zelenskyy: Accept the Russian-favored peace plan or continue fighting.
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
President Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushed Ukraine’s leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to help bring an end to the war.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Sedition or free speech by Democrat lawmakers? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
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November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Bless Trump for his frankness www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
Trump Calling Reporter ‘Piggy’ Was ‘Frankness,’ White House Says
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Grifted and golfed in the style of Marie Antoinette while the poor went hungry and faced a potential loss in health care wapo.st/47Dbe6D
How Trump spent his time during the shutdown
During the shutdown, the president visited six countries, spoke at a million-dollar-a-plate dinner and undertook a massive construction project at the White House.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Finding #joy with a terminal disease www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/h...
The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Victory for the First Amendment
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Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Holy moley! Even preschools are safe from ICE thugs
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Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago
The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Civil discourse promoted by libraries
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David Baldacci, master of fictional worlds, wants to fix the real one
The best-selling thriller writer is funding a new initiative to address toxic political discourse.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Just another day in Trumpland
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Report: Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts
The White House ballroom’s donor list contains heavyweights in the tech, financial and defense sectors, including Google, Comcast and Lockheed Martin.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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“We stick around because we love it. It’s as simple as that.”
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One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years
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November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Victory!
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Judge says she’ll likely order Trump administration to send SNAP funds to states
The move could keep food assistance flowing despite the federal government shutdown.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Blue Jays define #grit
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The Blue Jays could have folded after 18 brutal innings. Instead they got even.
Toronto bounced back from Game 3′s marathon loss with an impressive 6-2 victory in Game 4, and the World Series is tied at two games apiece.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I worked with Date. Glad to see he's still pushing back against autocrats.
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When This Reporter Comes Calling, the White House Insults Go Flying
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October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Love this thinking outside the box:
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Are mushrooms the future of insulation?
Scientists in Alaska are working to develop a sustainable and affordable fungus-based solution for insulation.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Packed the review board with his allies. Could they say no to Trump?
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Trump put allies on obscure board set to decide White House ballroom’s fate
Current and former members of the National Capital Planning Commission panned Trump’s East Wing demolition and worried that his ballroom would be rubber-stamped.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Pumpkin-scaping: the latest rage in home design
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Pumpkinscapers Are Making a Killing This Fall
Fervor for the season is reaching new heights, with families paying pumpkin entrepreneurs and porch stylists north of $1,000 to create Insta-perfect seasonal tableaus for their homes.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM