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CORRECTION Trump District of Columbia
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By Oxfam’s Reckoning, There Is No Better Place for Work in America Than Washington, D.C.
A left-leading international relief organization is ranking American states on their favorability for workers ahead of the Labor Day holiday with — perhaps not surprisingly — the highest marks going to Democrat-led jurisdictions led by the...

$1 billion Powerball jackpot on Saturday night is sixth-largest in game's history
Get ready to slather on that Labor Day weekend sunblock in style: Saturday's Powerball jackpot is a whopping $1 billion, making it the sixth-largest prize in the game's history. The Powerball, which costs just $2 per ticket, is played across 45...

Measures To End Cashless Bail And Enforce The Law In The District Of Columbia
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As stated in Executive Order 14333 of August 11, 2025 (Declaring a Crime Emergency in...

Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Crime Emergency. Two weeks ago, I declared a crime emergency in the District of Columbia to address the...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
FURTHER ADVANCING LAW AND ORDER: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order directing additional specific actions to further crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. The Order instructs the National Park Service to hire additional...

Sunblock, charcoal ... and Powerball? Holiday weekend lottery drawing worth $1B
DETROIT — This could buy a lot of Labor Day weekend sunblock: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Powerball, which costs $2 per ticket, is played in 45 states, the District of...

Trump announces deployment of National Guard in Washington DC, sparking mixed reactions, partisan spats: media
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House Aug. 11, 2025. Photo: VCG...

Will Trump take over Kansas City policing?Russell Arben Fox
President Trump deployed troops to Washington, D.C., citing a loss of public order and safety. The author questions whether Trump could legally send troops to Kansas City, Kansas, which has higher violent crime rates than D.C. The author...

National Guard deployments, threats stem from vilifying people of color
“He was capable of acting only on the basis of false pretenses. That note of fantastical over excitement associated with his personality derived from this disturbed relationship to reality. We might say: only unreality made him real.” — Excerpt...

DC Grand Jury Rejects Yet Another Case Brought By Prosecutors In Trump Crackdown
A D.C. grand jury declined to indict a man accused of assaulting a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s takeover of policing in Washington, D.C. It marks at least the third case in which prosecutors have failed to clear the famously low...

CVS holds off on offering COVID vaccines in 16 states including Utah
CVS, the country’s largest pharmacy chain, is currently not offering COVID vaccines in 16 states, including Utah, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the Food and Drug Administration. Amy Thibault, a spokesperson for CVS, cited...

How are students (and teachers) dealing with Nevada’s new restrictions on phones in classes?
Rancho High School teacher Reuben D’Silva started the 2025-2026 school year impressed by his students’ performance in the classroom. The difference? No phones. “Just these first two weeks I’ve been able to see such a difference in productivity...

All McAllen ISD high schools nationally recognized
A national publication has recognized all five McAllen ISD high schools among America’s best. U.S. News & World Report has published the rankings of the “2025-2026 Best U.S. High Schools.” This is the 11th straight year McAllen ISD has had its...
US judge blocks pillar of Trump’s mass deportation campaign
WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Aug 29 blocked the Trump administration from carrying out fast-track deportations of people detained far from the southern border, removing, for now, one of the cornerstones of US President Donald Trump’s campaign...

4Chan Sues UK Regulator over Online Censorship
US websites 4Chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a lawsuit in the UK against the UK media regulator Ofcom, claiming its enforcement of the new Online Safety Act violates the First Amendment rights of Americans. The Online Safety Act became law in...

Why is the flag at the White House being flown at half-staff today?
The White House flag is at half-staff today. In a proclamation on Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered all flags on public buildings, military posts and naval stations to be at half-staff as a mark of respect for the Minneapolis school...

Powerball Jackpot Hits $1 Billion Ahead of Labor Day Drawing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Powerball jackpot has reached $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history, ahead of Saturday’s drawing. This marks the first jackpot win since May 31, when a player from California claimed a $204.5...

Powerball jackpot now an estimated $1 billion for Saturday’s drawing
The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $1 billion for Saturday night's drawing. There was no grand prize winner for Wednesday’s roughly $850 million jackpot, and Powerball initially said the increased jackpot was approximately $950 million....
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US court halts Trump's sweeping expansion of fast-track deportations
A US judge has blocked the Trump administration from expanding fast-track deportations beyond the border, ruling that the policy denied undocumented migrants detained inside the country basic due process rights. A US federal judge on Friday (local...