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Secret Service chief makes remarkable admission: We need a 'paradigm shift'

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe says the agency needs to undergo a complete overhaul of how it protects presi...

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Ohio sheriff suggests residents keep a list of homes with Harris yard signs

Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski of Portage County used anti-immigrant rhetoric and denounced both the vice president and her sup...

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TikTok fights law that could ban app in U.S. in crucial hearing

TikTok and parent company ByteDance participated in a crucial court hearing on Monday in a legal battle seeking to fight...

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VP Debate Host CBS News’ Leadership Is Riddled With Democratic Donors

VP Debate Host CBS News' Leadership Is Riddled With Democratic Donors...

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Amushelelo arrested amid ugly scenes at 'biased' Unam

Activist and Landless People's Movement (LPM) member Michael Amushelelo was arrested yesterday after the party's youth c...

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7 000 signatures or nothing, independent candidates told

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has urged aspiring independent candidates for the upcoming presidential electi...

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Parliament-bound civil servants face forced resignations

Civil servants who make it onto the gazetted lists of their political parties next month will be forced by the new elect...

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APP: Shuumbwa out, Kumbwa in

The newly-appointed president of the All People's Party (APP), Ambrosius Kumbwa, says he is relieved about how the party...

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'Nothing offered' to conquer housing stalemate

Discussions on reforms that could add thousands of homes to the market have come to a standstill, putting pressure on po...

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Relief, but questions, on alleged assassination plan

Biden right to call for more help for the Secret Service....

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Donald Trump misrepresents his push to repeal the Affordable Care Act

Republican Donald Trump and JD Vance are rewriting history on Obamacare, insisting Trump "saved" the Affordable Care Act...

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My students recite the Constitution’s Preamble daily to help preserve its promise

I believe we must encourage a certain reverence for the Constitution in today’s students — especially given the docu...

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Youth deaths in Nebraska's child welfare system spiked last year, watchdog reports

Nearly twice as many children involved in Nebraska's child welfare system died last fiscal year than did the year before...

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Brandau and Bredefeld Talk Issues While Launching Attacks at Rotary Forum

Two candidates for Fresno County Supervisor met at a forum Monday afternoon. While Steve Brandau and Garry Bredefeld tal...

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Protect Trump, whatever the cost

Congress should give the Secret Service all the resources it needs....

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Dreamers blast Nicky Jam for endorsing Trump after he sought to end DACA as president

Dreamers are voicing their disappointment with Nicky Jam after the reggaeton singer endorsed former President Donald Tru...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on Wisconsin ballot due to state law, judge rules

A judge denied Robert F. Kennedy's request Monday to erase his name from the presidential ballot in swing state Wisconsi...

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Feds should call off their turf-war bid to control Florida Trump-assassination case

Attempted murder is a state crime, where murder is a capital offense — but it appears the feds have rushed to lodge ch...

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Colorado election spending: How donors are shaping the 2024 races

In 2004, they were known as the Gang of Four. Wealthy Democrats, including Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, Tim Gill, and now-...

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Edo Decides: Voters’ Intimidation, Harassment Will Not Be Unacceptable – Edo Diaspora

Edo Diaspora for Asue/Ogie Campaign Council on Monday warned that any form of voters’ intimidation, harassment, or coe...

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Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 5 states

Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least five states, but there were no reports that any of the p...

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Thinking of investing in Rwanda? Here’s why you shouldn’t wait...

In my previous article published in April, I wrote about Rwanda’s transformational journey and the need for the youth ...

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Is your doctor sure about that?

A misdiagnosis is a patient safety concern. Here’s what has to happen for accuracy to improve....

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Trump is right about World War III, wrong about the analysis

Here are the four (and a half) global threats facing America and its next president....

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Legal experts warn that latest Supreme Court leaks are 'enormously destructive'

Following revelations of private memoranda and conversations between Supreme Court justices published in the New York Ti...

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These states will decide the election. We went to all of them to talk to voters

Your guide to the six swing states that will decide this year’s presidential election: Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Mic...

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Car crashes into Famous Footwear in north Rochester

Crews were still on scene shortly after 5 p.m. Monday...

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Bloc Québécois won't support non-confidence motion based solely on carbon tax, MP says

If the Conservatives want to bring down the Liberal government over the carbon tax, they won't have the help of the Bloc...

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Rwandan marketeers and communicators must embrace visual communication to stay relevant

Lately, I have found myself making video editors and directors my close friends. Not because of any big film project, bu...

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DOE crew’s callous homeless-kid scheme is all-too-common corruption

In an act of cartoonish villainy, six Department of Education employees stole valuable slots from homeless children to t...

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Biden gives historic interview to LGBTQ newspaper

President Biden speaks about Trump, Project 2025 and LGBTQ rights in a historic interview with the Washington Blade, one...

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Maiduguri Flood: I’ll Support You – Tinubu Tells Victims

September 16, (THEWILL) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated that his administration is fully committed to sup...

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Another attempt was made on Trump's life. What do we know?

Former President Donald Trump was targeted in what "appears to be an attempted assassination" on Sunday afternoon, the F...

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Editorial: Grant money will help environmental group address carbon storage

EPA grants to improve forest management in southeastern Virginia and help restore tidal wetlands on the Eastern Shore co...

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Postal Service insists it's ready for a flood of mail-in ballots

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured state election officials Monday he'll work with them to handle their warning...

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Opinion: Don't let a few extremists - of either side - set the agenda for our future

As constituents, we have a responsibility to do our own research and come to our own conclusions about the candidates an...

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Cartoon: Ceasefire

Cartoon by Dana Summers for Sept. 17, 2024....

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Column: Project 2025 plans would radically change Virginia

"Project 2025," The Heritage Foundation's plan for a second Trump administration, would be devastating to Virginia, the ...

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‘Sulexit’—a pyrrhic victory? (1)

Cotabato City—A bombshell literally shook the entire Bangsamoro autonomous regional leadership on Monday, Sept. 9. On ...

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Marcos Jr: A Plan B against Dutertes?

Two weeks ago, I argued, in multiple platforms, that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration was likely about to unleash...

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Boundary disputes are preventable disasters

The issue of unsettled and disputed boundaries between local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines is a prevalent p...

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Soft skills in an AI future

How ready and equipped are today’s young Filipinos for the jobs of the future? We’re already in a new era where arti...

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Double whammy for PH eco warriors

Once again, the Philippines has earned the title and disgrace of being Asia’s most dangerous hotspot for environmental...

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NCR political families must resolve disagreements in two weeks

Gloves are off with two weeks left for the filing of certificates of candidacies for mayors and congressmen in several c...

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2nd Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect Was Subject of 2019 FBI Tip: Special Agent

'Following up on the tip, the alleged complainant was interviewed,' an FBI official says....

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9-year-old boy hit by semi while running across road

The boy was running across Highway 50 before sunrise on Monday morning, according to Colorado State Patrol....

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Letters for Sept. 17: Rep. Rob Wittman cares for everyday people; look at his work to increase vocational training access

Letter writers argue Rep. Rob Wittman supports veterans and everyday people, question when Congress will act on gun viol...

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Two key byelections today will test Canada’s party leaders

Results for two byelections in Quebec and Manitoba are expected late Monday night — and possibly early Tuesday morning...

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Cut loose your problem aides, Mayor Adams — or risk your entire mayoralty

With the City Hall scandals now seriously threatening Eric Adams’ mayoralty, his best hope is to clean house — fire ...

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Elon Musk deletes post about Kamala Harris and Joe Biden assassination after widespread criticism

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” ...

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Biden administration asks Congress to surge Secret Service funding in "anomaly" request

Congressional staffers say there are increasing concerns about Secret Service's funding levels, as Congress debates fede...

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PM MEETS BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS SPEAKER

PM MEETS BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS SPEAKERPrime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahm...

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Kamala Harris wants to try something new: ‘middle-class capitalism’

The vice president is creating a vision that moves beyond neoliberalism....

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Wisconsin's voter-approved cash bail measures will stand under judge's ruling

A Wisconsin judge says stricter cash bail measures that voters approved last year will stand despite procedural flaws...

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Gov. Abbott: Texas Is the ‘Wrong State’ for Venezuelan Gang to Set Up Criminal Operations

Abbott declares Tren de Aragua gang a foreign terrorist organization after members occupied a crime-ridden El Paso hotel...

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Takaichi tops Kyodo poll of LDP supporters as most fit to be Japan PM

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi is viewed by 27.7 percent of Liberal Democratic Party supporters as mos...

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Donald Trump should be protected as if he were a sitting president

Political violence is contagious. Those protecting the former president need to be extra vigilant....

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"Home ownership should be accessible': Rent-to-own housing program coming to North Central

This program is a "critical stepping-stone" to housing security, said Natoshia Bastien, president and CEO of Silver Sage...