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House GOP campaign chairman says voters will ‘reward us’ for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts

March 9, 2025

WASHINGTON — Almost two months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm elections some 20 months away. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., is in charge of increasing the GOP’s slim majority in the House, or at least […]

March 9, 2025

ENNIS, Texas — One man died and three family members were injured when their RV flipped over several times at the Texas Motorplex during a strong thunderstorm that caused widespread damage in an area about 25 minutes south of Dallas on Saturday. Strong winds of up to 90 mph (145 kph) ripped the roof off […]

FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts

March 9, 2025

CHICAGO — The country’s preeminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy courses were canceled amid a “process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment […]

Noem taps new immigration enforcement leaders and moves to identify leakers

March 9, 2025

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to the media. “The authorities that I have under the Department of Homeland Security are broad […]

8 injured when driver plows into California car dealership

March 9, 2025

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Eight people were injured Saturday when a driver plowed a vehicle into a CarMax location in the Los Angeles area. Two people were critically hurt at the dealership in Inglewood, while the other six had minor injuries, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Jonathan Torres said. Video of the aftermath posted on […]

Firefighters seek to contain wind-driven brush fire on Long Island

March 9, 2025

NEW YORK — Firefighters in New York were continuing to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned that high wind gusts would leave the region vulnerable to additional blazes. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday after four separate fires broke out […]

How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood

March 9, 2025

KANEOHE, Hawaii — Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked into finding the islands by drifting on logs. But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of […]

China learned from Trump’s first trade war and changed its tactics when tariffs came again

March 9, 2025

WASHINGTON — The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, but China’s president appears unlikely to make a similar call soon. Beijing, which unlike America’s close partners and neighbors has been locked in a trade […]

South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline

March 9, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project snaking through five Midwest states. Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind the estimated $8.9 billion pipeline, vowed to keep pursuing […]

Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

March 9, 2025

WASHINGTON — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment as part of President Donald Trump’s government cuts. The workers have […]