The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.
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‘I want his name to be known:’ Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out
Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than “just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal.”
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Sept. 26, 2025
The real menace in baseball is less robot umpires and more the relentless stream of sports-betting ads between innings. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Sign up right here *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: […]
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There was no rapture this week, so the quiz returns. Can you score a perfect 11?
This week, Jimmy Kimmel returned, a weird statue vanished and no one (to our knowledge) got snatched up to heaven.
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White House threatens layoffs — not furloughs — if the government shuts down
In past government shutdowns, workers have been put on temporary furloughs until funding resumes. This time, the Trump White House is looking for bigger and more permanent cuts, a new memo shows.
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A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn’t the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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Ukraine issues a stark warning about a global arms race and AI war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump made another shift in his stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Jury convicts Ryan Routh on all charges in attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Jurors convicted Routh on five charges, including last year’s attempted assassination of Trump as he golfed at his South Florida course. Routh represented himself in court and faces life in prison.
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Pressured on Gaza and Ukraine, Trump focuses mainly on migration in U.N. address
President Trump accused the United Nations of contributing to a problem of “uncontrolled migration” — an issue he said amounts to an “assault on Western countries and their borders.”
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to UCLA
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles.
