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Discovering new facts is not the only way to learn. Sometimes, just putting facts together in a new way can unlock fresh understanding. An example? Watching Leslie Iwerks’ wonderful new documentary, “Disneyland Handcrafted,” I realized that Disneyland (established 1955) is older than the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA, established 1971). You probably should…
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By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A ballooning Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget. Hiring bonuses of $50,000. Swelling ranks of ICE officers, to 22,000, in an expanding national force bigger than most police departments in America. Related Articles US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer Netflix is revising its $72 billion offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to make it an all-cash transaction. Related Articles US futures and other world shares sink on worries over Trump’s push to claim Greenland NYSE working on a new platform for trading digital tokens around the clock Fed’s…
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By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — While Europe is pushing back publicly against U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland, the language appears softer behind the scenes. Related Articles Donald Trump thanks you for your attention to these matters in his second term Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how…
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By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he’s picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million. On the anniversary…
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By STEVEN SLOAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A stunning military intervention in Venezuela. Telling the New York Giants which coach to hire. Threats against Iran, Denmark, Greenland and Colombia. Posing with someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize. Dangling the potential of deploying U.S. troops in Minneapolis. Flipping off a critic. Announcing an aggressive round of tariffs. Threatening political enemies. Related Articles Trump slams UK deal to hand…
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By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The European Union’s top official on Tuesday called into question U.S. President Donald Trump’s trustworthiness, saying that he had agreed last year not to impose more tariffs on members of the bloc. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Trump’s planned new tariffs over Greenland…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — U.S. futures fell sharply and European markets shed more than 1% on tensions driven by the Trump administration’s new tariff threats over Greenland. Related Articles NYSE working on a new platform for trading digital tokens around the clock Fed’s Powell plans to attend Cook’s Supreme…
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By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A startled British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which his administration had previously supported. Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, home to a strategically important American…
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By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The…
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