Thousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.When the California National Guard rolled into Los Angeles to respond to devastating wildfires in January, Southern Californians largely hailed the troops as heroes. Celebrities thanked...
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The move was a stunning reversal of Biden-era efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.The Justice Department’s civil rights chief has asked a federal judge to sentence a Louisville police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor to one day in jail, a stunning reversal of...
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Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access to the Fed’s building in Washington.The Trump administration is pushing to conduct an on-site inspection of the Federal Reserve as President Trump and his top aides continue to pressure Jerome...
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For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.For weeks, Israel and Syria have engaged in secret back-channel talks, searching for a diplomatic resolution to decades of tensions, mainly over territory...
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The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered sacrosanct by investors and economists.At a recent conference, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, described Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, as “the standard of the courageous central...
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Yeison Rodriguez Acosta used data he had obtained as a Wells Fargo employee to spend customers’ money on luxury car payments and a body-shaping program, among other expenses, prosecutors said.A New York City police officer who previously worked for Wells Fargo was charged on Thursday with spending $87,000 in bank...
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Connie Francis, who dominated the pop charts in the late 1950s and early ’60s with sobbing ballads like “Who’s Sorry Now” and “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You,” as well as up-tempo soft-rock tunes like “Stupid Cupid,” “Lipstick on Your Collar,” and “Vacation,” died on Wednesday. She was 87.Her...
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Firefighters waded through waist-deep water to rescue people from nearly two dozen cars, officials said.Floodwaters from heavy rains rushed down a residential street in Shawnee, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.@katileecallahan, via TikTokHeavy rain in the Kansas City, Mo., area inundated neighborhoods and highways on Thursday, prompting nearly two dozen...
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The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.Britain and Germany signed a landmark defense treaty on Thursday, further evidence of how European leaders are drawing together...
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The plumber, the mason, the electrician and the carpenter arrived a full hour early to collect their blueprints. They had two days in June to build an eight-foot by 10-foot tiny home inside the convention center in downtown Atlanta. They knew little else about their assignment, but they were anxious...
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Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs, was dismissed without a detailed explanation. She is the daughter of James B. Comey, a longtime adversary of President Trump.Maurene Comey, a career federal prosecutor who worked on the Jeffrey Epstein case and was abruptly fired by the Trump administration...
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Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epstein’s arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public.President Trump and his administration want to move on from Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sexual offender, who once associated...
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