David Markinson

A large Pride flag has been removed from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan, weeks after the Department of the Interior issued federal guidance on displaying “non-agency” flags in the National Park System.

Russia appears poised to capture three strategic areas in southern and eastern Ukraine, which would give Moscow an edge in U.S.-mediated peace talks. Here's the latest.

A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.

The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.

Local authorities declared an unlawful assembly after protests on Saturday escalated near a federal building just outside Minneapolis, leading to at least 50 arrests, the county sheriff’s office said.

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Four More US States Weigh Bans on Private-Equity Interference in Medical Care.

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The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt began a trial phase on Sunday ahead of its planned reopening that will allow a limited number of Palestinians to leave the war-torn enclave and completing the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire plan.

Opinion | Do We Want Live in Alex Pretti’s America or Gregory Bovino’s? As in the Civil Rights battles of the 1960s, Americans are at a fork and must pick their path.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“These days, the bloodshed is even more visible, revulsion is similarly growing — and the horrors we have witnessed should impel more of us to take a stand,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “The question is straightforward: Which America do we choose?”

“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”

Maduro’s Enforcer Faces an Uneasy Transition, and a Bounty on His Head

The U.S. government has placed a bounty on Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, who prosecutors accuse of drug trafficking. Yet he remains in power as part of interim leader Delcy Rodríguez’s core circle, seen by her side at events and linked to the country’s machinery of repression.

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WATCH LIVE: White House briefs after Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota

Our local law enforcement, mayors, and community leaders all agree: The best way to restore order and safety in Minnesota is for ICE to leave our streets.

This Administration is escalating rather than de-escalating and it needs to stop.

Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”

Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”

They haven’t.

Some of the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans conflict with expert consensus. Here’s what they say you should eat: https://cnn.it/3N8c2Zy

How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.

Smugglers, money launderers and people facing sanctions once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork to store illicit fortunes. Now, criminals are turning to stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.

Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political In 10 months, President Donald Trump has transformed the Kennedy Center. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.

The Kennedy Center is currently guided by a board of Trump loyalists and a new staff including the center’s president.

In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington’s cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.

The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.

A Chinese virologist fled to the U.S. in 2020, aided by President Trump’s powerful allies who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her. In interviews, she made clear that she does not want to be found.

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