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Who's on Air Force One? Trump's midterms entourage includes strategists, aides and aging athletes @WashTimes trib.al/C0Dp9lm

Who’s on Air Force One? Trump’s midterms entourage include

President Trump has clocked about 70 hours aboard Air Force One so far this month, racing from rally to rally across the United States to try to bolster his Republican Party in the midterm elections.

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Barnacles await: SS United States to become world's largest artificial reef @WashTimes trib.al/nkZqPVO

Barnacles await: SS United States to become world’s largest arti

A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the world's largest artificial reef.

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Caribbean seeks reparations and questions role of monarchy before King Charles III visits @WashTimes trib.al/74Jvvuw

Caribbean seeks reparations and questions role of monarchy before King

The royals are coming, and the Caribbean wants to be heard.

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Singer Chris Brown set to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London nightclub @WashTimes trib.al/FPriWPZ

Singer Chris Brown set to be sentenced over bottle attack at a London

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown arrived Monday at a London court for sentencing over brawling at a Mayfair nightclub three years ago.

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KYLE KIRKWOOD: "There's an instinct that you have when you wake up and your heart's already racing...This was a very special race." Organizers confirmed the D.C. race, held in August for America's 250th birthday, will not return in 2027. trib.al/E41stVU

Freedom 250 Grand Prix organizers confirm race was a one-off

The organizers of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix held in August in the District of Columbia for America's 250th birthday confirmed it won't have a follow-up race in 2027.

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Catholic bishops regret White House prayer photo with Trump, say it was used politically @WashTimes trib.al/2UYIAEC

Catholic bishops regret White House prayer photo with Trump, say it wa

Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Donald Trump.

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A Maryland mother raised safety concerns after discovering a man living in a local sewer who allegedly harassed her children. trib.al/HOjX7G6

Baltimore County mom says a man living in a sewer harassed her childre

A mom in Towson, Maryland, is accusing a local man living in a sewer of verbally harassing and chasing her children.

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Local police arrested an inmate already held in a D.C. facility and charged him with the 2023 homicide of a 7-month-old infant. trib.al/kEc0N0N

Southeast man who was already in custody charged with murder in 2023 d

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man Friday at the D.C. Central Detention Facility who they accuse of killing a 7-month-old baby in 2023.

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A DC man received a 25-year prison sentence for a 2020 arson spree that killed a 62-year-old man sleeping on the sidewalk. trib.al/RSEhnd0

Washingtonian sentenced to 25 years for torching homeless man

A District of Columbia man will spend 25 years in prison after being sentenced Friday for a 2020 arson spree that left a homeless man dead.

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Judge asked to compel Trump administration to disclose emails and texts about Kennedy Center plans @WashTimes trib.al/CdwiNY4

Judge asked to compel Trump administration to disclose emails and text

President Donald Trump's administration is withholding records documenting the scope of his influence over management of the Kennedy Center, according to attorneys for a Democratic lawmaker chall

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Le Pen vows to revive oil prospecting in France, calling 2017 ban 'stupid' @WashTimes trib.al/Vnk3Mxn

Le Pen vows to revive oil prospecting in France, calling 2017 ban R

Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen vowed Sunday to allow France to prospect for oil again on its territory if she is elected in May, a proposal reminiscent of U.S. President Donald Trump&#

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4 rescued on third day after Kenya building collapse as families lose hope @WashTimes trib.al/9DgOkvi

4 rescued on third day after Kenya building collapse as families lose

The number of people rescued from a collapsed building in Kenya's capital has risen to four, while several others remain missing and are reported to have communicated with loved ones from beneath

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Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffer minor injuries in car crash @WashTimes trib.al/G9ZEDLU

Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffer

Alaska's Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffered minor injuries Saturday in a car crash while driving to a campaign stop, her campaign said.

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'You Can See Everything' surges with $19.5M at box office; 'Clayface' takes No. 1 @WashTimes trib.al/gZGZmSm

‘You Can See Everything’ surges with $19.5M at box office;

DC Studios scored a modest, R-rated win with "Clayface," landing a $24 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. But the biggest success story in theaters remained A24&#

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More flooding possible in Four Corners region after days of heavy rain @WashTimes trib.al/o080Ems

More flooding possible in Four Corners region after days of heavy rain

A rain-soaked swath of the Southwest U.S. braced Sunday for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues.

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Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantine @WashTimes trib.al/x8iW3lg

Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Cong

Uganda is reinforcing border controls to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and now requires citizens returning from neighboring Congo to spend 21 days in quarantine at their own expense, the H

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French TV channels scramble to apologize after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon @WashTimes trib.al/H9WPtlY

French TV channels scramble to apologize after airing Albanian protest

Two French news channels backpedaled and apologized this weekend after they misidentified images of protests in Albania as demonstrations taking place in France.

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D.C. police are searching for a 16-year-old suspect after a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot Sunday morning in Northeast Washington. Police say the suspect is still armed. trib.al/0bPeATc

Teen gunman wanted after 15-year-old gunned down in D.C.

D.C. police are looking for a 16-year-old suspect in connection with Sunday morning's deadly shooting of a teenage boy in Northeast.

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Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen @WashTimes trib.al/arU1Ig7

Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado returns after months in ex

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, about a month before the U.S. military deposed the country's then-Presi

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As the U.S. and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between them @WashTimes trib.al/lhLpNY0

As the U.S. and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn b

With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings and avoid losing out.

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