By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us,” the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake. Drake sued Universal Music Group — both his and Lamar’s record
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Flossie continued to gain steam off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast on Monday afternoon and was projected to turn into a hurricane overnight. Meanwhile, the remnants of what was Tropical Storm Barry dumped rain on eastern Mexico. Flossie strengthened with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). It was
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Three days after the Supreme Court said litigants attempting to get court orders broadly blocking President Donald Trump’s policies must do so through class action lawsuits, an administration lawyer said it plans to oppose such legal maneuverings in cases challenging the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The
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By Dianne Gallagher and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, is the leading potential candidate to run for Senate from North Carolina with Donald Trump’s backing, multiple sources tell CNN. Sen. Thom Tillis’ announcement that he won’t seek reelection next year opens a prize opportunity for North Carolina Republicans. Multiple
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday afternoon, the president of the United States was just another person complaining online about his service provider. Donald Trump wrote in a pair of posts on Truth Social that he was trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders from all over the
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Obama called the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill to cut taxes and reduce federal spending on some social safety net programs could have large implications for states, but for many it’s too late to do much about it this year. Tuesday marks the start of a new
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A Springfield, Mo., native will be the next chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court.
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it’s time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria, because it costs too much to operate and would have needed a significant upgrade for more advanced
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday questioned when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order and asked if the government would attempt to deport U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily before restrictions on birthright citizenship might take
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Immigration and administration lawyers on Monday battled over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime act against a Venezuelan gang in a case that is likely to ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The attorneys sparred before a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday as the U.S. leader steps up his push on the Israeli government and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement and bring about an end to the war
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — After working from home all day, your takeout order arrives and you start binge-watching your favorite show alone. Sounds ideal, right? Except doing this routinely could shorten your life. And that’s not because of the nutritional content of your dinner. It’s because having strong, positive relationships is one of
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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — After declaring he was stepping away from the political spotlight, Elon Musk got right back in it. As the Senate debated President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Monday before a final vote, Musk issued a stark warning via his social media platform X. “Every member of Congress who
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis’ surprise retirement announcement over the weekend creates a sudden opening in next year’s midterm elections, setting off a scramble of successor speculation that includes both a former Democratic governor and a Trump other than the one who
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending many U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise he made to the country’s new interim leader. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to “promote and support
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending many U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise he made to the country’s new interim leader. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to “promote and support
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Joseph Company will host a Head Coaches’ Summit to bring together leaders who are committed to shaping culture and driving meaningful change.
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, may be on the verge of a settlement deal with President Trump, much to the chagrin of its own news employees. On Monday lawyers for the president and the media company said in a court filing that the two sides are
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By Morgan Rimmer, Tami Luhby and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — A marathon voting session on President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill is underway in the Senate and has stretched overnight into Tuesday after a weekend of negotiations and delays. The vote-a-rama, an open-ended series of votes on amendments – some political, some substantive,
Continue ReadingBy KATHRYN POST Religion News Service (RNS) — Faith Radio president Scott Beigle’s quest for Christian radio started with 1070AM, a former CNN news station in Tallahassee, Florida. After moving from northern Alabama to the Florida Panhandle with his wife and three kids, Beigle, who is Baptist, noted the lack of Christian radio stations in
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US law enforcement has arrested a New Jersey man and searched stashes of laptops in 16 states in a sweeping crackdown on North Korean efforts to use remote tech workers to covertly fund their weapons programs, the Justice Department said Monday. The scheme saw North Korean
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — After months of speculation and multiple bids from would-be American buyers, TikTok may finally be getting a new owner. President Donald Trump teased over the weekend that there is a buyer for TikTok, whom he will announce in two weeks, which could secure the app’s long-term future
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The City of St. Joseph announced which facilities will be available on the Fourth of July holiday this Friday.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has set its holiday counting period for the Fourth of July. The counting period will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, and will go through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 6. Whether planning to visit one of Missouri’s recreational opportunities or hosting
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CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Two guests, said to be a father and his young daughter, have been rescued by crew after going into the water while onboard the Disney Dream cruise ship as it returned from a voyage around the Bahamas. Disney confirmed that the rescue happened on June 29, saying that
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice. “They won’t take our RICE, and yet they have a massive rice shortage. In other words, we’ll just be sending them
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Two guests, said to be a father and his young daughter, have been rescued by crew after going into the water while onboard the Disney Dream cruise ship as it returned from a voyage around the Bahamas. Disney confirmed that the rescue happened on June 29, saying that both
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday continued his extended attack against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the central bank’s Board of Governors, calling for ultra-low rates in an intensifying campaign demanding interest rate cuts. Trump on his social media platform wrote that the Fed’s board “should be ashamed
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By Jennifer Hansler and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Members of the British rap punk duo Bob Vylan had their visas revoked by the United States and are under investigation by local police after leading a crowd to chant “death” to Israel’s military at a UK music festival this past weekend. On Monday, US Deputy
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