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FBI and Border Patrol officers walk along the U Street corridor as part of a federal law enforcement deployment to the nation's capital on August 10 in Washington

Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say

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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, DC, police set off a scramble across the city Monday, as the federal government made an unprecedented move to control local law enforcement operations in the nation’s capital. The decision to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and activate hundreds of National Guard

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Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces kill 40 people in North Darfur displacement camp attack

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By FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched attacks Monday in a famine-stricken displacement camp outside of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, killing 40 people, local rights groups said. The Emergency Response Rooms group working at the Abu Shouk displacement camp said in a statement on Facebook

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Trump’s tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says

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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’stax and spending law will result in less income for the poorest Americans while sending money to the richest, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Monday. The CBO estimates that the 10% of poorest Americans will lose roughly $1,200 a year as they experience restrictions

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Maine can’t enforce foreign election interference law that appeals court calls unconstitutional

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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine can’t enforce a voter-approved foreign election interference law that a federal appeals court said likely violates the Constitution by limiting political donations. Voters overwhelmingly approved a ban on foreign governments and companies with 5% or more foreign government ownership from donating to state referendum races.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose

How the world’s most valuable company got caught in the middle of Trump’s spat with China

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By Clare Duffy, Phil Mattingly, Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, has found itself caught in the middle of President Donald Trump’s historic trade war with China. The result: an extraordinary concession from a $4.5 trillion corporation that will give the United States a percentage of every high-end

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Scientists exploring the hadal zone between Russia and Alaska say they discovered the deepest known ecosystem

Scientists say they cruised the ocean in a deep-sea submersible and came across an undiscovered ecosystem

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By Marlowe Starling, CNN (CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The expedition revealed methane-producing microbes and marine invertebrates that make their home in unforgiving conditions where the sun’s rays don’t reach, according

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