WASHINGTON – The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee called on Wednesday for American spy agencies to “pause” intelligence sharing with Germany’s domestic intelligence agency that could be used to target the far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD).
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100 years after the events of the Boston Tea Party, two wealthy septuagenarian sisters from Glastonbury, CT found themselves fighting against taxation without representation. The curious case involves the seizure and auctioning of their pet cows, including two calves named Martha Washington and Abigail Adams.
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In early 2025, Harald Bernard Malmgren, a man with one of the most unique careers in American politics, gave his final interview. At 89, and facing declining health, he decided it was time to reveal what he knew. Over four hours, he spoke about names, dates, secret programs, and classified technology. Most shockingly, Malmgren claimed that in 1962, during a nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, the U.S. used a secret directed-energy weapon to bring down a non-human craft. He said he held the debris himself and even saw a video of a living extraterrestrial being. He also believed that…
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In our current era, we tend to glorify the author and hold the original text in high esteem. We regard Shakespeare with particular reverence, and his text is held aloft as the sacrosanct work of genius. But this was not always the case. In fact, an altered edition of Romeo and Juliet was widely printed and preferred over Shakespeare’s authoritative text for over a century.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge.
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Join the Geography and Map Division and Philip Lee Phillips Society for this free in-person event, taking place on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 1:15 PM to 4:15 PM in the Jefferson Building. Together we will will explore the significance of map surrounds through engaging talks about cartographic self portraits and the watermarks in the William Hacke atlas, along with a themed display.
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4″x3″ slide depicting John Wilkes Booth leaning forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.. The assassination occurred on this date 160 years ago.
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Despite Trump’s 32% tariff and past criticism, Taiwan has vowed to boost defence spending and strengthen economic ties with Washington.
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On April 21, 1775, The New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle published an article titled “Bloody News,” reporting the first hostilities of what would become the Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, British troops fired on the men of the Lexington Company who had already begun to disperse, beginning an unplanned and bloody battle. The descriptions …
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WASHINGTON – With his campaign promises unfulfilled to quickly bring peace to Gaza and Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has turned to another high-profile challenge that could be just as elusive: curbing Iran’s escalating nuclear program.
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US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Rubio says – The Straits Times – #News #WorldNews
WASHINGTON – The U.S. has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, a day before that country’s president is due to visit the White House.
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Rubio said Washington’s goal is for member states to prioritize defense spending to enable the alliance to become “stronger and more viable.”
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Africa: Aggressive Resource Mobilization Needed To Mitigate Aid Cut – Africa CDC #AfricaNews #Africa
[allAfrica] Monrovia — Senior officials of the Africa Centers for Disease Control are holding meetings in the U.S capital, Washington D.C., to discuss future collaboration between the U.S. government and the continental health body, in light of funding cuts by the administration of President Donald Trump.
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A closer look at the Library’s copy of the Eliot Algonquian Bible (1663) reveals a connection to the local history of the greater Washington area. Family birth and death inscriptions within the Bible show that it was once owned by the famous Gaither family of Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland. How and when did it arrive at the Library? Read this post to learn more.
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One ordinary day, the sky released something unusual—not a storm, not hail, not anything recognizable to those who witnessed it. An eerie, unknown substance descended, obscuring everything it touched. Almost immediately, confusion spread, followed by whispers of illness and strange effects that defied logic. What was this thing? Researchers descended, chasing answers, but each lead seemed to lead to more questions. Years later, the event remains a mystery, its origins and meaning shrouded in shadow. The Night It Began Nestled about 50 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, Oakville is a sleepy logging community in Washington state with a population…
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OSLO – Norway’s defence minister said he believes the United States remains committed to Europe’s defence but the continent must take a bigger share of the costs of defending itself if Washington is going to live up to its security commitments.
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The SEC’s Crypto Task Force held a roundtable Friday to air out the issues with how the crypto world interacts with securities laws.
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Pentagon eyeing plan to halt U.S. Forces Japan upgrade, reports say – The Japan Times – #News #Japan
The move could create “political risk” for Washington with Tokyo and reduce the scope of command and control in the Indo-Pacific region as the U.S.-China rivalry heats up.
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WASHINGTON – Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky on March 19 that the United States could own and run Ukraine’s nuclear power plants as part of his latest bid to secure a ceasefire in Russia’s invasion of its neighbour.
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WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. lawmakers will call on President Donald Trump’s administration to restore a program that helps track thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and to use sanctions to punish those responsible for the rights violation.
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During the 19th century in both England and America, physical fitness became an important aspect of structured health and education programs. In 1880, recognizing the public’s growing interest in the use of dumbbells and clubs, New York City champion strongman Guss Hill (1858 – 1937) made his publishing debut with an early exercise book.
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US President Donald Trump has welcomed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to Washington amid concerns over his pivot towards Russia. The pair discussed Greenland, with Trump again advocating US annexation for security reasons.
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In Chronicling America’s new interface, the image viewer provides tools to help you inspect and interactive with each individual newspaper page. Here are our top five tips for navigating, clipping, and sharing!
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In a report published by the Washington Post, Baykar, a leading Turkish defence firm, was accused of sending a cache of weapons and ammunition worth $120 million to the Sudanese army between August and November last year.
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NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the Expedition 71 patch on her flight suit as she answers a question from students, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington. Dyson and fellow crewmates Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced criminal charges against a State Department employee accused of sharing sensitive government information with people he met online, according to a criminal complaint.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed a number of cases over the past few weeks.
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A sudden burst of energy in the brain during death could hint at the “soul leaving the body,” according to Dr. Stuart Hameroff, a professor at the University of Arizona. Researchers have long observed patients experiencing vivid hallucinations after clinical death, when the heart stops but the brain shows electrical activity. In 2009, George Washington University researchers studied seven clinically dead patients, detecting a surge of gamma waves—linked to perception and movement—lasting up to 90 seconds after the heart stopped. Hameroff suggested this could indicate the “near-death experience” or the “soul leaving the body.” The study involved patients aged 34…
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WASHINGTON -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work permits for 521,000 Haitians covered by the Temporary Protected Status program so that they will expire in August, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.
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The talks marked a departure from Washington’s previous approach that rallied U.S. allies to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s move to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has crippled the agency’s ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said on Monday.
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BRASILIA/WASHINGTON – Countries are staying committed to their national climate plans and looking to lead the clean energy transition, as the United States plans to exit the Paris climate agreement, the UN’s top climate official said in his first speech of the year on Thursday.
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The crash follows this week’s collision of an American Airlines jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington DC which killed 67 in the nation’s deadliest aviation disaster since 2001.
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The Rare Book and Special Collections Division will partner with the Library’s “By the People” crowdsource transcription project and Pennsylvania State University’s Douglass Day initiative to transcribe the contents of the African American Perspectives Collection. Read on to learn more about Douglass Day, transcription, and other efforts to preserve and share the collection assembled by Daniel Murray, a legendary figure in the history of the Library of Congress.
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Kristin Smith, CEO of the Blockchain Association, outlines principles to guide legislation and regulation on issues like self-custody, staking, voting, and peer-to-peer transactions on permissionless networks.
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A small aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, leading to a prompt emergency response from multiple agencies including DC Fire and EMS. Fireboats were deployed, and flights at Reagan National were temporarily halted as emergency personnel responded.
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The full Moon, also known in January as the Wolf Moon, rises above the Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, as seen from Arlington, Virginia.
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WASHINGTON – Ukraine needed broader security guarantees and Russian President Vladimir Putin was not afraid of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Fox News in an interview in which he urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be on Ukraine’s side.
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