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Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region off Alaska in the high Arctic where drilling has never before taken place. The plan is one of President Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the […]

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Daughter of longtime diplomat convicted, again, of murder in Maryland

The daughter of the nation’s first director of national intelligence was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday, the second time in three years a jury concluded that Sophia Negroponte stabbed her close friend inside a small Airbnb apartment in Rockville, Maryland. Negroponte, 32, sat quietly as the verdict was announced and began dabbing her eyes. The […]

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Dem Senator Slams Trump’s Ballroom as a ‘Golden Crime Scene’ and Demands Inquiry

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for an investigation into the private donations funding the president’s planned $300 million White House ballroom. In a statement to the Guardian Thursday, the Massachusetts senator said the next independent Department of Justice should investigate the ballroom, which she described as potentially “a golden crime scene.” The controversial ballroom construction, […]

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Trump administration proposes oil lease sales off the Pacific Coast

The Trump administration on Thursday announced plans to open federal waters in the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases for the first time in more than four decades. The draft plan released by the U.S. Department of the Interior confirms rumors that have been swirling for weeks. The proposal would see as many […]

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Meet Miss USA 2025 Audrey Eckert, who could become the 10th American to win Miss Universe this week

Miss USA Audrey Eckert is competing at Miss Universe, which crowns a new winner this week. Courtesy of Miss USA Audrey Eckert, 23, is competing at Miss Universe after winning Miss USA in October. The Nebraska native has been competing in pageants since she was 9 years old. Eckert told Business Insider she wants to […]

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U-Va. should adhere to Thomas Jefferson’s principles

The reporting in the Nov. 15 Metro article “Ex-head of U-Va. details ouster,” about the resignation of University of Virginia President James E. Ryan, should alarm anyone who values academic freedom. U-Va. is not only a public institution; it is also Thomas Jefferson’s university, founded explicitly to keep the pursuit of knowledge free from political […]

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