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(c) 2025 , The Washington Post · Kyle Melnick, Hannah Natanson, NATIONAL, POLITICS, May 11, 2025 — The White House fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office on Saturday, according to an email acting librarian of Congress Robert Newlen sent to his staff. Shira Perlmutter, the register of copyrights and director of the Copyright Office, was terminated […]
(c) 2025 , The Washington Post · Kyle Melnick, Hannah Natanson, NATIONAL, POLITICS · May 11, 2025 — The White House fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office on Saturday, according to an email acting librarian of Congress Robert Newlen sent to his staff. Shira Perlmutter, the register of copyrights and director of the Copyright Office, was terminated by […]
(c) 2025 , The Washington Post · Aaron Blake · NATIONAL, POLITICS · May 12, 2025 – It’s one of the most telling occasions in politics these days: when President Donald Trump does something so obviously problematic that even the Trump-friendly opinion hosts at Fox News feel compelled to press his team on it. Such was the case Monday amid reports […]
By Anthony Faiola — VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV delivered a vivid defense of a free press and “truth” on Monday in his first encounter with journalists as pontiff, paying homage to fallen war correspondents and warning of an era of polarized communication fueled by “prejudice and resentment, fanaticism and even hatred.” “We must […]
By Fenit Nirappil – MARIETTA, Ga. – Traversing the halls of his nursing home in a wheelchair, Owen Allen listened to a visiting guitarist play “Sweet Caroline,” then chipped away at a thousand-piece puzzle in the sunroom. Since muscular dystrophy struck and his legs started giving out, the 64-year-old Atlanta native relies on Medicaid to […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded May 9 to a question about White South Africans expected to be given refuge in the United States.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post By Teo Armus, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux — A group of nearly 50 White South Africans landed at Dulles International Airport on Monday as refugees, coming to […]
By Anumita Kaur — Washington Post Pope Leo XIV spent two decades working in Peru’s poorest enclave and appears to be in the mold of Pope Francis – who carried a legacy as “the people’s pope” for his outreach to those on society’s margins. The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, the American Robert Prevost, said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” From the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, history’s first American pope recalled he was an Augustinian priest, but that he was above all a […]
By Rodd Cayton The public is invited again Thursday to give input on Albuquerque’s fiscal year 2026 budget. Mayor Tim Keller last month proposed a $1.5 billion spending plan, which City Councilors are now reviewing. Meeting as the Committee of the Whole, all nine councilors will take public input regarding the budget and capital improvements […]
By Rodd Cayton Public library advocates Monday went to bat again for their cause, urging the Albuquerque City Council to boost it as the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget takes shape. Mayor Tim Keller’s proposed budget includes about $16.54 million for libraries, which is down about $49,000 from fiscal year 2025. Janet Saiers, who sits […]
