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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 […]
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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 by […]
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(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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Thursday, an announcement was made from the Oval Office, featuring British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on speakerphone, lauding the first “very large” trade deal reached since tariffs were enacted last month. As I write this 24 hours later, the key building blocks of a White House trade deal have been revealed. From the document posted […]
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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 Hannah Grover The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority released its annual consumer confidence report last week. The report details the water quality in 2024, including levels of heavy metals, bacteria and turbidity. Utility customers will receive the report in the mail. The report shows that the water it provides customers is safe to […]
By Rodd Cayton Albuquerque is moving closer to having a budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. City Councilors, Thursday night, sought answers from department heads as they search for the best use of $1.5 billion. At Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, they questioned staff on topics that included performance metrics, hiring efforts and future […]
In 1990, Raymond Sanchez took on the trial lawyers and won. Yes, that Raymond Sanchez. At the time he was Speaker of the House. Supporting that effort was none other than Marty Chavez. Yes, that Marty Chavez. Chavez was then a state senator. The challenge was workers’ compensation. Workers’ comp insurance in New Mexico had […]
