Nevertheless, the president was joined on Thursday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senators Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire. Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, told Mr. Trump that he could expect to see legislation by July. In the House, Representative Frank Pallone Jr., Democrat of New […]
The purpose of my visit was usually the same: read books or play on the computer. But as I grew up, I realized that things had begun to change. My mom began coming to the library with us more often. While I would be reading or finishing homework, she would be right there, typing beside
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New Mexico’s top prosecutor is demanding that the U.S. Air Force close a publicly accessible lake at Holloman Air Force Base, saying Thursday the concentration of hazardous chemicals at the site poses a risk to public health and the environment. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Hector Balderas told Air Force
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Image copyright Getty Images Adrian Edmondson, who is known for starring in anarchic TV comedies The Young Ones and Bottom, is joining the cast of EastEnders. The comic actor will be seen in the BBC One soap as Daniel Cook, a new love interest for Jean Slater, played by Gillian Wright. The BBC said Edmondson
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Image copyright PA Image caption ACM cladding has been widely used on high rises, including Grenfell Tower The £200m bill to replace Grenfell Tower-type cladding on about 150 private high-rise blocks in England is to be met by the government. Housing Secretary James Brokenshire had previously said the bill should be footed by the owners,
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Far-right groups across Europe promise to end migration and shake-up the EU – but are they fuelling hate? Generation Identity is a far-right youth network operating in Germany, a country where the main opposition political party the AfD is also from the far-right. Despite having relatively few members, GI is branching out across Europe. Last
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Sunday 11) 10 a.m. Beans and vines Fuel up for the day at Orsonero Coffee, a corner caffeteria that opened in 2016, serving velvety cappuccini made with beans from Gardelli, a top Italian roastery. Then proceed to La Vigna di Leonardo, a new museum across from Santa Maria delle Grazie (home of “The Last Supper”)
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Although Mr. McMullen has now not worked for seven months and jokes with friends about being semiretired, he said he plans to work again. “The idea of retirement as sitting on a sandy beach somewhere, I don’t think is on any millennial’s mind,” he said. Instead, he added, his generation is focused on seeking fulfillment,
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For decades, championship teams have visited the White House in a moment of ritual and tradition. Athletic excellence is celebrated, lame jokes are told and the president is given yet another jersey bearing his name. Under President Donald Trump, though, the visits often have become politicized, featuring athlete protests and, in the case of the
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A political presenter said Labour would not debate its manifesto on-air, and voters may not see the Conservative or Brexit Party documents. Andrew Neil explained an hour after Labour launched its campaign that the party would not put up a spokesman to talk about it on Politics Live. He then asked Conservative MP Gillian Keegan
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