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After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process. New York Times
VOA VIEW: It is a big mess.
The annual celebration on Sunday took place in a city where many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community are optimistic about their local leaders but face challenges from the Trump administration. New York Times
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that American forces, at the direction of President Donald Trump, launched a slew of retaliatory strikes on Iran after the Islamic Republic struck another commercial oil tanker. OANN
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The search for survivors following the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela has entered a third day as both rescuers and families dig through rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings in a race against the clock. OANN
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said authorities temporarily removed his young twins from their home after he was anonymously accused of posing a danger to children in what he condemned as a "cruel, politically motivated hoax." Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Buttigieg is mentally sick.
Socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is celebrating her Democratic primary victory over a New York congressional incumbent with a media clean-up tour of past comments that Democrats have denounced. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Another weird comi.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is many things. One thing it's generally not: a strictly enforced police zone. Washington Times
A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was convicted Friday on state child abuse charges after girls were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. Washington Times
A poll worker said two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York's primaries to confront her about a social media post she'd written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. Washington Times
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An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered his trial judge to resentence him. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Right and wrong.
The Utah judge in the murder case over Charlie Kirk's killing held prosecutors in contempt of court on Friday over comments they made to media organizations about defendant Tyler Robinson. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: He is a sick person.
A heat wave will blast a large swath of the U.S. this week. The National Weather Service says temperatures will feel hotter because of the high humidity that's arriving with it. CBS
Sen. Tim Kaine said guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support in Congress, following a string of high-level officers exiting the military during the second Trump administration. CBS
VOA VIEW: Bipartisan can be dangerours.
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The transcontinental railroad changed just about everything in America: transportation, communications, commerce, cities, politics, even our perception of time. CBS
Some state-sponsored programs paved the way for Trump Accounts, the new tax-deferred investing accounts for children. CNBC
Adding SpaceX this quickly would make the Elon Musk company one of the first beneficiaries of Nasdaq's recently adopted fast-track inclusion framework. CNBC
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As the global race for AI moves forward, a shortage of memory chips has begun to drive up prices of consumer electronics and may lead to product shortages. CNBC
Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with a government export control directive citing "national security authorities." CNBC
A U.S. Marine aboard the USS Anchorage went missing during a training exercise off Southern California, and the search has now shifted to a recovery. FOX News
At least six people injured when a duck boat, a popular Boston tourist attraction, tipped on its side at a Cambridge boat ramp, with two injuries classified as "more serious" by police. FOX News
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a criminal investigation into allegations that the DEA allowed fentanyl pills to reach communities. FOX News
VOA VIEW: The matter is mysterios.
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Gracie, a fugitive giraffe, was found via helicopter after two weeks on the run from Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, sparking viral posts. FOX News
Murder suspect David Vander Meer died in custody days after U.S. Marshals arrested him for allegedly killing his wife at Zion National Park. FOX News
The United States attacked Iranian drone sites Saturday morning, and Iran hit Bahrain in response. UPI
VOA VIEW: The US should finish Iran.
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Israel and Lebanon have created a framework for a cease-fire, though Hezbollah is rejecting it because it calls for disarming the organization. UPI
VOA VIEW: Hezbollah has no say.
A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make public records less public. It's a bad fix for an unclear problem. LA Times
VOA VIEW: CA is corrupt enough.
In a wild scene Saturday outside the state's capital of Boise, a resident was caught on Instagram footage paddling a bright green kayak through the ice-covered floodwaters rushing down a suburban road -- while a rural county near Nevada was hammered with a staggering 553 lightning strikes. New York Post
A missing Arizona girl believed to be sex trafficked was found at a homeless encampment in Washington last week, according to the US Marshals Service. New York Post
Iran sees its control over the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage in peace talks with the United States. It seems willing to risk the cease-fire to maintain that power. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Trump has to stop playing games with Iran.
The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China. New York Times
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South Carolina's state Senate adjourned without acting on a new congressional map that would have redrawn voting districts in favor of Republicans. Dem like to play hardball.
President Donald Trump has called on states to redraw their voting maps to favor Republicans, especially after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that badly weakened a part of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 that helped protect minority voting power. However, as voters started heading to the polls Tuesday for the first in-person voting in primaries, state senators said it was just too late. If the state Senate pushed the map through Tuesday, the state would have had to throw out tens of thousands of ballots that had already been cast that day and schedule a new primary.. [
Neither my conscience nor my common sense would allow me to stop an election that is already underway," Republican state Sen. Richard Cash said during the vote, The BBC reported. The new congressional map pitched for South Carolina would do away with the state's only majority Black district, which is represented by Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat. Clyburn is seeking his 18th term in office this year.
