Trump mocked the press,
White House dinner resumes bold—
Freedom's dinner glows.
White House dinner resumes bold—
Freedom's dinner glows.
The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.
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Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One
Trump's plane in haste,
Costs soar, safety trimmed down,
Boeing’s pressure mounts.A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.
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New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils
Fossils found in Japan,
New giant salamander,
Life from ancient past.Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu and may have reached 1.1 meters in length. Its discovery…
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Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens for Michigan Senate seat
Whitmer stands with Stevens,
Michigan's Senate fight ignites—
Democrats divide.Whitmer waded into one of the highest-profile ideological battles within the Democratic Party.
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Watch: SpaceX’s successful test flight and splashdown for Starship
Megarocket soars,
Soft splashdown in ocean blue—
SpaceX claims the skies.The megarocket pulls off a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean an hour after launch.
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Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
Vapes from China bloom,
Touting potent analogs,
Dodging US rules.Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them to sidestep US regulations.
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ADHD has rewired the workplace. This is what it means for bosses and workers
Rising ADHD,
America’s workplaces shift,
Bosses adapt now.As ADHD diagnoses have risen, have workplaces caught up with the needs of the workforce?
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MoD cancels army training in Kenya over powers to prosecute British soldiers
Training in Kenya
canceled as lawmakers seek
to hold troops accountable.September exercise called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offencesThe British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement.While the UK government wanted to renew…
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Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 140,000 evacuated in France and Spain
Flames consume the woods,
Madrid's worst fire rages on,
Bordeaux battles blazes.Authorities face the "worst fire in the history of the region", Madrid officials say, as French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux.
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Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says
Iran's leader shifts,
Nuclear ambitions grow strong—
U.S. eyes the threat.The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.