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Trump gutted national parks staff — then raided their budget for his own renovations
The Trump administration has diverted at least $90 million in national park entry fees to fund Washington, D.C., beautification projects, including a $1.6 million Fourth of July fireworks display and $76 million to repair city fountains, according to internal National Park Service documents. The redirection of funds — more than five times the usual expenditure…
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Popular tourist destination proposes a national no-fly list, banning unruly passengers from flying every airline
Traveling by airplane can be a bizarre social melting pot. Now, the UK is attempting to put the lid on unruly passengers unleashing havoc in flight with a proposed travel blacklist. Under a new government proposal, abusive air passengers could be placed on a national travel ban and prevented from flying with any airline in…
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UCLA students hopeful for revival of iconic Westwood Village theater
Brooke McCree, a 22-year-old recent UCLA graduate, is the first to admit she’s been going to the movies a lot less. Back when Regency operated the local Village and Bruin theaters in Westwood Village, she would often take advantage of the student discount and see as many movies as possible. But in the two years…
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Trump in trouble as Dems threaten to use critical ‘leverage’ to tank key priority: report
Democratic lawmakers are ready and willing to blow up a bi-partisan deal with Republicans to force President Donald Trump to abandon a controversial priority, Punchbowl News reported Wednesday, a plan in which Democrats yield extraordinary “leverage.” That priority is the nomination of controversial Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who, despite having no prior…
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Don’t Build the Arch
The meanings of words such as honor, sacrifice, and humility have been leaking away from American civic life like red blood cells from an anemic. But if there’s one place where they retain their rich, sticky, life-giving force, it’s surely in the air around the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery is where…
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Value of Huntington Beach defense tech startup balloons to $1.8 billion
California defense tech startup Mach Industries said Tuesday it raised $300 million, nearly quadrupling the company’s valuation to $1.8 billion within a year. The Huntington Beach startup’s soaring valuation underscores how defense tech funding is booming as armed conflicts such as the Iran war and the Russian-Ukrainian war continue. Infinite Capital and Rabbit Capital led…
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GOP lawmakers refusing to return for votes until Mike Johnson cleans up his mess: report
Noting the massive disparity in working days between the US Senate under Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and the GOP-controlled House laboring under embattled Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Politico is reporting that time is growing short to get legislation — any legislation — voted upon. According to Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill and Calen Razor, Johnson’s…
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Another Chance for Trump to Cash Out
If Republicans lose control of either chamber of Congress in November, a constitutional crisis will erupt. A new Congress will ask questions about President Trump’s actions. The Trump administration will refuse to answer. The administration will argue that the Constitution grants Congress little power to order the executive to do much of anything. The executive,…
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An Indian food gem flourishes inside this Echo Park convenience store
It’s a spring afternoon in a strip mall in Echo Park. Jasmine is in bloom. Along Sunset Boulevard, bars are crowded with Dodger fans. A man in a Clayton Kershaw jersey steps out of Leo Market carrying a plastic bag filled with homemade curry, chicken tikka and a pack of American Spirits. Inside, Kajari Ghatak…
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Trump’s own library says his DMs don’t exist. A federal court disagrees.
The newly operational Trump Presidential Library claims it cannot turn up a single Twitter direct message sent by Donald Trump during his first term in office — a striking claim given that court records confirm such messages exist. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Washington Post at 12:01 a.m.…