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Trump honors 3 war heroes at White House ceremony, helps 88-year-old Vietnam vet receive his medal
President Trump awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to three war heroes who fought in Vietnam and the War on Terrorism, at one point helping 88-year-old Major James Capers, Jr., a Marine veteran, walk up on stage to receive the highest military decoration. Capers led his nine-man team on a four-day reconnaissance patrol of the…
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The Job Market Is Thawing
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. May was a good month for the American labor market. So was April, and so was March. The economy…
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Knicks’ Tyler Kolek stopped by cops during championship parade: ‘I swear I’m on the team bro’
He’s not NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson. He’s not OG Anunoby, whose last-second tip-in will forever be etched into the minds of New York sports fans. He’s not Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges or any of the other players that helped the Knicks defeat the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals for the…
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Pete Hegseth ‘defiling’ US military aided Trump’s failures in Iran: ex-GOP strategist
Political analyst Steve Schmidt said the fallout from President Donald Trump’s botched Iran war could haunt America for generations in the latest episode of his show, “The Warning,” on YouTube. Schmidt started by praising Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who called the Trump administration’s Iran peace deal a disaster. “This will go down as a tremendous…
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How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members
Dialog, the private network cofounded by Peter Thiel, grades its event attendees on a hidden scale, ranking them by wealth and fame, tracking their relationships, and using algorithms to help decide who they should meet, who they should sit with, and who no longer belongs, WIRED has learned. The records are part of a trove…
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‘Elf’ and ‘Couples Retreat’ actor Faizon Love arrested amid child support battle
“Elf” star Faizon Love is back in handcuffs. The actor and comedian, who played the department store manager fed up with the holiday antics of Will Ferrell’s Buddy in “Elf,” was arrested Tuesday night in Florida’s Hillsborough County on two contempt-of-court charges. Love is being held without bond at Orient Road Jail in Tampa. According…
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Trump admin’s ‘unprecedented’ ramp-up of immigration scheme stuns reporters
One of the Trump administration’s deportation schemes has seen an “unprecedented” rise in activity over the last year that stunned two CNN reporters on Thursday. Priscilla Alvarez, a CNN correspondent, and Phil Mattingly, who hosted Thursday’s broadcast of “The Lead,” discussed the Trump administration’s efforts to denaturalize U.S. citizens throughout the second administration. Alvarez noted…
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The Black Soldiers Who Changed the Meaning of the Civil War
In January 1865, not long after his march had reached the sea, General William Tecumseh Sherman held a remarkable meeting in Savannah, Georgia. Along with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Sherman spoke with a group of 20 Black ministers about slavery, the Civil War, and the world that was to rise from the ashes…
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Stocks rise on Wall Street, erasing much of their loss from a day earlier
NEW YORK — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday and erased most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains. The market’s reversal was powered by sharp gains for big technology companies. The decline on Wednesday was driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year in an effort…
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Trump ‘competes’ with Melania’s WH bedroom as he sleeps in ‘living room’: authors
President Donald Trump is reportedly “determined” to have better sleeping quarters than his wife since she is isolated in the master bedroom, leaving him with the “living room.” New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveal the details in Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, a copy of which the…