Canadians say President Trump’s 51st-state rhetoric is a threat to national security. They’re also perplexed by the origin of his vision for Canadian annexation. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/20/why-trump-wants-canada-state/ Author : Martine Powers Publish date : 2025-03-20 09:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
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A mayor in Washington state blew up on an LGBTQ activist after she described the city flying the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag as a "political stunt" during the public comment portion of the city council meeting on Tuesday.The exchange took place near the end of the Newcastle City Council meeting between Mayor Robert Clark and a woman whose first name is Jen. Newcastle is a suburb of Seattle.Jen was the first person to speak after Clark opened the floor for public comment, and she began by stating she hopes the mayor will support the pride flag "in proclamation
Legislators revised a law to allocate more civilian posts for military officers, a move that harked back to the era of the dictator Suharto. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/asia/indonesia-military-law.html Author : Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono Publish date : 2025-03-20 09:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Ukraine’s skepticism about Russian adherence to a ceasefire or longer-term peace agreement has been a major sticking point in Trump’s efforts to broker a deal. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/20/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-breaches-trump/ Author : Adam Taylor Publish date : 2025-03-20 09:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain, affecting around 16 million American adults — and now a new study has revealed some discouraging findings about potential treatments.Only around one in every 10 treatments was found to be effective in relieving lower back pain, according to a new study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.Many of them are "barely better than a placebo" in terms of pain relief, as stated in a press release from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.'DEAD BUTT SYNDROME' COULD HAPPEN AFTER SITTING TOO LONG, HERE'S HOW TO AVOID THE CONDITION"Our
The big reveal from almost 64,000 documents was that there wasn’t much of a reveal at all. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/jfk-assassination-files-takeaways.html Author : Talya Minsberg, Adam Nagourney, Jennifer Schuessler and Sarah Maslin Nir Publish date : 2025-03-20 06:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/19/trump-presidency-news/ Author : Sabrina Rodriguez, Mariana Alfaro, Justine McDaniel, Brianna Tucker, Maegan Vazquez Publish date : 2025-03-19 23:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Authorities in Aurora, Colorado, are allegedly declining to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) locate two illegal immigrants who escaped from the Denver Contract Detention Facility on Tuesday, the agency said.Illegal immigrants Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, and Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, escaped from the facility at some point on Tuesday after they were accounted for during a 2 p.m. facility-wide count.The Aurora Police Department shared a document with Fox News Digital that said staff at the facility became aware of the escapees at approximately 12:35 a.m. on Wednesday. It also said that an Aurora police officer responded to an "outside
George Lewis’s riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting — and the inner lives of 2-year-olds — have won him legions of fans online and galvanized his once middling stand-up career. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/europe/george-lewis-comedy-uk-dad.html Author : Amelia Nierenberg Publish date : 2025-03-20 05:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Bringing peace to Ukraine and Gaza will be more difficult than the president claimed. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/19/trump-putin-netanyahu-gaza-ukraine-ceasefire/ Author : Editorial Board Publish date : 2025-03-19 21:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Ben Stiller, Paul McCartney and Ron Howard were among the over 400 Hollywood stars and industry workers who signed an open letter this week urging President Donald Trump to protect artificial intelligence copyright rules."We firmly believe that America’s global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries," the letter, addressed to Trump’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and shared by Deadline and Variety, began. "America’s arts and entertainment industry supports over 2.3M American jobs with over $229Bn in wages annually, while providing the foundation for American democratic influence and soft power abroad. But AI companies are asking
The Trump administration should back away from threats and engage Iran in an effort to bring a diplomatic halt to its nuclear weapons capability. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion/us-iran-nuclear-weapons.html Author : W.J. Hennigan Publish date : 2025-03-20 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Indian national Badar Khan Suri was detained outside his Virginia home for spreading “Hamas propaganda,” DHS said. His lawyer said he was innocent. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/19/trump-deportation-georgetown-fellow-immigration/ Author : Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Teo Armus Publish date : 2025-03-20 04:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., was gifted a silver-plated beeper during a visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the lawmaker praised Israel's covert operation in which it detonated pagers last year worn by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. Fetterman repeatedly has voiced support for Israel while breaking with the Democratic Party, which has been critical of Israel's military operations in Gaza, and has demanded that Hamas return all the hostages the terror group took on Oct. 7, 2023. He was visiting Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem this week when he reiterated his support for the Jewish state. ISRAEL SHOOTS DOWN HOUTHI BALLISTIC MISSILE AFTER
The president warned Iran to stop arming the militant group, which has been attacking ships in the Red Sea. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/middleeast/trump-houthis-yemen-strikes.html Author : Ephrat Livni Publish date : 2025-03-19 23:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The coaches are the story at this NCAA tournament site, and it’s too good to ignore. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/03/19/rick-pitino-john-calipari-bill-self/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage Author : Publish date : 2025-03-20 03:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Carrie Underwood moved the crowd at the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday night. Underwood took the stage at the event, titled Opry 100: A Live Celebration, to honor Randy Travis, who welcomed her to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry 17 years ago in 2008.Underwood kicked off her tribute to Travis by sharing a story about her childhood. She said that her sister had a cassette tape of Travis' and once she got her hands on it, she "never" gave it back to her.Five years after that, Travis had a stroke that made him nearly
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/musk-donations-congress-judges.html Author : Maggie Haberman, Theodore Schleifer and Annie Karni Publish date : 2025-03-20 02:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Music director Gianandrea Noseda will lead the National Symphony Orchestra through its centenary season. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/03/19/nso-music-director-gianandrea-noseda-contract-extended/ Author : Michael Andor Brodeur Publish date : 2025-03-19 17:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The brother of Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant convicted of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley Feb. 22, 2024, while she was jogging on the University of Georgia campus, was sentenced to prison and deportation after he pleaded guilty to having a fake green card during the murder investigation. Diego "Gocho" Ibarra, 29, of Venezuela, was sentenced Wednesday to four years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a fraudulent document July 15, 2024. The sentence was above the federal sentencing guideline range, and he will not be eligible for parole.Riley's killer, Jose Ibarra, lived
New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent result reinforces it. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/science/space/astronomer-desi-dark-energy.html Author : Katrina Miller and Dennis Overbye Publish date : 2025-03-19 23:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The letter writer was excited to visit and reconnect with her sister — who spent the whole weekend distressed about someone she’s dating. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2025/03/19/carolyn-hax-sister-upset-visit/ Author : Carolyn Hax, Haben Kelati Publish date : 2025-03-19 19:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The 100-year anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry is being celebrated on Wednesday night.Country superstar Blake Shelton is hosting the event, titled the "Opry 100: A Live Celebration," on March 19, which is airing on NBC. The official 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry is in November, and the country music house will be celebrating all year long.Jelly Roll, Reba McEntire, Post Malone, Carrie Underwood, Trace Adkins, Lainey Wilson and Kelsea Ballerini are all set to take the stage.Shelton and his wife Gwen Stefani graced the carpet prior to the ceremony. Shelton wore a pair of blue jeans, with
President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International Hotel project, and pushed back on calls for the country’s president to resign. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-serbia.html Author : Eric Lipton Publish date : 2025-03-19 23:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said during a news conference that tariffs are already playing a role driving inflation up in goods. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/19/fed-rates-tariffs-inflation/ Author : Rachel Siegel Publish date : 2025-03-19 20:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.