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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force […]
Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say
WASHINGTON | The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. The U.S. defense […]
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force […]
Republicans face a midterm verdict as Iran war drags on months longer than Trump promised
BETHLEHEM, Pa. | Mike Gibbons sat out the presidential election two years ago, frustrated that Democrat Kamala Harris did not take a stronger stand against Israel’s war in Gaza and unable to bring himself to cast a vote for Republican Donald Trump. That is not his plan this year. The 33-year-old restaurant server in this […]
Colorado officials say mail ballots will go out normally in November despite Trump’s efforts to derail them
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado election officials expect the November election to proceed without interruption despite attempts from the Trump administration to change how states use mail ballots. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed to move forward an executive order from President Donald Trump that would upend mail voting, saying […]
After six months of Iran war, US goals have shifted. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern
WASHINGTON | When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there’s still no off-ramp in sight despite Trump’s repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete. A June memorandum […]
PERRY: Reality doesn’t care whether you believe. Science, however, needs you now
Here in Colorado, and across the country, we’ve got to get our OCD on to save the planet. Back when I was in the first grade, when we hunted wooly mammoths for fun, a few of us got to sit in on the science class with the big kids. We made thermometers with straws, water […]
Trump’s new economic squeeze on Iran has a big challenge: China
WASHINGTON | The ” economic onslaught ” that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran’s financial connections around the world may have one major caveat: China. Beijing is Iran’s biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer. While the U.S. is trying to isolate the Islamic Republic from its remaining economic partners, President Donald […]
Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. | U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother on South Carolina’s general election ballot, notching another win for President Donald Trump after he threw his support behind the political novice. Graham defeated U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s special Republican primary runoff, two weeks after they were […]
Three Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave pending investigation
Three U.S. Secret Service officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday, pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office. The three were operating in non-law-enforcement capacities and were being investigated for potential misconduct, the agency’s public information office reported. However, the cause for the action remained unclear as the Office of […]