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Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span — a decline far steeper than the government estimated as work requirements and other provisions of President Donald Trump's “big beautiful bill” take hold. Those losing coverage in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, include people who don't meet the tightening requirements to participate, and, advocates say, some who qualify for the help but are rejected because they miss deadlines or don't have the needed documentation handy. It's too ea

Enrollment in SNAP grocery aid is dropping faster than expected

‘Life is not rosy here’: Migrant workers in Spain’s greenhouses tell of poor pay and hardships

The Latest: Trump warns of ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran days before 6-month mark of war

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‘My Guardian and Protector’: Natalie Harp letters express her devotion to Trump

President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp expressed her utmost loyalty to him in at least two letters addressed to the president, which were published by The Daily Beast on Thursday amid increased scrutiny of the close aide’s relationship to Trump.“I want things to always be right between us,” Harp wrote in one of the letters, which were printed out and signed. It began with “Dear Mr. President” and concluded with, “With all my heart, Natalie.” Excerpts of one of the letters had previously been published by the New York Times.Harp’s constant and dedicated presence at T

2 US Army Corps of Engineers workers among 8 killed in small plane crash in Alaska near radar site

This campaign aims to boost Black nonprofit fundraising by convincing everyday donors of their power

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Cuba says US sanctions are blocking its efforts to open the economy to private investment

The United States has demanded that Cuba open up to private investment, and Cuba has passed sweeping reforms to encourage just that. So Cuba’s U.N. ambassador says he wants to know why Washington keeps piling on sanctions that stymie the very economic opening it has sought for decades. Ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, in an interview this week with The Associated Press, directed his question to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the main architect of the Trump administration’s Cuba policy: “What are you afraid of? If you are so convinced that the Cuban

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South Carolina Republicans split over Darline Graham’s ‘eyebrow-raising’ debate performance

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Federal court is asked to block Kennedy Center from returning Trump's name to building

Rep. Joyce Beatty made an emergency request on Thursday that a federal court block the Kennedy Center from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building. The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Center voted earlier this month to inscribe the president's name on the venue’s facade so it would read “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.” If the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reached $100 million, another inscription would be added reading “Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.” The

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Trump, former fixer Michael Cohen have warm interview at political low point for president

U.S. President Donald Trump had a warm public reunion on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former fixer turned foe whose court testimony contributed to Trump's 2024 conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial.Cohen, who is seeking a pardon, interviewed Trump on his New York radio program. He called Trump "boss" and gave a six-minute monologue on friendship and forgiveness.In 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison — and served more than a year — for a $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election — as well as for other crimes, includ

Duane Davis said he’d never told anyone the story. Jurors just heard him walk police through the night Tupac was killed

Storms spark tornadoes and flash flooding in Mid-Atlantic

Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says

A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said. The crash happened near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles (725 kilometers) west of Anchorage, Alaska. “This is a devastating loss for our military family and the communities we serve,” U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Davis, commander of Alaskan Command, the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and Eleventh Air Force, said in a statement. The radar s

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Democrat Aisha Wahab will win Swalwell’s House seat, CNN projects, overcoming millions in AIPAC spending

Democratic state Sen. Aisha Wahab will win the special election runoff to finish former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term in California’s 14th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects.In recent weeks, the Bay Area race to replace the former congressman, who resigned amid sexual assault allegations, became another test of Democratic divides over Israel. Super PACs aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee poured millions of dollars into ads attacking the progressive and bolstering her opponent, Democrat Melissa Hernandez, who is president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board.“I’m

Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump

Woman charged with planning ISIS-inspired attack on New York State Capitol building

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Python receives pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans

A 15-foot python has made an impressive recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans.The 50-kilogram (110-pound) reticulated python, named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, lives at Chester Zoo in England’s northwest. Keepers first became concerned for Jodie, aged 23, when her appetite declined and her activity dropped, the zoo said in a press release Friday.Tests revealed Jodie had a fibrosarcoma – a malignant tumor – in her jaw, which was removed with surgery but later returned and began to

This Mexican engineer has made it his life’s mission to empower people with disabilities

Francisco “Kiko” Trujillo’s efforts helping disabled patients along the US-Mexico border has saved and changed thousands of lives. It is work that found him and unexpectedly became his life’s mission.In 2008, he was contacted by Dr. Burris “Duke” Duncan, a pediatrician in Tucson, Arizona, who specializes in treating children with disabilities. Duncan, then in his 70’s, was seeking a community partner across the border to help provide all-terrain wheelchairs for people whose disabilities left them unable to work or care for themselves.When Duncan reached out to Trujillo, Trujillo

Fishermen floating in cooler rescued after 5 days stranded at sea

Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan taken back to prison after hospital check-up

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Fishermen survive five days adrift on a cooler in the Pacific

Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water for five days, the Mexican navy announced.Search and rescue efforts began on August 14, when the men’s fishing cooperative sent out a distress call saying it had lost contact with the 53-year-old and 32-year-old fishermen.The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala.Both men were airl

This photojournalist was sentenced to 15 years in an Iranian prison. She refuses to be silenced

“Don’t forget me.” This is the desperate plea of Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, who has spent more than two decades documenting life under the Iranian regime, including most recently the bloody crackdown on protests in January, the war with the United States, and a new campaign of repression currently underway.Moaiery, whose stories and photographs have appeared around the world, has now herself become a target and was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month by an Iranian court with “activities in furtherance of the interest of the Zionist regime against national sec

After a sexual assault case went viral, China’s corporate drinking culture is under fire

Charter plane crashes near remote Alaska radar site, killing all 8 on board

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US imposes more sanctions on Cuba, including mining sector

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Michael Cohen says no modern dispute has been more public than his feud with Trump

Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen tells CNN's Jake Tapper that he doesn't want that time to be the defining moment of his life

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Huge Russian strikes on Kyiv leave 17 dead as attacks spill over to Romanian and Moldovan territory

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Why is one corner of China’s internet insisting a golden era never existed?

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Five Americans, Ecuador intelligence chief killed in tourist helicopter crash in Kenya

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Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister says she is ‘completely unaware’ if he contacted Trump

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Trump plays White House tour guide to show off work on his helipad and ballroom

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What does it mean to put a ‘watermark’ on AI text?

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Woman charged in ISIS-inspired terror plot to detonate explosive device at New York State Capitol, feds say

Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remain without power, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls