Tag: National
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The CIA is soliciting secret tips from informants in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China
The Central Intelligence Agency is releasing instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to allow people to share information with the agency without running afoul of authoritarian regimes. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA said in…
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Biden struggles with being out of the national conversation
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has privately complained to allies that his name and his accomplishments have virtually disappeared from the national conversation and about how quickly the party that he has served for more than five decades appears to have moved on from him, according to six people familiar with his comments. Biden has…
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Multiple dead after plane crash at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport
MANTEO, N.C. — Multiple people died after a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport, the National Park Service said. The crash occurred at 5 p.m. as, according to eyewitnesses, the airplane was trying to land at the airport, the park service said in a…
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Kamala Harris’ tough-on-migration pitch at the border points to a shifting national mood
Kamala Harris highlighted her tough-on-migration stance during a long-anticipated trip Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, aiming to cover off a political vulnerability and rebut Donald Trump’s core campaign message that Democrats are soft on immigration enforcement. “The United States is a sovereign nation, and I believe we have a duty to set rules…
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For the first time, White House welcomes National Women’s Soccer League champions
President Joe Biden welcomed Gotham Football Club to the White House on Monday, making it the first National Women’s Soccer League championship team to have the distinction. Biden reflected on the underdog story the team, which represents New York and New Jersey, carried through its 2023 season. Gotham’s squad went from last in the league…
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Hiker injured by bear at Glacier National Park
A section of a trail in Montana’s Glacier National Park was closed Thursday after a hiker was injured by a bear, park officials said. The injuries to the hiker, a 35-year-old man, were not life-threatening, the National Park Service said. The hiker was hurt Thursday morning after he and his group encountered a bear near…