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Trump wants to end food stamps for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Plaskett warns

FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett used the opening of the Agriculture and Food Fair in Estate Lower Love on Saturday to issue a stern warning to residents of…

John McCarthy February 17, 2025

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Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse as Dominican Republic ramps up deportations

BELLADERE, Haiti (AP) — A crowd of 500 descended from dusty trucks on a recent morning and shuffled through a tiny gap in a border gate separating Haiti from the Dominican Republic.…

John McCarthy February 15, 2025

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Trump and Musk are going to WAR against military veterans

Donald Trump’s new executive order, titled “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Workforce Optimization Initiative,” outlines exactly how Trump and Elon Musk plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of…

John McCarthy February 13, 2025

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Why Trump’s potential cuts to Veteran Affairs would be a ‘disaster’

“DOGE’s grand plan is to lay off federal government jobs. Well, 30 percent of those jobs are veterans.” In one of his many day-one executive orders, President Donald Trump called for…

John McCarthy February 13, 2025

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Trump barrels through guardrails, daring courts and Congress to stop him

Welcome to the “try and stop me” presidency. Donald Trump, cheered on by compliant Republicans in Congress and confident in the ideological leanings of the Supreme Court, is using his…

John McCarthy January 28, 2025

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Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of four years ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the…

John McCarthy January 6, 2025

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Stacey Plaskett protests at speaker vote: U.S. ‘has a territory and a colonies problem’

WASHINGTON — U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett protested the nonvoting status of the Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories Friday— sparking mixed reactions after she accused the…

John McCarthy January 5, 2025

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Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown

WASHINGTON - The Congress passed spending legislation early today in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season.…

John McCarthy December 21, 2024

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Congress stumbles towards shutdown as Trump demands action on debt ceiling

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers had less than two days today to avert a partial government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal and demanded lawmakers address the nation's debt ceiling before he takes…

John McCarthy December 19, 2024

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Ukraine kills Russian chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov in Moscow

MOSCOW — A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine's SBU intelligence service…

John McCarthy December 17, 2024