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Democrats help Johnson pass short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown

WASHINGTON — Democrats helped Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a short-term funding bill in the House to avert a government shutdown before a deadline tomorrow -- but it only kicks…

John McCarthy February 29, 2024

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USVI gets $16.5 million from feds to improve its potable water infrastructure

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said over $16.5 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda is slated for U.S. Virgin Islands drinking water and clean water infrastructure…

John McCarthy February 21, 2024

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Census Bureau releases 2020 Censuses Detailed Data for the USVI

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Census Bureau released 2020 Island Areas Censuses Detailed Cross Tabulations for the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. The release includes 95 demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics tables.…

John McCarthy February 16, 2024

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Interior gives $4 million to the USVI to counter invasive species

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior said last week that almost $4 million had been allocated to projects and programs in several U.S. territories, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, that…

John McCarthy February 14, 2024

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Russia uses Zircon hypersonic missile in Ukraine for first time, researchers say

KYIV (REUTERS)— A preliminary analysis concluded that Russia hit Kyiv last week with the hypersonic Zircon missile, its first use in the nearly two-year-old war, the head of a Kyiv research…

John McCarthy February 13, 2024

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Interior Gives $7 Million to America’s Territories

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced recently nearly $7 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to advance climate resilience and restore lands and waters through impactful…

John McCarthy February 12, 2024

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Donald Trump clinches win at US Virgin Islands caucus, which defied Republican Party rules

CHARLOTTE AMALIE (AP) — Donald Trump amassed another win at a Republican caucus held Thursday in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier…

John McCarthy February 10, 2024

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Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel. He took a gamble by seizing on GOP demands to simultaneously…

John McCarthy February 8, 2024

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Nikki Haley says Texas can secede from US

AUSTIN — Texas has the right to secede from the U.S. if its citizens decide to do so, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley argued this week — a controversial view…

John McCarthy February 4, 2024

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Donald Trump, Nikki Haley jockey for delegates in the USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — For most of us, an island getaway in winter is the perfect vacation. For surrogates of Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, it’s serious business. The U.S. Virgin…

John McCarthy February 2, 2024