Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees
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Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump was criticized by some of the artists who were recognized at the annual Kennedy Center Honors program during his first term, he responded by boycotting the show, breaking with decades of precedent. Now, as he leads a sweeping takeover of…

Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees
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Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to reduce its work force by more than 80,000 people, according to a memo seen by The New York Times outlining part of President Trump’s escalating efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy. The memo, first reported…

Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
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Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels about gargantuan-thumbed hitchhikers, stoned secret agents and mystic stockbrokers caught hold of millions of readers in the 1970s counterculture, died on Sunday at his home in La Conner, Wash. He was 92. His son Fleetwood confirmed the…

The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires
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The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than a week after Los Angeles’s devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s built heritage than other single event, according to Adrian Scott Fine, president and…