Opinion | Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong
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Opinion | Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What if you get into a trade war with China and you lose? I don’t think people are thinking enough about how possible that really is. And one of the reasons it’s possible isn’t just because Donald Trump’s trade war is ill thought…

Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country
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Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines They came out in defense of national parks and small businesses, public education and health care for veterans, abortion rights and fair elections. They were against tariffs and oligarchs, dark money and fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants and the Department of Government…

D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic
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D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. government detained an Indian citizen who was studying and teaching at Georgetown University, and said he had been deemed “deportable” for violating the terms of his student visa. The academic, Badar Khan Suri, was detained at his home in Rosslyn, Va.,…

At Gridiron Dinner, Jokes About Trump, Musk and Russia Abound
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At Gridiron Dinner, Jokes About Trump, Musk and Russia Abound

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday featured jokes about President Trump, the breakdown of the global order, Russia, Democrats’ uncertain future and, of course, Elon Musk. One of the headliners was Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, a rising star in…

Opinion | D.C. Is Becoming Another Hollowed-Out Company Town
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Opinion | D.C. Is Becoming Another Hollowed-Out Company Town

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2008, as the Great Recession was starting to take hold, my travels reporting on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign took me to one American city after another that was reeling from major layoffs. I visited places such as Kokomo, Ind., which was losing…

Elon Musk Is Focused on DOGE. What About Tesla?
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Elon Musk Is Focused on DOGE. What About Tesla?

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk’s role as President Trump’s cost-cutting czar and his immersion in right-wing politics appears to be diverting his attention from Tesla at a perilous moment for the electric car company. Tesla’s car sales fell 1 percent last year even as the global…

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant
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Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump’s agenda took to the streets on Monday across the United States, calling Mr. Trump a “king” on Presidents’ Day for his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers and to fire prosecutors and independent…

Opinion | The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours
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Opinion | The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A few years back, the online right became enamored of a new epithet for liberals NPC short for non-player character. Non-playable non-player character. But you don’t know about this. Do I get to tell you the NPC meme. Yes, this is the most…

Army Helicopter Might Have Missed Critical Instruction Before Midair Crash
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Army Helicopter Might Have Missed Critical Instruction Before Midair Crash

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines National Transportation Safety Board officials said on Friday that they were investigating what appeared to be confused communications inside the cockpit of an Army Black Hawk helicopter moments before colliding with an American Airlines jet last month near Ronald Reagan National Airport. N.T.S.B….