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1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (244+ words) Emily Covington, a spokesperson for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. “The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” she said. The announcement came after the…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (833+ words) The People’s House museum exhibit has overhauled its replica Oval Office for visitors to experience President Donald Trump’s second-term design choices. Gleaming vases, golden-hued swirling onlays, two dozen portraits in heavy gilded frames and knickknacks crowding nearly every available surface:…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (157+ words) “The Patel Report looks backward because accountability demands it,” says a memo to the workforce signed by the FBI’s co-deputy directors, Christopher Raia and Andrew Bailey, that describes the document as marking the “closing of one chapter in our history…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (346+ words) President Donald Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch has been a source of controversy and lawsuits since he announced his desire to build it on Memorial Circle. Now the arch is the source of another protest — one that caused some delays for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (418+ words) The decision comes months after Rubio told Congress that the U.S. was still in discussions with several third-party countries to take the 1,039 Afghans who worked as interpreters or in other roles helping the American war effort as well as relatives of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (583+ words) A little over a week ago, Donald Trump’s plans to build a 250-foot-tall arch at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery honoring, uh, himself ascended to a new level of Trump-iness: the president announced his intention to have the gargantuan…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (27+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) — China's Xi Jinping says he expects to meet Trump 2 more times this year as he wraps up third day of state visit to US....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (915+ words) Deeply impactful exhibits, ticketed galas and educational events are expected ways to celebrate a world-class museum. But at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which marks the 10-year anniversary of its opening on Thursday, the singing of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (861+ words) “Our anniversary is really founded through this theme of ‘Welcome Home. Our Legacy Continues,'” said Shanita Brackett, the museum’s acting director. “It means we are planning our next 10, frankly 20 years of exhibitions right now.” The festivities come as the Smithsonian…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (321+ words) The group on Wednesday announced a campaign aimed at raising $10 million “to protect and honor our nation’s shared civic and cultural inheritance against urgent threats emanating from Washington.” In an interview, the group’s president and CEO, Brent Leggs, said the…...