
Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trumps troubled revamp
WASHINGTON (AP) — Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday. The president at first suggested his renovations would last a century. But, within weeks of the project originally reaching completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coating appeared to be peeling...
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- Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trumps troubled revamp
- Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
- Graham Platner submits withdraws from Maine Senate race, kicking off Democrats quest for nominee
- DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none
- Defense tries to sow doubt about evidence in Charlie Kirks killing
Graham Platner submits withdraws from Maine Senate race, kicking off Democrats quest for nominee
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner on Friday submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine’s U. S. Senate race, officially ending an upstart yet troubled campaign whose dissolution threatens Democrats’ pursuit of chamber control. Platner’s paperwork was received Friday by the Maine secretary of state's office. Maine is considered a key state for control of the narrowly divided Senate, and Democrats were desperate for a candidate capable of defeating Republican Sen. Susan he...
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- Graham Platner submits withdraws from Maine Senate race, kicking off Democrats quest for nominee
- DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none
- Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say
- As the country turns 250, retired judges hit the road to defend judicial independence
- Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law
China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it
BEIJING (AP) — China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said. The first stage of a Long March-10B rocket separated from the second stage after liftoff and returned to a platform in the sea, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It was the first time China recovered the first stage of a rocket. America's SpaceX has been doing so for several years to drive down launch costs by reusing the a...
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- China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
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- Artemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight

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