The rebranding effort seeks to establish “consistent branding" across all State Department programs and offices to best reflect American contributions abroad, according to the agency.

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Senate passes "big, beautiful bill" after negotiations with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who secured benefits for Alaska including food assistance protections.

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border Patrol Agent David Maland's fatal shooting.

Katie Taylor owns a 2-0 record against Amanda Serrano and is going for the three-bout sweep, all for the sake of having eyes on women's boxing.

Fast-food customer satisfaction rankings show Chick-fil-A leading for the 11th year. Panda Express and Popeyes made the biggest gains, while McDonald's remains at the bottom.

The debate over minimum wage increases continues as politicians propose new wage floors, despite potential consequences for businesses, prices and workforce opportunities.

Beloved performer Red Panda suffered a wrist injury during the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final, where the Indiana Fever defeated the Minnesota Lynx, 74-59.

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It was still unclear whether the latest U.S.-backed effort can overcome the most entrenched sticking point between Israel and Hamas.

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Through an event shown on North Korean state television, Mr. Kim also highlighted the sacrifices made for Moscow and the rewards he seeks.

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After two and a half years of legal wrangling, prosecutors and lawyers for the defendant, Bryan Kohberger, reached a deal just weeks before his trial was set to begin.

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Bryan Kohberger, now 30, was charged in the 2022 murders that shook the University of Idaho. In exchange, he would avoid a possible death penalty.

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Job growth is expected to fall this year, adding to pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. But the slowdown might reflect a smaller labor force, not declining demand from employers.

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A recent Supreme Court ruling could allow President Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship to go into effect in some states. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains how the decision also upends the power of federal judges to freeze policies for the entire country.

China’s lead in electric vehicle technology, which is already huge, could become insurmountable if incentive programs are slashed, auto experts and environmentalists say.

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A revival of U.S. solar panel manufacturing that began during the first Trump administration could end with the phasing out of tax incentives for clean energy.

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The Grain Belt Express line, meant to carry electricity from wind farms across the Midwest, faces an inquiry from the Missouri attorney general.

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Contrary to the president’s assertions, records filed in a fraud case against him suggest that his riches were not the product of a steady and strong empire.

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Common tools and a little muscle have fueled a crime wave that may have netted one burglary crew hundreds of thousands of dollars in a matter of months.

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If President Trump gets his domestic policy bill over the finish line, it will be a vivid demonstration of his continuing hold over the Republican Party.

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Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

Reduction in weapons shipments makes Kyiv more vulnerable to Russia’s escalating attacks

After a sluggish and largely disappointing rookie season for Jalin Hyatt, it was trendy to anoint 2024 as a critical one. This year that might truly be the case.

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Also curious to see how Huw Jones goes in midfield. It’s so hard to split the centres. Personally, I’d be backing international combos in the Tests.

So if Jones plays, then so should his Scottish mate Sione Tuipulotu. If Garry Ringrose plays, then so should his Irish pal Bundee Aki.

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Here are the iconic New York sports athletes who missed out on the overall Mount Postmore.

The 60-year-old philanthropist revealed that despite the high stakes the divorce had brought about, her decision ultimately came from a personal place.

The Deep State’s been around a lot longer than you think! Miranda speaks with White House Ambassador Monica Crowley who explains how the Deep State brought former President Nixon down and tried to topple President Trump in his first term. Crowley also unveils surprise plans for America’s 250th birthday and how President Trump may be...

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If you haven’t now been inspired to start your own chain reaction, Jannik Sinner reflecting on his rivalries with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic is well worth a watch too:

The bad news: the umbrellas are up and the covers are on. There’ll be no play on the outside courts until 11.45am at the earliest.

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The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s war

Tonight, audiences can finally watch Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on Channel 4 and Zeteo. This timely film was originally produced for the BBC by award-winning production company Basement Films. The BBC has been delaying it since February, arguing it couldn’t go out before a review into an entirely different film, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, had culminated. That was a poor editorial decision with no precedent. But poorer still: after months of leaving the film in limbo, last week the BBC announced it wouldn’t air it – leaving it for Channel 4 to pick up.

Why? The BBC said it might create “the perception of partiality”. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was lifted from a dystopian novel. Perception, after all, has nothing to do with impartiality – at least in an ideal world. The BBC seems to have said the quiet part out loud. Impartiality, as far as it’s concerned, is about PR, optics and managing the anger of certain groups, rather than following the evidence and championing robust journalism – no matter who’s angered, no matter how it looks.

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In Edmonton last month, a judge laid the groundwork to acquit a man who, while sporting clear hallmarks of drug dealing, was caught by police packing a loaded Glock. If you’re ever wondering why crime is on the rise in Canada, you can look straight to decisions like these by our courts. Read More

The justices’ decision limiting judicial injunctions gives a red light to the most effective check on the president’s power grab

Ever since Donald Trump returned to power, he has carried out an unprecedented assault against the country’s rule of law. But we can be thankful that one group of people – federal district court judges – have bravely stood up to him and his many illegal actions.

His excesses include gutting federal agencies, deporting immigrants without due process, seeking to cut thousands of federal jobs despite their legal protections, and ordering an end to birthright citizenship. Intent on upholding the constitution and rule of law, district court judges have issued more than 190 orders blocking or temporarily pausing Trump actions they considered illegal. Their decisions have slowed the US president’s wrecking ball as it demolishes federal agencies, devastates foreign aid, decimates scientific research and demoralizes government employees.

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It shouldn’t be hard to lure them into my spaceship. I’d just have to tell them it was hosting a multimillion-dollar wedding party

Thoughts and prayers to the thousands of Norwegians who have just had one of the best weekends of their lives, followed by one hell of a comedown. Thanks to a currency conversion snafu by the state lottery operator, numerous people were incorrectly informed on Friday that they had won life-changing amounts of money in the Eurojackpot. On Monday, a text message was sent to players informing them of the mix-up.

It seems Norwegians are a prudent bunch; I haven’t found any examples of people spending Jeff Bezos-levels of money as soon as they were told they had won big. Me? I would have gone into evil billionaire mode immediately.

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Coppola said his masterpiece Apocalypse Now ‘is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam’ – this superb film shows how little he was exaggerating

The greatest ever making-of documentary is now on re-release: the terrifying story of how Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam war masterpiece Apocalypse Now got made – even scarier than Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams, about the making of Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo. The time has come to acknowledge Eleanor Coppola’s magnificent achievement here as first among equals of the credited directors in shooting the original location footage (later interspersed with interviews by Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper), getting the stunningly intimate audio tapes of her husband Francis’s meltdown moments and, of course, in unassumingly keeping the family together while it was all going on.

With his personal and financial capital very high after The Conversation and the Godfather films, Coppola put up his own money and mortgaged property to make this stunningly audacious and toweringly mad version of Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness from a script by John Milius; it is transplanted from 19th-century Belgian Congo where a rogue ivory trader has gone native in the dark interior, to south-east Asia during the Vietnam war where a brilliant US army officer is now reportedly being worshipped as a god among the Indigenous peoples and must have his command terminated “with extreme prejudice”. Marlon Brando had a whispery voiced cameo as the reclusive demi-deity, Martin Sheen was the troubled Captain Willard tasked with taking Kurtz down and Robert Duvall is the psychotically gung-ho Lt Col Kilgore, who leads a helicopter assault.

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"No one will ever truly grasp the horrifying, never-ending ordeal," Jada Jones told The Post. And it can happen to anyone.

"You know what? 2020 had to happen that way. It was providential," Trump was quoted by US Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley as saying.

In the final installment of The Post's 15-part Mount Postmore series, we reveal the four greatest New York athletes of all time.

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Trump has sought to decrease diplomatic tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his war with Ukraine, while engaging in more aggressive trade negotiations with China.