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Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts under Donald Trump’s administration, according to multiple state humanities councils across the country. The councils have been working on programming for America250, an initiative marking the milestone anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the Republican administration’s deep cost-cutting effort across the federal government has led the National Endowment for the Humanities to cancel its grants for state humanities councils. That has left them with less money...

Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb on June 14 in pursuit of a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her home in what Governor Tim Walz called “a politically motivated assassination.” Authorities said the suspect also shot and wounded a second lawmaker and was believed to be trying to flee the area. Democratic former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home. Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured at their Champlin...

The Trump regime directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants, and hotels, after Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement, an official said on June 14. The move follows weeks of increased enforcement since Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and main architect of Trump’s immigration policies, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would target at least 3,000 arrests a day, up from about 650 a day during the first five months of Trump’s second term. Tatum King, an official with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit, wrote regional leaders on June...

A massive Soviet-style military parade planned in Washington DC has become a flashpoint for veterans and the public alike. Falsely promoted as a celebration of U.S. Army history, the event’s timing and structure have fueled accusations of politicization, deepening the divide over whether the orchestrated display honors service or exploits it. James McDonough served in the U.S. Army for 27 years, fighting in Vietnam and delivering humanitarian aid to Rwanda. For him, the June 14 military parade in Washington for the Army’s 250th anniversary, coinciding with President Donald Trump’s birthday, is about the resilience of a vital institution and...

Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of arbitrarily mobilizing the National Guard on June 7, and then the U.S. Marines, sending them into Los Angeles over the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom quickly took Trump to court for unilaterally calling in the military to clamp down on peaceful protests against the administration’s draconian immigration policies. Trump followed that up with a campaign-style rally at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where uniformed soldiers cheered as he disrespected former President Joe Biden, slammed Governor Newsom, and tried to humiliate other Democrats. While such toxic behavior is Trump’s signature brand,...