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Opinion

4-H member in ’50s faults funding cut

Editorials

Barb: Great 4-H funding letter Jan. 16, Ms. Lynne Wilson (“Upset that new Dickinson board cut 4-H funding”). That took real guts for the Dickinson County Board to cut 4-H funding for children and the disabled in this county. I wonder how they sleep at night — I would not. Just kick ...

Senate votes to confirm Hegseth

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women. Rarely has a Cabinet ...

Fauci latest to have security detail canceled by Trump

Columns

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump ...

Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while touring disaster areas

Columns

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central ...

A thicker line must be drawn between legal and illegal entry

Columns

It’s not hard to understand why Sen. Ruben Gallego voted for the Republican-written Laken Riley Act. The measure would force the federal detention without bail for undocumented migrants accused of any kind of theft. It is named after the Georgia nursing student bludgeoned to death by an ...