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The Associated Press reports: The group Stand Up Alaska has organized rallies on Thursday and Friday in the state, where sentiment toward Russia has cooled since Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to suspend its three-decade-long sister city relationship with Magadan, Russia, and the Juneau Assembly sent its sister city of Vladivostock a letter expressing concern. …

“Notice the DC mayor did not take the race bait there. Maybe it’s the reality of the fact that she realizes she has no legal way to stop the president, has to try to work with him. Or maybe there’s a more troubling reason why she’s so muted. She might be worried about you learning that, you guessed it, DEI …

Axios reports: The number of New York City office workers actually going to those offices is now higher than pre-pandemic levels — the first time that’s happened since COVID hit, according to a new analysis. It’s an I-told-you-so moment for those who rejected the once-dire predictions that the pandemic would change New York — and the way people work — …

The Independent reports: South Park has doubled down on its mockery of Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, in a scene that wasn’t aired on Comedy Central. In the second episode of the outspoken animated show’s 27th season, Noem and the immigration enforcement agency ICE are brutally mocked throughout. Now, in an unaired post-credits scene released online …

“Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin. Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, ‘Putin has already won.’ What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!). If I got …

The Washington Post reports: The Kennedy Center has seriously considered several names to receive this year’s honors, including country music legend George Strait, glam-metal icons Kiss and the English actor Michael Crawford, according to several current and former employees with knowledge of the center’s plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them …

Reuters reports: The U.S. on Tuesday rejected the “Net-Zero Framework” proposal by the International Maritime Organization, which is aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from the international shipping sector, and threatened measures against countries that support it. The announcement, made in a joint statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and …

The Washington Post reports: National Guard troops have begun deploying on the streets of the nation’s capital, with Humvees and troops spotted along the National Mall, a day after President Donald Trump federalized the local police department and issued officers a far-reaching mandate to “do whatever the hell they want” to curb crime. Yet it remained unclear what new directives, …

“When you come off the interstate and into Washington, D.C., I hadn’t been there probably since I was a young man, and I was just shocked at the-the filth, the people going to the bathroom on the streets, the needles, the crime. And the people that are the victims are the people that live there. I like the mayor. She’s …

Newsweek reports: U.S. layoffs surged in July to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July, there were 62,075 job cuts announced, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That’s a 29 percent jump from June and 140 percent higher than the 25,885 announced in July 2024. The July figure is …